One-stop tea shopping: this large but unflashy shop has many of the smaller brands of Ceylon tea that can be hard to find. It also has most of the top brands, such as Mackwoods, and all sorts of tea-related merchandise.
Sri Lanka Tea Board Shop
Colombo
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