ISri Lanka, eyaziwa ngokuba yi "Ceylon" kumaxesha amandulo, yaziwa ngokuba yikrazula kuLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya kwaye sesona siqithi sihle kakhulu emhlabeni. Umzimba ophambili welizwe sisiqithi esikwikona esemazantsi oLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya, emile okweenyembezi ezisuka kuMazantsi e-Asia. UThixo wamnika yonke into ngaphandle kwekhephu. Akanamaxesha amane onyaka, kwaye ubushushu obungaguqukiyo bungama-28°C unyaka wonke, kanye njengobuntu bakhe obuthambileyo, usoloko ekuncumela. Iti emnyama icutshungulwe yiumatshini iti emnyama, amatye anqabileyo atsala amehlo, iindlovu ezidlamkileyo nezithandekayo, kunye namanzi aluhlaza zizinto zokuqala ezibonwa ngabantu ngaye.

Ngenxa yokuba iSri Lanka yayibizwa ngokuba yiCeylon kumaxesha amandulo, itiye yayo emnyama yafumana eli gama. Kangangamakhulu eminyaka, iti yaseSri Lanka iye yakhuliswa ngaphandle kwezibulali zinambuzane kunye nezichumisi zemichiza, kwaye yaziwa ngokuba "yiti emnyama ecocekileyo emhlabeni". Okwangoku, iSri Lanka lilizwe lesithathu elikhulu elithumela iti kumazwe angaphandle. Imozulu eshushu kunye nomhlaba ochumileyo udala imeko-bume ebalaseleyo yokukhula kweti. Uloliwe uhamba ngeentaba kunye neentaba, edlula egadini yeti, iphunga leti elivumba limnandi, kwaye amaqabunga aluhlaza kuzo zonke iintaba kunye neenduli eziluhlaza ziyancedisana. Waziwa njengomnye weendlela zikaloliwe ezintle ehlabathini. Ngaphezu koko, amafama eti yaseSri Lankan ahlala egxininisa ekukhetheni kuphela "amagqabi amabini kunye nehlumela elinye" ngesandla, ukuze kugcinwe eyona ndawo imnandi yeti, nokuba ibekwe kwindawo eqhelekileyo.iseti yeti, kunokwenza abantu bazive ngokwahlukileyo.

Ngomnyaka we-1867, iSri Lanka yayinentsimi yayo yokuqala yokuthengisa iti, isebenzisa iintlobo ezahlukeneyooomatshini bokuvuna iti, kwaye ikhona kude kube ngoku. Ngo-2009, iSri Lanka yawongwa ngembasa yokuqala yehlabathi ye-ISO Tea Technology kwaye yabizwa ngokuba “yiTea ecocekileyo yeHlabathi” kuvavanyo lwezibulali-zinambuzane kunye neentsalela ezingabonakaliyo. Noko ke, esona siqithi sasikade sinomtsalane sithwaxwa yintlekele yezoqoqosho. Nika isandla sokunceda kwaye usele ikomityi yeti yaseCeylon. Akukho nto inokunceda iSri Lanka ngcono!