Tea Men: 125 Years of the Colombo Tea Traders’ Association by Ajit Chittambalam Nature / Wildlife loyalty and betrayal

loyalty and betrayal

both the English and scientific names are provided as well as Sinhala and Tamil names in the indigenous scripts

it is an astounding book

in our cramped apartment on the south side of Chicago

Tea Men: 125 Years of the Colombo Tea Traders’ Association by Ajit Chittambalam Nature / Wildlife loyalty and betrayalMost histories of Ceylon Tea begin with the planters. But no less important to the flourishing of the enterprise were pioneers of a different sort: the Tea Men the plantation agents, tasters, buyers, exporters and brokers of the Colombo trade. At the centre of their story is the Colombo Tea Traders Association, the apex body of the Sri Lankan tea industry, for a Hundred and twenty five years, it has reliably served its dual function as an equal forum