Black tea* *Organic Certified Organic by Pro-Cert Organic Systems (Organic Equivalency with COR, NOP, EU, JAS)

Caffeine - Yes Moderate
Organic - Yes

Koslande is one of the estates used in this Ceylon organic tea. In Sri Lanka terms it is a medium sized tea estate covering 160 hectares (406 acres). It is situated in the Haputale Mountain Range in the region of Uva. Uva and Nuwara Eliya are Sri Lanka's highest elevation tea growing regions and are world renown for some of the finest teas in the world - especially when they are at their seasonal best (in Koslande's case this is August).

The total annual crop (all leaf grades) is only 100 Tonnes of tea (this is enough to make about 4,000,000 cups of tea). Following are some statistics about the estate:

Number of Workers: 574 Number of Tea Bushes: 1, 568,506
Estate Mgr: Niran Illankone Average Age of Bushes: 75% are older than 75 years
(Mr Illankone is married with 2 children and his eldest son attends school in a town called Bandarawela)