Factory

Raxawa Tea Factory
Built in 1934 by the Irish.
The first planter was Mr.G.J. Pickthall
Raxawa tea plantation is about 250 hectares of Tea & Spices, with a labour force of more than 500 workers.
Raxawa Tea Factory was the first factory in Sri Lanka to produce green tea by Japanese in 1972. All the machinery was brought from Japan and manufactured Green Tea.
Currently this factory is a modern state of the art tea factory, one of the best in Sri Lanka. Surrounded by tea plantations , Knuckles Range mountains and beautiful waterfalls.
Currently producing more than one million Kilograms of Black Tea for a year, for the last 5 consecutive years.
This factory is fully automated with all the latest machinery.
Average crop for a day is 18000-20000 kgs of green leaf.
Producing orthodox leafty grades and tea bag types of black teas.
ISO 22000 certified.