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Sri Lanka é terra de chá, especialmente na região de Kandy – «Chá de Ceilão», obviamente…

«Tea production in Sri Lanka, formerly Ceylon, is of high importance to the Sri Lankan economy and the world market. The country is the world's fourth largest producer of tea and the industry is one of the country's main sources of foreign exchange and a significant source of income for laborers. (…)
The tea sector employs, directly or indirectly over 1 million people in Sri Lanka. (…)
The humidity, cool temperatures, and rainfall in the country's central highlands provide a climate that favors the production of high quality tea. The industry was introduced to the country in 1867 by James Taylor, the British planter who arrived in 1852.»

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