Ceylon Lover's Leap

Lover's Leap, Sri Lanka

Perched high in the Central Highlands, Nuwara Eliya is one of Sri Lanka's oldest and finest tea regions. In these misty mountain slopes and valleys, at altitudes up to 2000 metres, tea bushes grow interspersed with fragrant eucalyptus, cypress and wild mint. We selected this premium Pekoe from a single garden just below the famous Lover's Leap waterfall. Harvested after the cool northeast winds have dried the fresh leaf growth, the tea is bursting with crisp fragrance. We love this Pekoe's balance, showing off the quality of the leaves while expressing the fragrance of the Nuwara Eliya terroir.

Although only small, Sri Lanka is the world's fourth largest tea producing country thanks to its near-perfect conditions. Rugged and mountainous, Sri Lanka's teas (which are known by the country's colonial name 'Ceylon') are classified by the height at which they grow. Low-grown teas from below 600 metres are strong and full-bodied, while medium-grown teas from 600 to 1200 metres are more rounded. But for connoisseurs, only high-grown teas will do, like this blissful Lover's Leap. At over 1800 metres, the tea bushes grow slowly on the misty mountain slopes, creating truly elegant teas.