Reprint of "The Cylon Tea-Makers Handbook." The production of black
tea in Ceylon began after a deadly fungus called Hemileia vastatrix
destroyed most of the coffee crop on the island. The coffee
plantation owners realized that they needed to diversify. The
Loolecondera Estate had long been interested in producing tea in
Sri Lanka. James Taylor, one of the fathers of Ceylon Tea, had
recently arrived on the Estate and wanted to be there for the
sowing of the first tea crops in 1867. James Taylor was already
experienced in tea cultivation. He had acquired his knowledge in
North India. He carried out different experiements on cultivating
tea on the verandah of his estate. He rolled the leaves by hand and
fired the oxidized leaves on clay stoves over a charcoal fire. The
tea was delicious and sold for a very good price in the London
Auction. The tea craze hit Ceylon. By 1890 tea production was at
22,900 tons, up from just a mere 23 pounds between 1873 and 1880.
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