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![Did you know there was a time when Sri Lanka was the largest coffee growing country in the world?
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Tea growers were considered a little bit crazy, but after a coffee fungus outbreak wiped out the entire industry in 1860, people began to make the switch to tea. 🌱
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While visiting HolyRood Estate, co-owned by Dilmah, I had the opportunity to meet just a couple of the thousands of people across Sri Lanka helping deliver tea to our cups. ☕️ .
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While I didn’t speak her language, and she didn’t speak - or was to shy to speak - mine, we communicated in gestures as she showed me the correct way to pick tea leaves... and laughing when I tried (and failed). 😬
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Sri Lanka’s sips are seeped in history. Take a look at life on one of the country’s most well-known tea plantations in my latest blog post.
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[The link is in the bio!]
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| #NuwaraEliya #SriLanka #Asia |](http://scontent-lga3-1.cdninstagram.com/vp/0fcb7f3b361010b82f5fc5ea1ff3c8f0/5CB0AAC7/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/s640x640/45303406_795878820747695_5143767138708581195_n.jpg "Did you know there was a time when Sri Lanka was the largest coffee growing country in the world?
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Tea growers were considered a little bit crazy, but after a coffee fungus outbreak wiped out the entire industry in 1860, people began to make the switch to tea. 🌱
.
While visiting HolyRood Estate, co-owned by Dilmah, I had the opportunity to meet just a couple of the thousands of people across Sri Lanka helping deliver tea to our cups. ☕️ .
.
While I didn’t speak her language, and she didn’t speak - or was to shy to speak - mine, we communicated in gestures as she showed me the correct way to pick tea leaves... and laughing when I tried (and failed). 😬
.
Sri Lanka’s sips are seeped in history. Take a look at life on one of the country’s most well-known tea plantations in my latest blog post.
.
[The link is in the bio!]
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| #NuwaraEliya #SriLanka #Asia |")
