Ceylon Tea Museum
Ceylon Tea Museum
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8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
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8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
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8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
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8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
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8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
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8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
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8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
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- Kartik54Mumbai, India438 contributionsA must visit place for tea lovers to see a factory in original shale keeping the then used machinery. Also taste teaA more than 100 years old tea factory keeping the original machinery purchased around 1880 kept on display showcasing the technology then. Very well kept place with very friendly staff who enthusiastically show you around. Any tea lover would love to spend areast an hour and also taste the tea being offered to taste . Store on sight sells good collection and variety of teasVisited November 2023Travelled with familyWritten 11 November 2023
- HandysmithRyde, Australia307 contributionsTea Museum on the outskirts of KandyThis is a museum, not a working tea factory. However for a small entry fee they take you on an informative tour of all the various museum pieces and explain how it all worked in those times. The museum is in an old multi story tea factory. We id this museum and also a working tea factory which was a good combination. Staff were great and spoke excellent English.Visited October 2023Travelled as a coupleWritten 26 November 2023
- Joy M118 contributionsA good place to learn about tea productionAfter reading reviews about tea factory tours and not finding anything acceptable, we chose to go to the tea museum. A good choice too. We were shown round the museum by a very informed guide who knew all the answers to our sometimes obscure questions. There was a lovely exhibition of old and new photographs depicting the life of a tea picker. A welcome free cup of tea and a not overpriced gift shop. Highly recommended LKR 1000 per person entry for foreigners Closed on MondaysVisited January 2024Travelled as a coupleWritten 7 January 2024
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Brett S
Kandy, Sri Lanka12 contributions
Aug 2022 • Family
Cool tuk tuk ride up to the hills to visit a museum that provides a great informative history of tea ‘story’ in the region. Worth the trip and a lively place to support in the current economic climate. Recommended.
Written 11 August 2022
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Kanishka Herath
Kurunegala, Sri Lanka137 contributions
Jan 2023
This museum loated just 3 - 4 km from Kandy city. It gives you a better explanation about history of tea industry of Sri Lanka which was the back bone of Sri Lankan economy in the colonial era. This place was established by converting old tea factory in to a museum. This is a 5 story building.
It is worthy to travel there and study the history and culture. It will be a unique experience.
It is worthy to travel there and study the history and culture. It will be a unique experience.
Written 28 February 2023
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Kartik54
Mumbai, India438 contributions
Nov 2023 • Family
A more than 100 years old tea factory keeping the original machinery purchased around 1880 kept on display showcasing the technology then. Very well kept place with very friendly staff who enthusiastically show you around. Any tea lover would love to spend areast an hour and also taste the tea being offered to taste . Store on sight sells good collection and variety of teas
Written 11 November 2023
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Sameera K
Ella, Sri Lanka291 contributions
Feb 2014 • Friends
A thoroughly enjoyable and informative tour,very interesting to learn about the tea,we got a great tour nevertheless...!
Written 18 January 2015
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Caroline P
London47 contributions
Feb 2015 • Friends
A total overview of the tea industry in Sri Lanka. Machinery, processes, culture, the people who brought tea to Sri Lanka. No need to travel further in a bus for hours to see the processing of tea and the growing of the bushes in the fields.. Everything is here and know one op seems to visit. While we were there only 4 other couples. Even had a film show and a cup of tea. Should be the number one attraction in Kandy.
Written 18 February 2015
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Darshana Ratnayake
Amman, Jordan2,082 contributions
Jun 2019 • Friends
Just 3km from kandy city..This musium is all about tea history in Sri Lanka. Old tea factory has converted in to the musium. Totaly this is a 5 story building. LKR 100 for local and LKR 800 for foriegners.
In these you can see many exhibits related to tea industry. You can see many belonginess of the father of the tea Mr. James Tayler toi. There is a good simulation which showes how the tea factory works. The first tea bag, first tea drying machine, first tea rollimg machine also exhibit.
Top of the museum there is a tea cafe and they will offer you free Sri lankan tea.. its delicious. Next to it there is a big tea sales shop with various tea types in sri lanka.
In these you can see many exhibits related to tea industry. You can see many belonginess of the father of the tea Mr. James Tayler toi. There is a good simulation which showes how the tea factory works. The first tea bag, first tea drying machine, first tea rollimg machine also exhibit.
Top of the museum there is a tea cafe and they will offer you free Sri lankan tea.. its delicious. Next to it there is a big tea sales shop with various tea types in sri lanka.
Written 7 June 2019
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randomcharm
Kuwait City, Kuwait407 contributions
Oct 2016 • Solo
Having been to Nuwara Eliya and spent the whole day passing through and stopping on different tea plantations to drink a cup of tea and go around and listen to a lady dressed in their national costume and explain to you how tea is being processed, you would want to give this place a visit. The Ceylon Tea Museum in Hantana is a bit of a climb (well, I haven't literally climbed it as I was riding in a car, but the road's a bit steep and its recommended to get a tuktuk because its a bit far from the main road of Kandy), but worth the visit if you're truly interested in the history of Ceylon Tea. There were only a few visitors when I visited the place. Not very crowded compared to the tea plantations I've visited in Nuwara Eliya. Here, you'll find the very first tea packet, the first machinery used to produce tea in the land, the story on how Sir James Taylor started the tea industry in Sri Lanka and even one of the first tea shrubs ever. The experience was overwhelming as you could see how the tea industry in the country has evolved from manually grinding and drying the tea leaves to the modern way used in tea plantations nowadays. It's definitely a must-go place for tea lovers like me. There's a pot of tea that awaits you at the end of the tour.
