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The Loolecondera estate was the first tea plantation estate in Sri Lanka (Ceylon) started in 1867 by Scotsman
James Taylor started the plantation of tea within of land in Loolecondera and it grew rapidly. In 1872, he started a tea factory with his latest invention of the tea leaves cutting machine.
He spent most of his life in Loolecondera until his death in 1892.
The authorities of Sri Lanka built a museum at Loolecondera in 1992 to commemorate him.
Loolecondera is a corruption into
Official Website – Sri Lanka Tea Board
Tea estates in Sri Lanka Sri Lankan tea Archaeological protected monuments in Nuwara Eliya District {{tea-stub
The Loolecondera estate was the first tea plantation estate in Sri Lanka (Ceylon) started in 1867 by Scotsman James Taylor
James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A six-time Grammy Award winner, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, havi ...
, it is situated in Kandy
Kandy ( si, මහනුවර ''Mahanuwara'', ; ta, கண்டி Kandy, ) is a major city in Sri Lanka located in the Central Province. It was the last capital of the ancient kings' era of Sri Lanka. The city lies in the midst of hills ...
, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
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James Taylor and Loolecondera
James Taylor started the plantation of tea within of land in Loolecondera and it grew rapidly. In 1872, he started a tea factory with his latest invention of the tea leaves cutting machine.
He spent most of his life in Loolecondera until his death in 1892.
The authorities of Sri Lanka built a museum at Loolecondera in 1992 to commemorate him.
Loolecondera is a corruption into British English
British English (BrE, en-GB, or BE) is, according to Lexico, Oxford Dictionaries, "English language, English as used in Great Britain, as distinct from that used elsewhere". More narrowly, it can refer specifically to the English language in ...
of the native name "Lool kandura" (ලූල් කඳුර in Sinhala). ''Loolkandura'' means "the stream full of loola fish"(''Channa striata
''Channa striata'', the striped snakehead, is a species of snakehead fish. It is also known as the common snakehead, chevron snakehead, or snakehead murrel and generally referred simply as mudfish. It is native to South and Southeast Asia, and ...
'').
See also
*James Taylor (Ceylon)
James Taylor (29 March 1835 - 2 May 1892) was a Scottish tea planter who introduced tea to British Ceylon. He arrived to British Ceylon in 1852 and settled down in Loolecondera estate in Delthota. Here he worked with Scottish merchant Thomas ...
*Ceylon tea
Ceylon tea is both the brand of tea which is produced in Sri Lanka and a historic term describing tea from that land. Ceylon tea has been described as not only a geographical descriptor but also a pillar of Sri Lankan culture, heritage and ident ...
*Thomas Lipton
Sir Thomas Johnstone Lipton, 1st Baronet (10 May 18482 October 1931) was a Scotsman of Ulster-Scots parentage who was a self-made man, as company founder of Lipton Tea, merchant, philanthropist and yachtsman who lost 5 straight America's Cup m ...
References
External links
Official Website – Sri Lanka Tea Board
Tea estates in Sri Lanka Sri Lankan tea Archaeological protected monuments in Nuwara Eliya District {{tea-stub