The Viceroy Through Tea Plantations in Nuwara Eliya – Colombo, Sri Lanka. The photographer wrote, “This image of an icon of a bygone era, the steam engine chugging through the tea country is an evocative one of the times when the British Raj ruled all of Sri Lanka. The railway system and indeed the tea plantations that dominate the scenery around the hill country resort town of Nuwara Eliya, also known as ‘Little England,’ are some of the lasting legacies of colonial rule

BOH Tea Plantation located at Cameron Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia is also the largest tea plantation in Malaysia and the largest black tea manufacturer in Malaysia. Catherine Douzel said, “Each cup of tea represents an imaginary voyage.” Yet Arthur Gray believed, “The spirit of the tea beverage is one of peace, comfort and refinement.

A panorama of Malaysia’s largest tea plantation in the Cameroon highlands outside Kuala Lumpur. Having a bit of the Deep South in me, I like my tea “Kentucky sweet.” But George Orwell would hate it. In January 1946, Orwell said, “I know very well that I am in a minority here. But still, how can you call yourself a true tea-lover if you destroy the flavour of your tea by putting sugar in it? It would be equally reasonable to put pepper or salt. Tea is meant to be bitter, just as beer is meant to be bitter. If you sweeten it, you are no longer tasting the tea, you are merely tasting the sugar; you could make a very similar drink by dissolving sugar in plain hot water. ~ “A Nice Cup of Tea,” Evening Standard, 12 January 1946.



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