Dimbula is one of Sri Lanka's seven tea regions, and according to the Sri Lanka Tea Board it is "probably the most famous Ceylon Tea of all".
This article draws on the Tea Board's Tea Diversity page and Wikipedia.
- Location: Central Province, west of Nuwara Eliya
- Cool and dry: December–March
- Rains: May–September
- Colour: reddish, golden orange
- Type: high grown (Tea Board)
Where is Dimbula?
Wikipedia's Dimbula article locates the village of Dimbula in the Central Province, about 130 km east of Colombo, 60 km south of Kandy and 35 km west of Nuwara Eliya. The tea region takes its name from this area.
The Sri Lanka Tea Board's article The Birth of Ceylon Tea notes that James Taylor's Loolecondera estate lay "where the Kandy and Dimbula plantation districts meet".
Two seasons
The Tea Board explains that Dimbula is cool and dry between December and March, and then the rains arrive between May and September. "Two different climates within each year dictate Dimbula's tea produce."
The tea
The Tea Board describes Dimbula tea as having "a host of natural flavours with a hint of jasmine spiced with cypress". It says the brewed tea shows "a hue of a reddish, golden orange", with a taste that is "refreshingly mellow". Dimbula is defined as high-grown tea.
Reddish-golden in the cup and refreshingly mellow — the Tea Board's description of Dimbula.
Compare the regions
Dimbula sits on the western side of the central hills. For a side-by-side comparison of all seven regions, read Ceylon Tea Regions Explained.
