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Ceylon Tea

It’s not an empty boast when people from Sri Lanka claim that their tea is the best in the world and most experts agree with them. But if that’s all you know about the acclaimed Ceylon Tea then here are just a few more facts to help you get better acquainted with the world’s best-tasting tea.

Coffee, and not tea, was originally the primary crop produced and exported by Sri Lanka. A deadly virus, however, had devastated most coffee plants in the country during the 1860’s, forcing plantation owners to look for other crops to produce and prevent financial ruin.

It was in these critical times that James Taylor of Scotland entered the picture and introduced tea planting to Sri Lankans. Using the knowledge he had acquired from India, Taylor began the first experiments of tea planting in Sri Lanka. They produced successful results, and there was no looking back for Taylor or Sri Lanka since then. By 1890, tea production in Sri Lanka had been estimated to be at almost 23,000 tons.

Taiwan Tea.

If you’re planning to visit the island of Taiwan, do make sure you include a trip to one of its teahouses. One taste of its oolong tea is equivalent to a glimpse of heaven.

The History of Oolong Tea

Oolong tea is also spelled as wu long or wulong tea, but they all refer to the semi-oxidized tea produced under subtropical weather in the mountainous regions of central Taiwan. In its early days, tea was mainly imported to Taiwan from China or the provinces of Fujian and Jiangsu to be specific.

In those times, only the wealthy and the powerful as well as the intellectuals were able to afford tea. When Japanese troops came to occupy the country, tea was also imported from Japan. Later on, Chinese goods returned to the market, allowing the masses to finally afford them. It was only in the 1970’s that locally produced Taiwanese tea was sold within the country as well.

Two Main Types of Tea

All Taiwanese teas are produced in the country’s mountain regions. Two varieties emerged from local tea production: sprout mountain tea with its fuchsia-colored sprouts and Taiwan mountain tea, with its light-purple to green sprouts.

Taiwan tea is an absolute delight and one that many tea drinkers tend to overlook, we tend to only try the teas that we are familiar with therefore I always suggest that anyone wishing to try more tea should try and purchase a tea tasting kit or variety box. These will contain a mixture of tea blends which will anable you to sample the different flavors, a very cost effective way to buy and can open up a whole new world of tea drinking delights.

Track down a good tea supplier and try some today…