The Tea Exporters Association (TEA) rewards the outstanding tea producers for the third consecutive year at its’ Annual General Meeting held on Friday, 6th September 2019 at the Grand Marquee of Taj Samudra Hotel. This annual event has been introduced to encourage, recognize and reward Sri Lankan tea manufactures who have excelled in tea manufacture. The quality of tea is the most important factor when determining the price of tea. Hence the concept is based on “Total Excellence in Tea Production” covering all aspects of tea manufacturer. The 2019 event was focused on seven agro-climatic regions – Nuwaraeliya, Dimbula, Uva, Uda Pussellawa, Kandy, Ruhuna and Sabaragamuwa. A special award was given for the outstanding CTC tea producer covering all three regions.
The second runners up awards were presented by Mr. Jayantha Karunaratne, Outgoing Chairman of TEA at the event while HE Akira Sugiyama, Ambassador of Embassy of Japan in Sri Lanka, Chief Guest at the AGM gave away the awards for first runners up and winners. The list of winners are given below.
