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Where to buy good tea in Wadduwa?
For example, where to buy Mlesna in Wadduwa? or whatever is better.
We have 3 days of excursions (botanical garden, elephant nursery, Sigiriya, spice garden) and then 5 days in the hotel. The tour does not include a tea plantation, and after these 3 days you do not want to go anywhere else.
We have 3 days of excursions (botanical garden, elephant nursery, Sigiriya, spice garden) and then 5 days in the hotel. The tour does not include a tea plantation, and after these 3 days you do not want to go anywhere else.
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3 days of excursions is tough. It would be better to distribute more evenly
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answered 12 years ago
You can arrange with your guide to stop near the store along the way. As far as I remember, after the botanical garden, literally in 10-15 minutes we were brought to the Mlesna specialized store, where we bought our goods.
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answered 12 years ago
Lana - thanks. Good idea, if only we could get there)))
Another question, if I may, is there red tea, do you remember?
Another question, if I may, is there red tea, do you remember?
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answered 12 years ago
I won’t say for red tea, I was more interested in green tea. It’s important to immediately agree with the guide about the store, because. You will pass many settlements and shops. in Wadduwa there is a Food City supermarket, you can also look there additionally, I think there is tea there, only maybe a little more expensive. Look, on the box, it should say "product of Mlesna (Ceylon) ltd.
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answered 12 years ago
By the way, the address of the company in Colombo and the company's website are indicated on the tea box: www.mlesnateas.com
You will most likely return to the hotel via Colombo. And on the site you can first get acquainted with mlesna products.
You will most likely return to the hotel via Colombo. And on the site you can first get acquainted with mlesna products.
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answered 12 years ago
With tea, as well as with souvenirs, the situation is as follows: tuk-tukers or guides will stop you near shops where they then have a rollback from sales, so tea turns out to be somewhat more expensive. For example: we wanted to buy tea packed in a coconut in the form of an elephant, where it was offered to us the price was 1800 rupees, and then we found and bought it ourselves for 850 rupees!!! One to one! The place is in Kalutara - on the second floor of the "blue-colored" cafe, the name is about the sea, (somehow there is good food there, we recommend), and on the first floor there are different boutiques, where the woman speaks good Russian and they took teas from her in kilogram falgo packages. Recommended ginger tea, very tasty!
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answered 12 years ago
I don’t think that guides have kickbacks from Mlesna specialized stores, where checks are issued to the buyer. .from the Royal Botanical Garden, in Peradeniya. I remember that green tea (200 gr) in a cardboard box, there was from 300 rupees.
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answered 12 years ago
I also remembered that near the "Tea Fortress" store there is a structure like our samovar, 5.5-6 m high, it is simply impossible to drive past it and not notice it.
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answered 12 years ago
))) Thank you
Now the main thing is to bring it. I looked on the map - from the botanical garden to Tea Fortess a maximum of 2 km
Now the main thing is to bring it. I looked on the map - from the botanical garden to Tea Fortess a maximum of 2 km
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answered 12 years ago
Don't buy tea from factories. Factories are made for tourists, tea is sold low grade. The price is higher than in state stores. Buy tea in centralized Mlesna stores. There tea is of high quality, the minimum price and a huge selection of tea. You can also buy Mlesna tea at the state-owned Food City stores,. These shops are in all settlements.
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answered 11 years ago