Farm, Food & DrinkSouth Asia
Ceylon tea: growing, processing, tasting
Kandy, Sri Lanka
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Hill-country estates run pluck-to-cup programmes — withering, rolling, oxidation and formal cupping with estate tasters.
- How long
- ~7 days
- Cost
- $400 – $1,000
- In rupees
- ₹38,200 – ₹95,500
- Starting level
- Beginner
2–21 days
$100/day
₹9,600/day
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Price covers: 7-day estate programme, tuition + bungalow stay + meals. Rough estimate. Treat it as an order of magnitude, not a quote. Flights and visas are never included, and nothing here is a quote.
The price includes
- Tuition
- Somewhere to sleep
- Meals
Best months — Jan-Mar, Jul-Sep
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While you're in the region
Is this a good one?
- Against others of its kind
- At $100 a day this sits a little under the $136 median for farm, food & drink. It is cheaper than 14 of the 18 farm, food & drink options mapped here.
- Other things to learn in Sri Lanka
- 1 other option in Sri Lanka, starting with surfing in Weligama from $350.
- When to go
- Workable across 6 months of the year — Jan-Mar, Jul-Sep. Outside that the season is against you, not the school.
- How long it really takes
- Most people give it 7 days, but the honest range is 2 to 21. That spread is wide because how far you take it is up to you.
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