Ceylon New Vithanakande

Black tea from tropical Sri Lanka

Beautifully processed, small, regular, lightly rolled, long, wire-like, dry leaves consist mostly of golden-silver tips. Dense in the aroma, but pleasantly cool, sweetly honey-like with tones of dried apricots and white chocolate. Dense infusion of brown-red color, sweet honey (forest honey), round, balanced and creamy taste with tones of vanilla, cocoa and black currant. We classify this tea from the Ruhuna region as the so-called low grown tea.

How to prepare Cejlon New Vithanakande

Use 5 grams of tea leaves for 0.5 litre of boiling water cooled to 90-95 °C, steep for 2–3 minutes. Feel free to experiment with steeping time, water temperature, and the amount of tea leaves. You can also read our articles on tea preparation and water quality.

Tea cultivated in the northern part of the Ruhuna area near the legendary town of Ratnapura, famous mainly for gem mining. Here at the edges of the Sinharaja rainforest, there are very favourable conditions for tea plant cultivation, giving the local teas a unique character. Tea grow at elevation 600 m and are known as "low grown" teas.