Sri Lanka Tea Regions

Depending on elevation above the sea level of the tea plantation, teas produced there are classified into one of the three categories:

  – Low Grown

  – Mid Grown

  – High Grown

 There are seven principal tea producing agro-climatic regions in Sri Lanka:

1. Nuwara Eliya – Western High Grown
2. Uda Pussellawa – Uva High Grown
3. Dimbula- Western High Grown
4. Uva – Uva High Grown 
5. Kandy – Mid Grown 
6. Sabaragamuwa – Low Grown 
7. Ruhuna – Low Grown