Stash Kenilworth Estate Ceylon
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Stash Kenilworth Estate Ceylon

Ceylon, or its contemporary name, Sri Lanka, is a beautiful tropical island about the size of England that lies just 22 miles off the southern tip of India. Sri Lanka supplies about a quarter of the world's tea. The nearly six hundred thousand acres of tea under cultivation provide well over half of the island's export earnings.

Ceylon grew no tea until 1867, when James Taylor, the Scottish manager of Loolecondera tea Estate, planted the first tea bushes. His timing was quite fortuitous, as just two years later a fungus disease descended on the island's coffee plantations, ruining what had been Ceylons leading industry. Those who could afford to, turned to growing tea.

Situated in Ginigathena in the western hills of Sri Lanka, is the renowned Kenilworth tea Estate. This 700 acre estate sits at an elevation of 3,000 to 4,000 feet, bordering the Dimbulla and Kandy districts. Teas from this estate have fetched top prices at the Colombo auctions for decades.

Ceylon teas from the Kenilworth Estate enjoy the seasonal monsoons which encourage the growth of the teas in the districts of Dimbula, Uva and Kandy. Select tender leaves picked after the first monsoon and processed during cooler weather, result in a creamy character unique to this estate. With long attractive leaves our Kenilworth Ceylon Orange Pekoe has the smoothness of a great Ceylon tea with the intriguing creamy top notes this tea is known for.