St. Clare’s tea Centre opened in Talawakele

The St Clair’s tea centre in Talawakelle, which was taken over by Maskeliya Tea Gardens Ltd, was re-opened for visitors after re-furbishing and renovating. This beautiful 100-year-old planter’s cottage has been restored to bring back its old world charm. The St. Claire Tea Centre offers the traveller a place to reminisce of days gone by, take in the stunning panorama of two of Sri Lanka’s most beautiful waterfalls and just relax with a wonderful cup of pure Ceylon Tea. Completing the perfect tea experience, visitors could enjoy a variety of snacks, including the famous St Clair’s cake, as well as fresh handpicked strawberries.

St. Clare’s Tea Centre is equipped to cater to 35-40 visitors at any given time and is ideally located en route to Nuwara Eliya. Local and foreign tourists who patronise the tea centre, in search of a perfect Ceylon tea experience, are guaranteed an excellent cup of tea, direct from the finest portfolio of estates owned by Maskeliya Plantations Ltd. The Tea Centre boasts one of the widest selections of single garden and unique region range of orthodox Ceylon teas. In addition to the traditional black teas, slimming teas, silver tips, golden tips and herbal teas, tea varieties such as herbal bath teas, and detoxifying teas could also be purchased. Many of these teas are packed in a wide selection of speciality gift packs very different to those found in other tea shops around the country.
Situated 150 kms from Colombo, on the Colombo-Nuwara Eliya road, amidst lush tea estates owned by the Richard Pieris Group and managed by Maskeliya Plantations Ltd.

A company official of Maskeliya Tea Gardens said “The tea centre is mostly patronised by tourists from countries such as Japan, Britain, Middle East and Germany. They find the ambience very welcoming and teas full of flavour and taste. In fact, Maskeliya teas are famous all over the world for their special aroma and taste. Since it’s re-opening a few months ago, we have attracted large numbers of local and foreign visitors, and the place is becoming very popular among travellers.
At St. Clare’s Tea Centre, one could purchase tea packs and tea based souvenirs made out of porcelain, reed, wood, leather, copper, platinum quoted, etc..ranging from Rs. 500 to Rs. 7,000.

The Teas that are packed in these come directly off the best tea plantations in this country, owned by Maskeliya Plantations and well known in “tea circles” across the globe, as producers of the world’s best teas.

The care and attention given to the production, from the time of picking the two leaves and the bud, to the final sealing of the packet, gives our teas the unique flavour and freshness not found in any other tea available.