TRACING TEA

TRACING TEA

Ø  Premium Ceylon Orange Pekoe Tea, packaged in Sri Lanka, who is currently producing 22% of the world’s tea.   The loose leaves are packed in tins, batched, and dated on the bottom directly for export, specifically for the private Canadian company, Lee Valley Tools Ltd.

Ø  From the Dimbula region of Sri Lanka

Ø  To Sri Lanka Ports Authority, Colombo, (29th busiest port in the world, handling 4 million shipping containers in 2010)

Ø  By Container Ship through the Indian Ocean to the Andaman Sea

Ø  Through the Andaman Sea and the Strait of Malacca past Singapore (2nd busiest port, handling 28.4 million containers) to the South China Sea

Ø  Through the South China Sea, past Hong Kong, (3rd busiest port, 23.7 million containers) to the Pacific Ocean

Ø  Through the Pacific Ocean, (past 7 Chinese ports, ranked from the 1st to the 11th busiest in the world, handling a combined total of 123 million containers) to the Port of Vancouver, BC, (50th busiest port, handing 2.5 million containers)

Ø  By Rail to Lee Valley Tools store in Ottawa, ON, where I order the tea via their web site

Ø  To United Parcel Service, Ottawa then Concord stations

Ø  Then to UPS Richmond, BC, then Kelowna stations

Ø  Finally to my door, on Baron Road, Kelowna.