ʻO Sri Lanka, i kapa ʻia ʻo "Ceylon" i ka wā kahiko, ʻike ʻia ʻo ia he waimaka ma ka moana ʻĀina a ʻo ia ka mokupuni nani loa o ka honua. ʻO ke kino nui o ka ʻāina he mokupuni ia ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o ka Moana ʻĪnia, i hana ʻia e like me ka waimaka mai ka ʻāina ʻo ʻAsia Hema. Hāʻawi ke Akua iā ia i nā mea āpau koe wale nō ka hau. ʻAʻohe ona kau ʻehā, a ʻo ka mahana maʻamau he 28°C a puni ka makahiki, e like me kona ʻano haʻahaʻa, ʻakaʻaka mau ʻo ia iā ʻoe. ʻO ke kī ʻeleʻele i hana ʻia e kamīkini kīʻeleʻele, ʻO nā pōhaku makamae, nā ʻelepani olaola a nani, a me ka wai uliuli ka manaʻo mua o nā kānaka iā ia.

No ka mea ua kapa ʻia ʻo Sri Lanka ʻo Ceylon i ka wā kahiko, ua loaʻa i kāna kī ʻeleʻele kēia inoa. No nā haneli mau makahiki, ua ulu ka kī o Sri Lanka me ka ʻole o nā pesticides a me nā mea kanu kemika, a ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia ʻo "ke kī ʻeleʻele maʻemaʻe ma ka honua". I kēia manawa, ʻo Sri Lanka ke kolu o ka mea hoʻopuka kī nui loa ma ka honua. ʻO ke aniau wela a me ka lepo momona e hoʻokumu i kahi kūlana ulu maikaʻi no ke kī. Ke holo nei ke kaʻaahi ma nā mauna a me nā mauna, e hele ana ma ke kīhāpai kī, ua ʻala ke ʻala o ke kī, a ʻo nā ʻōpuʻu ʻōmaʻomaʻo ma nā mauna a me nā puʻu ʻōmaʻomaʻo e hoʻokō kekahi i kekahi. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā kaʻaahi nani loa o ka honua. Eia kekahi, ua koi mau ka poʻe mahiʻai kiʻi Sri Lanka e ʻohi wale i "ʻelua lau a me hoʻokahi pua" ma ka lima, i mea e mālama ai i ka ʻāpana ʻala loa o ke kī, ʻoiai ke waiho ʻia i loko o kahi kīʻaha maʻamau.kī kī, hiki ke hoʻokaʻawale i nā kānaka.

I ka makahiki 1867, ua loaʻa iā Sri Lanka kāna kanu kī pāʻoihana mua, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻano like ʻolenā mīkini ʻohi kī, a hiki i kēia manawa. Ma 2009, ua loaʻa ʻo Sri Lanka i ka makana ISO Tea Technology mua loa ma ka honua a ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo "World's Cleanest Tea" i ka loiloi o nā pesticides a me nā koena hiki ʻole ke ʻike. Eia naʻe, ke pilikia nei ka mokupuni ʻoi loa i ka pōʻino o ka hoʻokele waiwai. Hāʻawi i ka lima kōkua a inu i ke kīʻaha kīʻaha Ceylon. ʻAʻohe mea hiki ke kōkua maikaʻi iā Sri Lanka!