From seed to sip, we capture the healing goodness and flavours of the forest, and of tea
We source tea seeds from 100-year-old tea trees in the wild and grow tea organically and regeneratively
alongside multiple crops in a forest setting.
We harvest the finest tea leaves that have the highest levels
of health-giving properties. We handcraft tea, as folklore has it, with the healing palms of
our artisans. We
make tea in extremely small quantities and pack within a day of plucking to guarantee quality and
freshness. Our founder tastes every
batch of tea to personally assures you of the promise we make. We
share knowledge of the healing properties of tea and promote a meditatively relaxed culture of brewing
and drinking tea, to heal your mind and body.
Healing one community
We inspire our artisan communities to live and work in harmony with the forest and each other.
We are continuously upgrading housing and sanitation facilities and supply
water that originate from natural springs. We offer food and groceries at discounted rates. We
support our workers with financial assistance to purchase capital items to enhance their quality of life. We
support our workers’ children with life skills and education through an enrichment programme. We share
economic benefits with residents of neighbouring villages by sourcing all our transport requirements and
some of our construction work from them.
Healing one forest
We cultivate in a forest eco-system and live and work in harmony with the forest.
We preserve 23 acres of our land as a rainforest. We are researching and further developing the forest
eco-system in partnership with The Wildlife and Nature Protection Society (WNPS) of Sri Lanka. We are
also converting our tea garden to an Agro-forest under the guidance of world-renowned Systems
Ecologist,
Dr. Ranil Senanayake. We nurture 3 streams that surround our land and multiple springs that
originate from the forest.
We grow multiple plant species to protect soil from run-off, maintain over 3Kms of stone terraced
and harvest 20 million liters of rainwater in a
man-made lake. We grow cover crops to conserve and
regenerate soil and cultivate diverse crops to naturally enhance the nutrients in the soil. We produce our
own bio-fertiliser to further enrich soil.
We installed roof top solar and supply energy to the national grid. We also installed a weather and soil
station to enable the efficient use of natural resources. We purchase and upgrade used equipment to
extend the life cycle of assets. We use bamboo, cob, and other natural materials for construction
alongside
re-cycled and re-purposed materials, thereby reducing our overall carbon footprint.
Kaley Teas are grown and made in a single garden in a rural village in the South of Sri Lanka. We are located 12 kilometers as the crow flies from Sinharaja; Sri Lanka’s largest rainforest and UNESCO world natural heritage site.