Sri Lanka, yomwe imadziwika kuti "Ceylon" m'nthawi zakale, imadziwika kuti ndi misozi m'nyanja ya Indian Ocean ndipo ndi chilumba chokongola kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Thupi lalikulu la dzikoli ndi chilumba cha kum'mwera kwa nyanja ya Indian Ocean, chooneka ngati misozi yochokera ku South Asia subcontinent. Mulungu anampatsa iye chirichonse kupatula chipale chofewa. Alibe nyengo zinayi, ndipo kutentha kosalekeza ndi 28°C chaka chonse, mofanana ndi kufatsa kwake, amamwetulira nthaŵi zonse. Tiyi wakuda wokonzedwa ndi amakina a tiyi wakuda, miyala yamtengo wapatali yochititsa chidwi, njovu zamoyo ndi zokongola, ndi madzi a buluu ndizoyamba zomwe anthu amamuwona.

Chifukwa Sri Lanka ankatchedwa Ceylon m'nthawi zakale, tiyi wake wakuda anali ndi dzina limeneli. Kwa zaka mazana ambiri, tiyi waku Sri Lanka wakhala akulimidwa popanda mankhwala ophera tizilombo ndi feteleza wamankhwala, ndipo amadziwika kuti "tiyi wakuda wakuda kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi". Pakadali pano, Sri Lanka ndi wachitatu padziko lonse lapansi wogulitsa tiyi. Nyengo yotentha ndi nthaka yachonde zimapanga malo abwino kwambiri omera tiyi. Sitimayi imadutsa m'mapiri ndi mapiri, kudutsa m'munda wa tiyi, kununkhira kwa tiyi ndi zonunkhira, ndipo masamba obiriwira pamapiri onse ndi mapiri obiriwira amathandizirana. Imadziwika kuti ndi imodzi mwa njanji zokongola kwambiri padziko lapansi. Kuphatikiza apo, alimi a tiyi aku Sri Lanka nthawi zonse amaumirira kuti asankhe "masamba awiri ndi tsamba limodzi" ndi dzanja, kuti asunge gawo lonunkhira kwambiri la tiyi, ngakhale atayikidwa pamalo wamba.tea set, kungachititse anthu kumva mosiyana.

Mu 1867, Sri Lanka anali ndi malo oyamba ogulitsa tiyi, pogwiritsa ntchito mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya tiyimakina odulira tiyi, ndipo zakhalapo mpaka pano. Mu 2009, Sri Lanka adapatsidwa mphoto yoyamba ya ISO Tea Technology Award ndipo adatchedwa "Tiyi Waukhondo Padziko Lonse" powunika mankhwala ophera tizilombo ndi zotsalira zosaoneka. Komabe, chilumbachi chomwe poyamba chinali chokongola chikuvutika kwambiri ndi mavuto azachuma. Perekani dzanja lothandizira ndikumwa kapu ya tiyi ya Ceylon. Palibe chomwe chingathandize Sri Lanka bwino!