Sri Lanka Journey Through Tea Paradise

December 11, 2025

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Hello readers,

2025 is coming to an end. It has been quite a roller coaster of a year for me, but I have emerged from it stronger than before. I hope you all have had a great year and are looking forward to 2026.

Today, I present to you the last and final article in our Sri Lanka issue. Tea Journey writer, Diana Jendoubi, has traveled extensively across Sri Lanka, exploring the tea-producing regions and the culture of the island nation. She shares her experiences in this article, from the Pekoe Tea Trails to learning to cook local dishes.

With this, we close our Sri Lanka issue. We will be launching our new issue very soon, and I promise you are going to love it. Should I drop a hint? Well, it is about something vibrant and quite polarizing, but something you can’t ignore.

I would like to welcome all our new subscribers who made the most of our Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday offers. We still have a Holiday offer running for our annual subscriptions, so it is still not too late to join the club.

Yours in tea,

By Diana Jendoubi

A Journey Through Tea Paradise

Tea Journey writer, Diana Jendoubi, spent a year exploring Sri Lanka’s remarkable tea regions and shares her tales of the most extraordinary experiences, unforgettable stays, inspiring people, and delicious cups of tea.

In the Sri Lanka special issue, Diana also takes you on a tour of enchanting neighborhoods in Colombo, including Cinnamon Gardens, showcasing some outstanding boutique tea shops and hidden garden cafes.

Check it out here:

By Diana Jendoubi

When In Colombo… Make Time For Tea

Enchanting neighborhoods feature picturesque tree-lined avenues and colonial architecture, housing boutique tea shops and hidden garden cafes serving specialty teas from the country’s finest producers. Colombo’s new generation of environmentally and socially conscious businesses emphasizes innovative teas crafted with care.

From Colombo, our Dan Bolton takes you to Badulla in the Uva tea-growing region, where Thomas Lipton cultivated the world’s most popular tea blend. Badulla’s high-grown broken orange pekoe has consistently earned the highest prices in tea auctions for over 150 years! In the article, Dan takes you to the Annual First Tea Festival, where farmers bring their tea harvest to the Muthiyangana Raja Maha Vihara Temple for blessings.

You can read the article here:

By Dan Bolton

Badulla’s Annual First Tea Festival

In Badulla, Sri Lanka, farmers bring their first tea harvest to the Muthiyangana Raja Maha Vihara Temple for blessings. Dan Bolton joins in the celebration on a visit to the island, enjoying the vibrant cultural experience it offers.

I recently spent a lot of time at the Jay Shree Tea estates in Darjeeling, sipping fresh, hot tea while admiring the Kanchenjunga peak, and I am looking forward to sharing all about my travels soon. I also attended the Indian Cacao and Craft Chocolate Festival in Bengaluru, India, where I found some amazing tea-infused chocolates. I will share about that as well. So, stay tuned!

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Bhavi Patel, Editor, Tea Journey Magazine

Bhavi Patel, known as Banjaran Foodie, is the editor of the Tea Journey Magazine and a distinguished tea and coffee expert with a background in dairy technology and brand building. As a trusted writer for renowned publications including Perfect Daily Grind, Barista, and STiR Magazines, she combines scientific expertise with storytelling to explore specialty beverages.

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Bhavi Patel

Bhavi Patel, known as Banjaran Foodie, is a distinguished tea and coffee expert with a background in dairy technology and brand building. As a trusted writer for renowned publications including Perfect Daily Grind, Barista, and STiR Magazines, she combines scientific expertise with storytelling to explore specialty beverages.