Kalubowitiyana Tea Factory secures top price

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At this week’s Ex Estate Tea Auction, an invoice of PF1 of Kalubowitiyana Tea Factory, secured a top price of Rs. 980 which equals the existing Colombo Tea Auction record price for a CTC PF1 grade from any of Sri Lanka’s High, Medium and Low elevations. This tea was purchased by Messrs Commercial Export Company amidst stiff competition from several other buyers i.e. Lipton, Uniworld, Ranfer, Ceylon Tea Marketing and St. Clair Teas, and, was sold through the catalogue of Lanka Commodity Brokers Ltd.

Kalubowitiyana is a Government-owned tea factory situated in Neluwa of the Southern Province, and borders the picturesque Sinharaja Strict Natural Reserve. This factory is renowned for the production of the finest low grown CTC teas, following the ‘quality drive’ initiated by the estate manager, Janaka Tilakaratne, who insists on a very high standard of green leaf for manufacture. This factory comes under the purview of the Ministry of Plantation Industries.

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