Taking the art of tea to new heights and setting new standards in the world of tea, Dilmah has today pioneered the concept of Tea Radio; an international radio channel dedicated to world’s most popular beverage – tea.
Taking the art of tea to new heights and setting new standards in the world of tea, Dilmah has today pioneered the concept of Tea Radio; an international radio channel dedicated to world’s most popular beverage – tea.
Join Dilmah Founder, Merrill J. Fernando and son, Dilhan C. Fernando in conversation this World Tea Day, celebrating a handcrafted journey with the World’s Most Experienced Teamaker. Listen to words of wisdom gained from decades of experience, right here on Tea Radio.
Quincy Jones has taken aim at one of the biggest musicians of all time, Elvis Presley, and labelled him racist.
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I am, of course, referencing Dylan’s Like A Rolling Stone, a six-minute tour de force from 1965 that transformed pop into a poetic art form.
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Most of the beneficial properties of tea are due to the presence of high amounts of polyphenolic compounds in tea. When a cup of tea is consumed these polyphenols have...
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Amount of caffeine in a cup of tea or coffee could vary due to many reasons such as the variety of tea or coffee, method of processing, brewing etc. However,...
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Tea could be considered as a part of a healthy diet as it provides beneficial effects in addition to hydrating the body. Therefore, tea is a beverage which is suitable...
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The Newspaper Archives features a collection of news items, articles and advertisements extracted from newspapers in the UK and Australia. Dating back to 1843, this collection provides a great insight into the 'thinking of the day' and is an excellent supplementary resource for enthusiasts and researchers on the history of 'Ceylon' and its plantations. The wide-ranging topics include crop production statistics, feature articles, letters to editors, obituaries, reports on crime and sports, amongst others. The advertisements for Ceylon Tea date back to the 1880s and make for interesting reading, with the ads from the Australian Women's Weekly of the 1960s, being particularly sure to spill a few 'cuppas'!
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In 1770, Lord North repealed four of the five Townshend Duties but retained the 3d tax on tea. The Tea Act of 1773 was intended to rescue the East India Company from its financial problems and provided that the Company might export tea directly to the American colonies and appoint its own agents to sell it. Before this legislation, the Company had been required to sell its tea at auction in London to wholesalers and retailers; now it entered the retail business itself.
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0ur family has its roots in the era of British colonialism. This personal story attempts to tell how a Tytler four generations ago and a Tribe three generations ago, who came from Scotland and England to Sri Lanka ( then Ceylon) lured by the prospects of coffee and tea planting, stayed to call that lovely island 'home'. My story shows how times have changed and our family, having made its distinctive contribution to Sri Lanka's history and economic development, moved on. In our case, the move was made to Australia. There are descendants of Robert Boyd Tytler, John Campbell Tribe and their like, scattered around the world today who share our Sri Lankan background. They might wish to know where their ancestors came from, and what life had been like in the years before their own parents and grandparents decided to emigrate to other lands and other ways of life.
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