However coffee plantations were all but decimated within a couple of years.
Taylor’s tea planting initiative enabled a new industry to hastily replace an old one.
From an initial export of a mere 23 pounds of tea production on Loolecondera, exports rose rapidly to more than 20,000 tons in 1890.
So too did the glowing reputation of Ceylon Tea, as the industry continued to expand heavily, moving into the 20th century.
James passed away in 1892 and was laid to rest at the Mahaiyawa cemetery in Kandy. Sir Thomas Lipton is also deeply associated in the origins of Ceylon Tea…
Lipton’s Seat is one of Sri Lanka's most impressive viewpoints in the country's central highlands.
At the top, after a steady climb to 2000 metres above sea level, one is rewarded with views out over the undulating hills of central Sri Lanka, across a patchwork of tea estates, out to Udawalawe National Park in the south.
One has to attempt this climb if your itinerary encompasses the central highlands! It's from this spot that over a century ago, Sir Thomas Lipton viewed his burgeoning empire.
In 2018, all that remains of Lipton is a statue of him reclining on a bench, arm outstretched at an awkward right angles holding what must have been a tea cup.
This spot is significant and called "Lipton's Seat"
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