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Tea is the most popular drink in our country. It raises the mood and helps to maintain health. True, this is true only if the tea is of high quality.
The generally recognized quality standard is Ceylon tea. This is due not only to the peculiarities of production, but primarily climatic factors. It is Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon), located in the zone of eternal summer near the equator, that has a unique climate for growing tea. Today Sri Lanka is one of the main suppliers of quality tea to the world market. And although the share of its exports cannot be compared with China and India, the highest quality tea of elite varieties still grows and is produced in Sri Lanka.
At the same time, Sri Lanka until the 5th century was not a place of natural growth of the tea tree, moreover, it was a coffee country. However, a sudden illness that hit the coffee leaves led to massive plant deaths and the destruction of the coffee industry. The then Ceylon owes the appearance of tea plantations to the Scotsman James Taylor. The successful experimenter tried to grow tea on a small plantation, only XNUMX hectares in size – and it went well. It was that pilot project that laid the foundation for the creation of a powerful tea production in the country and the emergence of such a thing as Ceylon tea.
Tea production in Sri Lanka has its own specifics. The country is a producer of loose leaf tea and is famous primarily for black tea. After collecting tea leaves, during processing at the factory, the tea leaves undergo a withering process, and then rolling in machines with rotating drums (to remove excess moisture, black tea is dried at a temperature of 80 to 92 degrees). Green twisted leaves are laid out on special tables, where the process of absorbing oxygen from the air takes place. At the same time, the leaves are saturated with juices and enzymes released during rolling, and the leaves acquire a characteristic dark color. After cooling, the tea leaves are sorted. Depending on the height of growth, Ceylon tea is divided into three main categories:
- flat – grown up to 600 meters above sea level;
- mid-plain – grown at an altitude of 600 m to 1200 m;
- alpine – is grown at an altitude of more than 1200 m. It is this tea that is considered elite.
In addition, Ceylon tea is classified into the following categories based on the location, known as Ruhuna, Sabaragamuva, Kandy, Uva, Dimbula, Udupussalava and Nuwara Eliya teas.
How to find pure Ceylon tea on the counter – on the next page
Tea is called “preventive medicine” for a reason. And this is true as tea does indeed provide health benefits for the individual. Modern research has shown that tea helps fight cardiac and some malignant diseases, lowers cholesterol levels, protects the skin, strengthens teeth and bone tissue. Tea provides 70% of the body’s daily fluoride needs. Along with this, tea has no calories, fats, salts, and the caffeine content in a cup of tea is 50% less than in a cup of coffee.
Russian buyer is familiar with the brand of pure Ceylon tea “Impra”… It is a tea grown, produced and packaged in Sri Lanka. Its distinguishing feature is the Golden Lion with a sword – a symbol of the quality of pure Ceylon tea. No other tea producing country in the world has the right to use this symbol. Therefore, when you see this sign on the packaging of tea, do not hesitate – this drink will be beneficial and bring true pleasure.
In Nizhny Novgorod, you can buy tea “Impra” in the supermarket “Nagorny” (Sovetskaya sq.), Chain stores “Lime”, “Assorti”, Seven, “Kalinka”, “RayCenter” and “Avoska”