ʻO nā kahakai, nā kai, a me nā huaʻai he mau hōʻailona maʻamau no nā ʻāina mokupuni wela. No Sri Lanka, aia ma ka Moana Inia, ʻo ke kī ʻeleʻele he mea kānalua kekahi o kāna mau lepili kūʻokoʻa.Nā mīkini ʻohi kīmakemake nui ʻia ma ka ʻāina. E like me ke kumu o Ceylon kīʻeleʻele, kekahi o nā kīʻeleʻele nui ʻehā i ka honua, no ke aha ʻo Sri Lanka ʻo ke kumu kīʻeleʻele maikaʻi loa ma muli o kona kūlana ʻāina kūʻokoʻa a me nā hiʻohiʻona aniau.

ʻO ke kumu kanu kī Ceylon i kaupalena ʻia i nā uka waena a me nā haʻahaʻa hema o ka ʻāina mokupuni. Ua māhele ʻia ʻo ia i ʻehiku mau wahi hana nui e like me nā ʻano ʻāina mahiʻai like ʻole, ke aniau a me ka ʻāina. Wahi a nā kiʻekiʻe ʻokoʻa, ua māhele ʻia i ʻekolu mau ʻāpana: kiʻi kiʻekiʻe, kī waena a me kī haʻahaʻa. ʻOiai ʻokoʻa nā ʻano kī like ʻole, ma ke ʻano o ka maikaʻi, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kī uka.

Hana nui ʻia ke kī kiʻekiʻe o Sri Lanka ma nā ʻāpana ʻekolu o Uva, Dimbula a me Nuwara Eliya. Ma ka ʻōlelo o ka ʻāina, aia ʻo Uwo ma ka hikina hikina o ka Central Highlands, me kahi kiʻekiʻe o 900 a 1,600 mika; Aia ʻo Dimbula ma ka ʻaoʻao komohana o Central Highlands, a ua māhele ʻia nā kīhāpai kī ma ka wahi hana ma 1,100 a 1,600 mau mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai; a me Nuwara Eli Aia ma nā mauna o waena o Sri Lanka, me ka awelika kiʻekiʻe o 1868 mika.

ʻO ka hapa nui o nā wahi kanu kī o Sri Lanka ma nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe, a me kamea ʻohi kīhoʻoponopono i ka pilikia kūloko o ka ʻohi ʻana i nā lau kī i ka manawa. Ma muli o ka microclimate alpine kūikawā i kēia mau wahi i hana ʻia ai ka kī ʻeleʻele o Lanka. ʻO nā mauna he ao a he noe, a ua hoʻonui ʻia ka ea a me ka haʻahaʻa o ka lepo, e paʻakikī ana i nā pūhui kō i hana ʻia e ka photosynthesis o nā ʻōpuʻu kumu a me nā lau e hoʻopuʻi, ʻaʻole maʻalahi ka hana ʻana o ka cellulose, a hiki ke noho hou a palupalu nā ʻōpuʻu kī. no ka manawa lōʻihi me ka maʻalahi ʻole o ka ʻelemakule; Eia kekahi, nā mauna kiʻekiʻe He lush ka ululāʻau, a loaʻa i nā kumulāʻau kī ke kukui no ka manawa pōkole, haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, a me ka mālamalama diffused. He mea maikaʻi kēia i ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o nā pūhui naikokene i loko o ke kī, e like me ka chlorophyll, ka nui o ka nitrogen, a me ka ʻakika amino, a he hopena kēia i ke kala, ʻala, ʻono, a me ka palupalu o ke kī. He mea maikaʻi loa ka hoʻonuiʻana i ka mahana; ʻO ka mahana ma kahi o 20 degrees Celsius ma nā wahi kiʻekiʻe o Sri Lanka ka mahana kūpono no ka ulu ʻana o ke kī; ua ulu nā mea ulu alpine a ua nui nā lālā make a me nā lau, e hana ana i kahi papa mānoanoa o ka uhi ma ka honua. Ma kēiaʻano,ʻaʻole i wehe wale ka lepo a hoʻonohonoho maikaʻiʻia, akā, ua waiwai ka lepo i nā mea olaola, e hāʻawi ana i nā meaʻai waiwai no ka uluʻana o nā kumulāʻau ti. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole hiki ke nānā ʻole ʻia ka maikaʻi o ka ʻāina o ka ʻāina hili.

Eia hou, ko Lanka ka tropical monsoon aniau ano hana i ka decisive kuleana ma ka hope hoʻohana onā mīkini ʻōni kīe kālua i ke kī maikaʻi. No ka mea, ʻoiai ma nā wahi kīʻaha kiʻekiʻe, ʻaʻole like nā kī a pau i nā kau a pau. ʻOiai makemake nā kumulāʻau kī i ka ua nui e ulu, ʻaʻole lawa ka nui. No laila, i ka wā e lawe mai ai ka monsoon komohana hema i ke kauwela i ka mahu wai mai ka Moana Inia a i nā wahi ma ke komohana o ka mauna kiʻekiʻe, ʻo ia ka manawa e hoʻopuka ai ʻo Uwa, aia ma ka hikina hikina o nā uka kiʻekiʻe, e hoʻohua ai i ke kī kiʻekiʻe (Iulai-Sepatemaba); akā, i ka hiki ʻana mai o ka hoʻoilo, ʻo ka wai mahana a me ka ʻūhā o ke kai kūʻono o Bengal Ke hele pinepine ka ea i nā wahi hikina o ka mauna kiʻekiʻe me ke kōkua ʻana o ka monsoon hikina hikina, ʻo ia ka manawa i hana ai ʻo Dimbula a me Nuwara Eliya. kī kiʻekiʻe (Ianuali a Malaki).

Eia naʻe, hiki mai ke kī maikaʻi mai ka ʻenehana hana akahele. Mai ka ʻohi ʻana, kānana, fermentation memīkini hoʻoheheʻe kīi ka kuke ʻana, hoʻoholo kēlā me kēia kaʻina i ka maikaʻi hope o ke kī ʻeleʻele. Ma keʻano laulā, pono ke kī ʻeleʻele Ceylon kiʻekiʻe i ka manawa kūpono, kahi a me nā kānaka e hana ʻia. Pono nā mea ʻekolu a pau.