Learn More About Our Ceylon Black Tea
Way back in the late 1800’s Sri Lanka, formerly known as Ceylon, started growing and producing tea. It was a sleepy little enterprise until it gained the attention of an entrepreneurial Scot. This individual whose name would become synonymous with tea was none other than Sir Thomas Lipton. Sir Lipton was already rich because of his chain of grocery stores which started in Scotland and eventually spread throughout Britain. Though as a shrewd businessman Lipton wanted to cut out the middle-men and buy tea directly from producers to make tea affordable for the untapped working class market.
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