Tamil tea picker's handful of freshly plucked tea leaves in Sri Lanka's hill country of Nuwara Elyia

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Sri Lanka or Ceylon is famous for it's tea plantations and tea. Cultivated during British colonial period in the highlands of the island the industry is crucial to Sri Lanka's economy and the tea estates cover a endless miles of hill country with neatly trimmed tea bushes as far as the eye can see.

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Size: 5128px × 3412px
Location: Nuwara Eliya Sri Lanka
Photo credit: © Malcolm McDougall Photography / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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