Ceylon Sinharaja Wiry Tips Shines at World Tea Expo
World Tea Expo is the largest trade show dedicated to specialty teas. At this year’s World Tea Expo – USA Global Tea Championship Spring, Hot Loose Leaf Competition, a range of teas from Aged Baked Oolong, Blended Green, Herbals, Matcha Blend Straight, Greens, White and Yellow Teas were judged. Artisanry / Specialty tea is quite common in countries like China & Taiwan. But it is a new segment for Ceylon tea producers. Traditional Ceylon teas known to be one of the finest tasting teas in the world due to it’s well balanced tasting profile. So the specialty teas designed by Ceylon Tea masters have got a unique character.
In the Ceylon Tea Category the Open Winner was Lumbini Tea Valley (https://lumbiniteavalley.com/) for its Lumbini Tea Valley Sinharaja Wiry Tips.
The other Ceylon winners were:
Ceylon Mid Grown – Silver – Garden to Cup Organics Ltd. – Royal Ceylon
Ceylon Low Grown: Gold – Garden to Cup Organics Ltd. – Ceylon Supreme; Silver – Lumbini Tea Valley – Lumbini Tea Golden Breakfast; Bronze – Florapharm Tea USA – Ceylon FBOPFEXSP Cee Tee Hills.
The word “Sinharaja” (Means: Lion King) has taken due to Lumbini tea factory’s close proximity to Sinharaja forest, Sri Lanka which has also recognized as a UNESCO world heritage site.
In recent years, it has been recognized as a leader in the production of high-end hand made teas commencing with a win for its ‘Jayachakra’ at the first Colombo Tea Traders’ Association/Sri Lanka Tea Board Awards, for this category that was judged in Japan.
Winning international recognition for its teas is now almost routine for Lumbini. Lumbini fine black teas and range of hand make teas are multiple award winners in the US, Australia, Dubai, Hong Kong, Japan and China.
About Lumbini Tea Valley
In 1975 along the valley of Lumbini Dayapala Jayawardana planted his first tea field. His vision was to create a great tasting tea that reflect the true character of the tea leaves and the land. To this day Chaminda Jayawardana live and breath this vision by producing teas that showcase how each tea variety express itself when sharpened by the soil and the sun of Ceylon.
The oxygen rich rain forest winds flowing from Singharaja along with the sea breeze making it’s way from the Southern Coast create this miraculous combination of winds to induce unique flavour and aromatic medium bodied tea which leaves natural sweetness in the mouth. Master tea Tasters commonly call this unique flavour as rain forest floral honey flavour.
References
1.Original Source: http://www.ft.lk/business/Lumbini-Tea-Valley-wins-at-World-Tea-Expo-for-its-Sinharaja-Wiry-Tips/34-664431
2. More About Lumbini Tea: https://lumbiniteavalley.com/
