I know it’s a bit strange to start a Sri Lankan tea blog from Russia, but I hope the first few posts will be a taste of things to come. I’m Subra, I’m a third generation tea taster.

I work for my family company Eswaran Brothers.

Top 5 reasons why I love my job

1) I get to taste great teas!
2) Generally people who work in the tea business tend to be nicer. I know it sounds corny but it’s true. Specially when you compare it to something like the Apparel industry.
3) I have to travel often to (arguably) most beautiful parts of Sri Lanka – the tea plantations.
4) I get to visit a lot of countries. It’s not as much fun as people think, and a lot of times it’s shuttling between hotels and offices, but I’m happy with what I get to see and you also meet lots of interesting people (see #2 above).

5) There’s a lot of creativity in the packaging – you get to work with designers from all over the world.

I hope this blog will be diary of the great teas I get to taste and the variety of tea cultures I run into as well as maybe a few personal ramblings.