Kirklees Estate achieves yet another all-time record price

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At the recently concluded Colombo Tea Auction yesterday, Kirklees Estate established an all-time record price of Rs. 1,750 for a BOPF grade, in the Uda Pussellawa Category. This line of tea was purchased by Van Rees Ceylon Ltd.

Kirklees Estate is renowned for its high-quality BOP, BOPF and Dust-1 grades, which are highly sought-after teas by buyers at the Colombo Tea Auctions.

Kirklees is situated at an elevation of 1,400 m above mean sea level in the Uda Pussellawa Planting District. The total extent is 232 hectares with an annual production of 600,000 kg of made tea. Kirklees Estate comes under the stewardship of Superintendent Chaminda Jayaratne.

Eastern Brokers Ltd. are the brokers associated in selling and marketing of Kirklees Estate Teas. Kirklees Estate comes under the management of Kegalle Plantation PLC and owned by the Richard Peiris Group of Companies.