Sri Lanka tea for sale
Ceylon tea is mostly orthodox black tea, graded by the elevation where it grows: high-grown, mid-grown and low-grown.
- Season
- All year; each region has a best-quality season (for example Dimbula early in the year and Uva in the middle of the year)
- Growing regions
- Nuwara Eliya, Dimbula, Uva, Uda Pussellawa, Kandy, Sabaragamuwa, Ruhuna
- How it is sold
- Most tea is sold at the weekly Colombo auction, which has been electronic since 2020.
- Official authority
- Sri Lanka Tea Board ↗
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Other tea origins
Kenya
Sri Lanka
India
China
Rwanda
Uganda
MalawiWhere to check tea prices
- Tea Board of Kenya ↗ · Market statistics and auction reports for Kenyan tea
- Sri Lanka Tea Board ↗ · Colombo auction averages and export statistics
- Tea Board of India ↗ · Auction prices by centre and grade
- World Bank Pink Sheet ↗ · Monthly tea price: average of the Kolkata, Colombo and Mombasa auctions
Prices change every week. Always check the official source before you trade.
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Tea guides
All guides →How to sell and export tea from Kenya: licences, the Mombasa auction and direct sales
How Kenyan tea is sold: grower and factory registration, Tea Board of Kenya licences, the weekly Mombasa auction, direct sales of orthodox and specialty tea, and payment rules.
Read the guide →Tea grades explained: CTC (BP1, PF1, PD, D1) and orthodox (OP, FOP, BOP), and how auctions set prices
What tea grades like BP1, PF1, PD, Dust 1, OP and FOP mean, how CTC and orthodox tea differ, and how the Mombasa, Colombo and Indian auctions price tea.
Read the guide →How to buy tea direct from factories and estates: samples, grades, packing and payment
A buyer's checklist for sourcing made tea direct from producers: when direct sales are allowed, how to read grades, what to ask in a sample, packing, contracts and safe payment.
Read the guide →How to list and buy tea, cocoa, cashews, spices and sesame on Coffee Parchment
Step-by-step: choose the crop, add the quality measures buyers check (grade, bean count, KOR, density, purity), filter lots, post a buyer request and trade directly.
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