New cuppa for kings makes the cup overflow for Sri Lanka tea maker
Inspired by a French perfumer and egged on by an English aficionado, a Sri Lankan master tea maker has revived a centuries-old Chinese tradition to make a brew …
Agriculture
Rubber tappers wages head North on boom in market prices
Workers in Sri Lanka’s rubber sector are tapping the benefits of the current price boom as a result of a Price Share Supplement (PSS) introduced in …
The Tea Board is planning to slap on an addition one rupee cess on made teas, to bridge the gap with its increasing budgets.
The Tea Board is planning to slap on an addition one rupee cess on made teas, to bridge the gap with its increasing budgets. The Tea Board is planning to slap …
A drop in rice production in the current Yala season could see Sri Lanka going hungry for rice.
A drop in rice production in the current Yala season could see Sri Lanka going hungry for rice after November. A drop in rice production in the current Yala …
Lanka tea traders say Pakistan’s move to reduce duties on its side by 10 per cent on tea imports is not effective enough to curb smuggling into the Islamic nation.
Lanka tea traders say Pakistan’s move to reduce duties on its side by 10 per cent on tea imports is not effective enough to curb smuggling into the Islamic …
Tea Shop
In search of new growth for its stunted tea export industry, India is cultivating plans to set up an auction centre in Dubai. Indian Tea Association Chairman …
Fine Cuppa
Russia is sipping more fine teas as the influence of rising average income increases average spending above US$ 5 per kilo in the wholesale markets. The switch …
Fresh Growth
Sri Lanka shipped out 12 mn kilos more tea in the 1Q of 2004, up from 65 mn kilos exported in 2003. Adding to the good news, the total value of the export …
Bitter Teas
Misty Mountains Holdings bid to buy into the Lankan tea sector fell apart with John Keells Holdings and HVA Lanka calling off their deals with the US firm. …
Low Leaf
Asia Siyaka Commodity Brokers said that buyers at the Colombo Tea Auction are concerned by the quality of future low grown teas on offer, driven by the surge …
Whats Brewing?
Local tea exporters are eying a 4 million to 6 million kilo order from Iraq under the current World Food Programme (WFP) that is supplying the war impoverished …
Mushroom Magic
The centuries-old therapeutic magic of the Ganoderma mushroom, ranked by the ancients of China and Japan as the king of some 38,000 varieties of mushroom found …
Getting Cold
The refuse tea export, though illegal, has become the latest threat facing the tea industry, adding to other global pressure. The export demand for fiber and …
Small Change
The state is looking at absorbing up to about 25 percent or as much as half the cost of laying rain guards for rubber trees on smallholder estates this year.rn …
Think Differently
The Premier told a top gathering of planters on Tuesday that the time had come to take over as managers of a value added industry, or lose out to more …
Fresh Cuppa
The Tea Association plans to re-haul criteria used to fund new Ceylon tea brands, when it takes over some of the Tea Boards functions this month. Every year, …
Hot Mix
Plantation companies are keen to push through a long over due productivity pegged wage formula when estate worker wages come up for negotiations in June 2004. …
Value Driven
Value added tea exports hit a five year high, moving up to 41 percent of total shipments so far this year. The record is on account of 17.1 mn kgs of tea …
Green Tea
September Customs data indicates that US dollar value of tea exports was US$ 504.9 mn, up form the US$ 499.95 mn posted in 02. Commodity brokers credited the …
Study Buddy
The Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has asked Sri Lanka to join India or Kenya, if it plans to study the unique variances between tea growing …