where the Scottish tea planter James Taylor established Sri Lanka’s first tea estate, via the market town of Deltota. Passing a Hindu temple painted in pastel yellows and blues, we swap Galaha ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

In Sri Lanka's central highlands, the weather may be capricious but what remains unchanged is the sprawling expanse of tea estates in every ... back on the tourism map after a disastrous spell ...

“We demand that Malaiyaha Tamil people be accepted as free and equal Sri Lankan citizens,” said Shalini Manori, a 54-year-old ...

Leaves from the lush green tea estates covering the hills of central Sri Lanka end up in cups across the world. Tea is the island's biggest export, normally bringing in more than $1bn a year ...

The first of the Pekoe Trail’s 22 segments was opened in 2021, shining a light on life in Sri Lanka’s tea estates. Most countries have their own iconic, national walking trail. But for a long ...

At estates certified by Rainforest Alliance, the largest ethical certification scheme in Sri Lanka's tea industry, we found workers without access to drinking water and toilets in the tea fields ...

Sri Lanka’s tea plantations are seeing a gradual shift in production towards coffee cultivation as production in Ceylon tea declines and coffee demand picks up. Currently plantations are seeing about ...

“Nearly 75 % of Sri Lanka’s tea production comes from small estate holders, the majority of who are Sinhalese. This is because of the land given to them by the government. Why can’t they ...

It's 8am and there is sleeting rain — miserable conditions to be outside, let alone work in Sri Lanka's tea fields ... bold initiatives. Amba Estate, a 26-acre tea plantation near Ella, provides ...

As I climbed higher into Sri Lanka’s tea plantations, the rain only added to the atmosphere. On a tea factory tour, the metallic clang of droplets hitting the roof blended with the voice of our ...