Sri Lanka Tea brands spread wings in China

Sri Lankan tea Exports that has done exceptionally well in the Chinese market and achieved a remarkable growth during the past two years surpassing one million kgs., for the first time in 2008 that recorded 1.2 million kgs., said Commercial Counsellor of the embassy of Sri Lanka in Beijing Alexi Gunasekera participating at the opening ceremony of the Sri Lanka Tea Houses (Chaguan), a special place for the Chinese to taste Sri Lankan unique flavour in Shanghai under the brand name Mabroc.

For Thousands of years people of China not only developed a special way of tea-drinking, but also developed an art form called tea-ceremonies. This art form comprises many aspects. The most noticeable ones are the making of tea, the way of brewing, and the drinking utensils such as tea pot. The art of making tea is called "Cha dao", which was soon accepted as one of the most important cultures that even Japan learned from China.

Tea House (Chaguan), a special place for the Chinese to have tea, is very popular in the Yangtze River area; a area the Mabroc initially started promoting Sri Lank Tea few years back for Chinese people, tea house, similar to the cafes in western countries, are social places where various kinds of social information are gathered and spread .

Addressing the gathering at the opening Commercial Counsellor noted that Sri Lanka Tea commonly known as red tea (hong cha) is renowned for its high quality, has great potential to secure a bigger share in the China's huge RMB 80 billion tea market for its fine quality.