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 . contents 1 factory information 1.1 certification 2 grades produced 3 awards 4 brand names 5 references 6 external links factory information edit 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 edit ceylon tea quality certificate two star awards for organizational and gmp excellence . haccp iso 22000 grades produced edit 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 edit 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 edit orange field teas are marketed under the following brand names orange field orchard references edit daily news all time record price colombo tea auction daily news record price at tea auction wikimapia location lcbl.sl market report on iso 22000 certification winners of national plantation awards 2012 external links edit ceylon quality tea ministry of plantation industries retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title orange field tea factory & oldid 727595789 categories tea brandssri lankan teasri lankan brandstea companies navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 30 june 2016 at 00 47 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view