Sri Lanka, aka Ceylon, is the first place that comes to mind when tea is mentioned… We are on our way to the hills where tea is grown.. As you rise, the frequency of tea gardens increases. On the way, we take lots of photos of the local people working in the tea fields.. The view of small waterfalls and tea fields is truly magnificent as the vehicle climbs up the hills.. They also established hydroelectric power plants in small ponds formed by the water accumulating from these waterfalls.. After all, it is a small island and produces its own electricity.. About 450 – 350 km in length and width.
The heart of the river in Sri Lanka is the Nuwara Eliya region, at an altitude of 1980 meters from the sea. throughout Sri Lanka British architecture stands out directly in this region as well.. The effects of being a British colony are visible everywhere.. English-like houses, golf courses, cricket and polo are all around.. Cricket, polo and golf are the most popular sports.
Traffic also flows from the right.. But if we take it literally, traffic in Sri Lanka is purely on mutual understanding.. Mistakes are knee-high and no one is protesting.
Scottish James Taylor, who first introduced tea to Sri Lanka in 1867. From this date onwards, tea is started to be grown and the first factory was opened in 1871.
The higher the tea is grown, the better quality it is.. That’s why most of the gardens are on the tops of the mountains.. The hardest and highest quality teas are those from the Uva region, that is, the top region.
We are going to visit one of the tea factories in this region.. Macwood Tea factory… Only this factory has more than 1,200 hectares of land and 1,000 workers are employed.. They show how the tea is picked in the garden without entering the factory. Tea actually looks just like a bush. And they just pick the little sprouts on that bush. The coarse and old leaves below are not touched.
Then we enter the factory.. The collected sprouts are first placed on a walking belt and dried with hot air.. This process takes up to 14 hours.
After drying, the teas go down 1 layer in large pipes and come to the crumbling stage.. For example, the tea called green tea does not grow from another bush, it is all about the process.. If it is dried in the open air rather than in the oven, the tea we know as green tea emerges.. If it is dried quickly in ovens, black tea. But in the end, they consist of the same leaves.
All of the branded teas we know as English teas are also purchased from Sri Lanka. The smaller the piece size of the tea, the greater its hardness.
Here, after trying various teas and buying some tea, we go to Ramboda Waterfall to take a lunch break.
Of course, there is not only Ramboda waterfall in this region]. There are hundreds of large and small waterfalls; Laksapana, Ravan Ellai Glen, Devon Poona Oya are just a few of them.
Ramboda Falls is one of the biggest of them.. There is also a small hotel where it spilled.. There are many tourists who come here just to listen to the sound of the waterfall and relax.
When we sit and eat in front of this magnificent waterfall, all our tiredness goes away at once.
Then we stop by a silk production shop and return to our hotel in Kandy.. In the Kandy region of Sri Lanka, there are hotels such as Resort Beem and The releaf guest that offer good service at affordable prices.
