Artisanal Teas come to stay at Jetwing Hotels
View(s):Ceylon Artisanal Tea Association (CATA) launched a range of unique artisanal teas last week to all Sri Lankan tea lovers for the first time. Jetwing Hotels and Resorts across the island opened its doors to CATA products from association’s estates – Kaley, Forest Hill and Amba for exclusive servings for its guests.
Udena Wickramasooriya, founder of Kaley Tea presenting at the launch said the Ceylon Artisanal Tea Association is a group of like-minded, independent tea estates across the island, growing tea in a variety of climates, environments, and terroirs which imbues the tea leaves with distinct flavours and fragrances, highly sought after by discerning tea drinkers across the world. Speaking at the event Hiran Cooray, Chairman of Jetwing Symphony PLC stated that although Sri Lanka produces some of the finest teas in the world, the country has failed to capitalize on the potential of its golden export and the growing demand for single-estate, hand-crafted products. He continued further saying that having experienced the flavour and quality of the hand-crafted teas and tisanes produced by the members of the Ceylon Artisanal Tea Association, Jetwing Hotels would be rolling out the product to guests across its portfolio.
A live brewing and tea-tasting experience followed the presentations where four artisanal teas were served to invitees with carefully paired canapes, with an expert curation by Simon Bell, president of the Ceylon Artisanal Tea Association.
The event concluded with an evening of tea-infused cocktails with a creative twist such as Sunshine Sour which used Kaley Tea’s Orange Sunshine and ‘Kurunduwatta’, featuring Forest Hill Tea’s iconic Wild Cinnamon mixed with vodka and homemade cinnamon syrup.
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