Ceylon Tea named as Official Tea Supplier for Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

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Ceylon Tea, widely considered by many as the finest in the world and with a rich history dating back more than a century and a half, has been named as the Official Tea Supplier for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

The Sri Lanka Tea Board has officially engaged in an agreement with the Games’ organising committee to provide Ceylon Tea for the athletes, officials, ancillary providers and guests at the Birmingham 2022 Athlete Villages.

To facilitate the arrangement, the leading suppliers of the Ceylon Tea brand to the global market – namely Dilmah Tea and English Tea Shop, have come forward to offer their finest blends to those involved in Birmingham 2022 throughout the Games.

Sri Lankan tea (known for generations as Ceylon Tea) carries with it a renowned heritage.

The story of Ceylon Tea begins over 200 years ago, when the country was still a British colony.

In 1824, a tea plant was brought to Sri Lanka by the British from China and was planted in the Royal Botanical Gardens in Peradeniya for non-commercial purposes.

The industry was introduced to the country in 1867 by James Taylor (Father of Ceylon Tea), a British planter, who arrived in the island in 1852. He started a fully-equipped tea factory in the Loolecondera estate in 1872 and three years later, succeeded in sending the first shipment of Ceylon Tea to the London tea auction.

Until 1967, Sri Lanka had accounted for the majority of the imports to the UK.

Meanwhile, tea planting through smallholders has become popular since the 1970s. The journey now takes us to the present day, with the Sri Lanka Tea Board proud to present Ceylon Tea to Birmingham 2022 in an official capacity.

In over 150 years, the name Ceylon had become synonymous with the world’s finest tea.

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Punchi Tuesday, 02 August 2022 07:31 AM

Why British Ceylon Tea and not our Buddha blessed Sri Lanka Tea ? If we want to keep things associated with Ceylon, why not go back to Ceylon's democracy, judicial system, parliamentary system, justice, harmony etc. By the way Tea plantations is one of the benefits bequeathed by the British and not brought to Lanka by Buddha as quoted in the most recent edition of the Mahawamsa

M Perera Tuesday, 02 August 2022 02:08 PM

Punchi why associate tea or any commercial product with religion. We should thank the British for what they introduced. With the current state of affairs in the country. We would have been better off under the British Monarchy anyways.

vithura Tuesday, 02 August 2022 02:47 PM

You are right we should get back to the days of repute and glory when the country was known as Ceylon. One should not take what is written on comic books like Mahawamsa, at face value.

Waco Tuesday, 02 August 2022 11:39 AM

It is “ CEYLON TEA “, known all over the world. Sri Lanka need to change the name back to Ceylon, otherwise forget about Tea Auction in London. Market slaves to the Middleeast.

Dharmakulasingham Tuesday, 02 August 2022 11:46 AM

It is a good news at this critical situation and could contribute to foreign exchange earning.

Jef Tuesday, 02 August 2022 12:42 PM

At least some good news thanks to dilma and the Brits who have given and done so much for Ceylon now sri lanka

S.T. Navaratne Tuesday, 02 August 2022 12:56 PM

Is this commercial deal going to be nikan thé, kiri thé or allé hakuru thé? Thé mudalali

Ceylonese Tuesday, 02 August 2022 01:11 PM

Considering the current crisis in Sri Lanka we shoiuld thank the British for opening many tea plantations around the country which for over a century is Sri Lanka's main export without which the country's economy would have collapsed long time ago.

Shahmy Tuesday, 02 August 2022 02:06 PM

It is good to hear some good news after a long time.

sunil Tuesday, 02 August 2022 02:52 PM

finally some good news about SL in the international media

rishi Tuesday, 02 August 2022 02:53 PM

well done Dilmah

Ceylonese Wednesday, 03 August 2022 05:44 AM

The word Ceylon Tea has no doubt boosted the image of one of the finest teas grown in a country in the Indian Ocean formerly called Ceylon. Though the name Sri Lanka has done a lot of damage to it's reputation since the name change especially in recent years where the country has to go around the world with a begging bowl asking for aid and financial assistance from other countries and international organisations

‘The Lansi Burgher’ Wednesday, 03 August 2022 05:03 PM

One of three ways, to get out of this damned curse for Sri Lanka: 1. Apply, to be a part of the BOT British Overseas Territories, 2. Apply, to be a part of the BIOT British Indian Ocean Territory, or .. 3. Apply, to be a part of the Crown Dependencies. Let the name be changed back to ‘Ceylon’, let the Brits run the place, administration, management, judiciary and whatever else have you, let our people sit back and learn (oh.. we have a lot to learn, don’t we?) and hopefully; just hopefully, learn a thing or two from them and never do the same blunder of asking for independence again. My two pounds worth …

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