Orange Field Tea Factory

**Orange Field Tea Factory**

Founded	Kandy, Sri Lanka (1950)
Headquarters	Panwilatenne, Gampola, Sri Lanka
Key people	Sebastian Retty, N.Amaladass
Products	Ceylon Black Tea
Website	http://orangefieldtea.wix.com/orangefieldtea

Orange Field Tea Factory is engaged in the manufacture of Black tea catering to the Middle - Eastern market and the C-I-S Countries (Commonwealth of Independent States). The factory is situated in Panwilatenne, a very small hamlet in Kandy District, Sri Lanka and located within close proximity to Loolecondera Estate where tea was planted for the first time in the Island by James Taylor (Ceylon). Established in the year 1950 the factory produces Black Tea from leaves grown by about 750 small plantation holders in the westen medium elevational category, at an altitude of between 650 meters to 1000 meters above sea level. Orange Field Tea Factory is registered with The Sri Lanka Tea Board and also is a member of the Ethical Tea Partnership. The average annual production for the past few years has been 500,000 kg. The produce is sold weekly at the Colombo tea auctions conducted by the Colombo Brokers' Association, monitored by the Colombo Tea Traders Association.

Factory Information

The factory is equipped with traditional and modern machinery required for low country tea manufacture .
Production capacity is 600,000 kg per Annum.
Employs 60 workers and 5 staff members.

Certification

Ceylon Tea Quality Certificate Two Star Awards for Organizational and GMP Excellence.
HACCP
ISO 22000

Grades Produced

Ceylon black tea

Tea plantation near the factory

OPA, OP ( Orange Pekoe ) - Leafy grades.
OP1, BOP1 & BOP Sp ( Broken Orange Pekoe ) - Wiry grades.
FBOP, FBOP1 ( Flowery Broken Orange Pekoe ), FF, FF1 & FF Sp ( Flowery Fannings ) - Tippy teas.
PEKOE & PEKOE 1 - Shortly teas.

Awards

In the year 2012 at the National plantation award ceremony, Orange Field Tea Factory was declared the ‘Best Tea Factory’ in Gampola region by the president of Sri Lanka Hon.Mahinda Rajapaksa.

In the year 2002 Orange Field Tea Factory was declared joint winner of the ‘Specialty Tea of the Year’ in a competition conducted by the Colombo Tea Traders Association

In the same year Orange Field was chosen as runner up in the Ceylon Estate Tea of the year contest at the 57th U.S.A Tea Convention held in California.

Chain of record prices at the weekly tea auction held in Colombo.

Brand Names

Orange Field Teas are marketed under the following brand names –

Orange Field
Orchard

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