The world-renowned high-grown tea of Nuwara Eliya, often celebrated as the βchampagne of Ceylon tea,β is facing a growing threat as hundreds of hectares of tea plantations are being uprooted and converted into lucrative vegetable farms. The transformation is being driven by the search for higher short-term profits, with Regional Plantation Companies (RPCs) and private [β¦] The post Highland Tea under Siege as Vegetable Farming Replaces Estates appeared first on Lankanews.lk .