HIGH FOREST ESTATE
High Forest, founded in 1905, is situated in the Kurundu Oya Valley in Uda Pussellawa tea region The estate gets its name from the mountain that casts a shadow over the estate’s bushes. High Forest mountain is the 6th highest mountain on the island.
Unlike many other tea estates in Sri Lanka there is no record of High Forest ever having been a coffee estate. Also unlike other estates that will have personal names for the estate divisions, High Forest simply call them 1, 2 & 3. What sets High Forest apart is its altitude. At 1758 metres above sea level the winds blow through the region to create a natural wither.
The leaf for Mountain whisper is harvested from the very upper region that borders the forest slopes of the High Forest peak. Skilful hand picking is carried out first thing in the morning and the succulent leaf is sent immediately to the factory for withering.
The Manager's bungalow was like out of a magazine, so beautiful. The Chairman of Whittals Boustead sent all their overseas guests to see this estate when Col Vernon and Indranee Ratwatte lived there. He was a very senior and well thought of planter, Director and VA. he retired in 1989.
Credit to PMDtea and History of Ceylon Tea . Photographed by : David Colin-Thomé
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