Written 7 January 2017
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Prachi Varshney
Doha, Qatar103 contributions
Jun 2016 • Family
My husband planned it because he wished both kids to see how actually tea was originated. We loved the guide and we loved the British era building very well kept too.
The tea they offer actually opens your eyes that what crap actually multinational companies are serving you in the name of finest tea.
We bought loads of tea from there.
Must visit if you believe in the quality of life.
The tea they offer actually opens your eyes that what crap actually multinational companies are serving you in the name of finest tea.
We bought loads of tea from there.
Must visit if you believe in the quality of life.
Written 22 July 2016
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mevrouwt
London, UK55 contributions
Jun 2014 • Friends
The best thing was the journey up to the museum.
The tour was fine, but we didn't know the basics about Tea growing/making and she didn't explain any of it to us, and therefore we struggled to understand what she did tell us (3 Doctors, we aren't stupid!)
I subsequently went to two different working tea factories and they were miles better, the tour at the others was really informative and seeing the machines working gave a much better idea of what it was all about.
At Mackwoods they also take you to a tea bush and explain there which helps.
I wouldn't go, go to a working tea factory, there are so many choice of places to explore the tea industry, no need to go to a sub-optimal one.
Tour is about 5-10 mins and there are then 3 floors to look around and on the top floor is a cafe for you to have a complimentary taste of tea.
3rd floor is shops but they were mostly closed as we went out of season.
The tour was fine, but we didn't know the basics about Tea growing/making and she didn't explain any of it to us, and therefore we struggled to understand what she did tell us (3 Doctors, we aren't stupid!)
I subsequently went to two different working tea factories and they were miles better, the tour at the others was really informative and seeing the machines working gave a much better idea of what it was all about.
At Mackwoods they also take you to a tea bush and explain there which helps.
I wouldn't go, go to a working tea factory, there are so many choice of places to explore the tea industry, no need to go to a sub-optimal one.
Tour is about 5-10 mins and there are then 3 floors to look around and on the top floor is a cafe for you to have a complimentary taste of tea.
3rd floor is shops but they were mostly closed as we went out of season.
Written 27 June 2014
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rikaz77
Colombo, Sri Lanka80 contributions
Dec 2019 • Family
A wonderful historical and entertaining journey down memory lane. All the equipments are labeled in an orderly fashion. A tour guide is available on request. It has four floors. On the first floor is a mechanized model of an tea factory. On the second floor one can see the oldest tea package in Sri Lanka. On the fourth floor you can have a cup of tea and buy some tea. Very friendly staff.
Written 14 December 2019
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Are you open on Independence Day (4th February)? If so, what hours?
Written 3 February 2018
Tried to go to the museum today. It was closed when we arrived. Someone told us that it was closed for repairs, they couldn't tell us when it would reopen. Just a PSA for fellow travellers, call before you drive all the way up there!
Written 12 April 2017
Sorry, I have the same answer as above. News to me. Try going to a tea plantation/processing centre. There is one in Haputale, man.
Written 18 April 2017
bedenimal
Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
I've been there a few years ago with my family and 3 relative local families and got more information on Sri Lanka Tea. As a Scout Leader I am accompanying my Scout friends from Norway for the first time. I hope positively this will be a nice attraction for them.
Written 19 March 2016
bedenimal
Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Within a weeks time (may be on the 24th Thursday) I wish to bring a team of 15 of my friends from Norway with few locals to your museum. Please let me know 1.) the days and the period of time it is opened. 2.) The entrance fee for Foreigners and Locals with a Guide.
Written 19 March 2016
bedenimal
Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
I've been there a few years ago with my family and 3 relative local families and got more information on Sri Lanka Tea. As a Scout Leader I am accompanying my Scout friends from Norway for the first time. I hope positively this will be a nice attraction for them.
Written 19 March 2016
Hi
Is there a tea plantation near the Ceylon Tea Museum that someone could recommend please?
Thanks
Jagdip
Written 23 June 2015
Hi,
there is tea plantation around the tea museum. but if you wont to see real functioning tea factory you could visit UDUWELA tea factory (have to passed Tea museum) 10km from Kandy city.
thanks
Written 25 June 2015
Hi Iam wound eating if there is a bus that passes by the museum?
Written 6 February 2015
If you are in Kandy, if you want to get to the Tea Museum, you ned to take a bus which goes to Hanthana. And as the conductor drop you infront of the Tea Museum.
Secondly a three wheel taxi would be convenient.
Buss to Galle does not go infront of the Tea Museum (th one in Hanthana).
Written 16 February 2015
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