<P> In 1824 a tea plant was brought to Ceylon by the British from China and was planted in the Royal Botanical Gardens in Peradeniya for non-commercial purposes . Further experimental tea plants were brought from Assam and Calcutta in India to Peradeniya in 1839 through the East India Company and over the years that followed . In 1839 the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce was established followed by the Planters ' Association of Ceylon in 1854 . In 1867 , James Taylor marked the birth of the tea industry in Ceylon by starting a tea plantation in the Loolecondera ( Pronounced Lul - Ka ( n ) dura in Sinhala - ලූල් කඳුර ) estate in Kandy in 1867 . He was only 17 when he came to Loolkandura , Sri Lanka . The original tea plantation was just 19 acres ( 76,890 m ) . In 1872 Taylor began operating a fully equipped tea factory on the grounds of the Loolkandura estate and that year the first sale of Loolecondra tea ( Loolkandura ) was made in Kandy . In 1873 , the first shipment of Ceylon tea , a consignment of some 23 lb ( 10 kg ) , arrived in London . Sir Arthur Conan Doyle remarked on the establishment of the tea plantations , `` ... the tea fields of Ceylon are as true a monument to courage as is the lion at Waterloo '' . </P>
<P> In 1824 a tea plant was brought to Ceylon by the British from China and was planted in the Royal Botanical Gardens in Peradeniya for non-commercial purposes . Further experimental tea plants were brought from Assam and Calcutta in India to Peradeniya in 1839 through the East India Company and over the years that followed . In 1839 the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce was established followed by the Planters ' Association of Ceylon in 1854 . In 1867 , James Taylor marked the birth of the tea industry in Ceylon by starting a tea plantation in the Loolecondera ( Pronounced Lul - Ka ( n ) dura in Sinhala - ලූල් කඳුර ) estate in Kandy in 1867 . He was only 17 when he came to Loolkandura , Sri Lanka . The original tea plantation was just 19 acres ( 76,890 m ) . In 1872 Taylor began operating a fully equipped tea factory on the grounds of the Loolkandura estate and that year the first sale of Loolecondra tea ( Loolkandura ) was made in Kandy . In 1873 , the first shipment of Ceylon tea , a consignment of some 23 lb ( 10 kg ) , arrived in London . Sir Arthur Conan Doyle remarked on the establishment of the tea plantations , `` ... the tea fields of Ceylon are as true a monument to courage as is the lion at Waterloo '' . </P>
who is credited with the birth of the tea industry in srilanka
who is credited with the birth of the tea industry in srilanka
James Taylor
James Taylor