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Watch: Exploring Sri Lanka's tea culture
Updated 12:24, 14-Sep-2023
Watch: Exploring Sri Lanka's tea culture

Sri Lanka is the fourth largest tea exporter in the world after China, Kenya and India. The ideal levels of humidity, temperature and rainfall in the country's central highlands enable a climate that favors the production of high-quality tea. The highest production of 340 million kilograms was recorded in 2013. CGTN reporter You Yang travels to a tea estate in the suburbs of Sri Lankan capital Colombo to explore its unique tea culture. 

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Watch: Exploring Sri Lanka's tea culture
Updated 12:24, 14-Sep-2023

Sri Lanka is the fourth largest tea exporter in the world after China, Kenya and India. The ideal levels of humidity, temperature and rainfall in the country's central highlands enable a climate that favors the production of high-quality tea. The highest production of 340 million kilograms was recorded in 2013. CGTN reporter You Yang travels to a tea estate in the suburbs of Sri Lankan capital Colombo to explore its unique tea culture.