History
James Taylor started the plantation of tea in Loolecondera estate Kandy in 1867. He began the tea plantation an estate of just 19 acres (77,000 m2) and also in 1872 he started a fully equipped tea factory in the same Loolecondera estate.
In year 1875 first shipment of Ceylon tea arrived in London tea auction. Also one million tea packets were sold in Chicago World Fair in 1893.
In year 1971 the government of Sri Lanka nationalised the tea estates owned by the British companies
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