‘Two leaves and a bud’ becoming fiction as climate change hits tea: Dilmah Chief (opens original article in a new tab)

Climate change is threatening the quality and production of Ceylon Tea in Sri Lanka, with erratic weather patterns and new sustainability regulations posing challenges to the industry's output and export competitiveness.

• Dilmah Tea Chairman warns climate change threatens Ceylon Tea's quality and production standards
• Erratic weather patterns like droughts and heavy rain disrupt the environmental conditions needed for Ceylon Tea
• Sri Lanka's tea production target of 400 million kilograms may be hard to achieve due to climate volatility
• New international sustainability regulations could impact Sri Lankan tea exports if not adapted