The history of Ceylon Coffee is even longer than that of Ceylon Tea, a global household name today. The dawn of the Ceylon Coffee era befell circa 1780. It’s the Dutch who started planting coffee as a commercial crop, and then the British took it over from them. The planters drew tremendous support from the […]
Sri Lanka, the island of spices and exotic flavours has long been a trading hub and main source for spices. Historical records speak of traders around the world flocking to the shores of Sri Lanka as early as the 13th Century. The country’s global fame for finest quality spices also brought many colonial powers to […]
Sri Lanka has been famous for an exquisite range of spices for centuries. It’s these spices that are largely behind the mouth-watering flavours of Sri Lankan cuisine, be it curry of vegetable, red or white meat, fish or seafood or even some sweetmeat. Today Sri Lankan spice and concentrate industry are composed of a large […]
Celebrated to be the finest in the world, the unique flavour, fragrance and freshness of Ceylon Tea set it apart from the rest. Represented by the Lion logo and the ‘Ceylon Tea’ trademarks assuring that it’s a quality product of Sri Lanka, Ceylon Tea is exclusively handpicked by expert tea pluckers and is mostly produced […]
Marking a moment of historical significance, Sri Lanka received its first ever Geographical Indication (GI) certification when the European Union (EU) Commission on 02nd February, 2022 granted GI status to Ceylon Cinnamon. The outcome was a result of a painstaking, decade-long, arduous endeavour led by the Sri Lanka Export Development (EDB) under the Ministry of […]
