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Telbedde Estate crowned Overall Gold Winner at Ceylon Specialty Estate Tea Awards 2025
Daily FT
|October 03, 2025
TELBEDDE Estate, managed by Balangoda Plantations PLC, has emerged as the Overall Gold Award Winner at the prestigious Ceylon Specialty Estate Tea of the Year 2025.
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The award, presented by the Sri Lanka Tea Board in collaboration with the Colombo Tea Traders Association and Colombo Brokers' Association, celebrates excellence in single-origin Ceylon teas. Telbedde Estate's Orange Pekoe 1 (OP1) tea stood out from a competitive field, judged for its exceptional quality, unique character and consistency.
This story is from the October 03, 2025 edition of Daily FT.
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