Sunny Ceylon.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 697, 13 October 1909, Page 6

Sunny Ceylon.

THE GREAT SOURCE OF THE WORLD'S TEA SUPPLY.

The beautiful island of Ceylon is so closely associated nowadays wjth the production of tea that it will doubtless be a surprise to many persons to leuru that comparatively few years ago the tea industry in Ceylon was practically non-existent. The circumstances under which that country came to take a leading hand in the production of tea are somewhat remarkable. In 1873 the coffee industry, for which Ceylon was then famous, was ruined by disease, and the planters, in the face of apparently insurmountable obstacles and by stubborn perseverance and enterprise, established the tea industry in its place,- and with such success that they, like their fellows in India, have beaten the Chinese at their own game, producing a finer qudity of leaf at a less price. A visit to the tea plantations of Ceylon is a thing to be remembered. The scrub from which the leaves are gathered to make the tea grows on the higher slopes of the mountains, which ri-e up in the centre of the island, and the journey from the coast to the hills is one that in respect of charm, interest, and beauty few railway journeys cxn equal. The train, after leaving Colombo, climbs up mountain slopes, through rich riotous foliage, luxuriant with the cocoanut tree, jackfruit and bread trees, the banana, and many another, down the pathways in which one sees bronze men and women with sweet brown eyes and white teeth, who wave their hands and smile their best to the travellers journeying along. It is from these uplands of beauty that the famous Tiger Tea comes. The quality of leaf here grown, as mentioned, is the world's best, but even of this the proprietors of Tiger Tea will accept only the very choicest. All their tea must pass the highest standard of test, and thus it is that Tiger Tea has established its present reputation in the tea market of l>ein« " Always,on Top." For richness of flavor, economy in using, wholesomeness as a beverage—in fact, for all round value for your money, Tiger Tea challenges comparison with any tea that is sold anywhere, When next ordering tea try Tiger. Thousands of others like it. We know you will do so too.