The plantations in central Sri Lanka don’t produce particularly good tea, but they are extremely beautiful. Here, the Maussakelle reservoir really enhances the soft green expanses of the tea fields.
ARCHIVE FOR 2015
16 October 2015
A very broken tea
9 October 2015
The art of picking leaves
2 October 2015
Escaping the city
25 September 2015
I don’t like cars. Nothing gives me greater pleasure than to get out of town by train, escaping the crowds, and, through the open windows, feeling the factories, the dust and the noise becoming more distant. Gradually, nature takes over, like here, heading towards Kandy (Sri Lanka) and the tea plantations in the centre of the island.
Tasting many teas
18 September 2015
Tea auctions in Sri Lanka
11 September 2015
As strong as a Turk
4 September 2015
Tasting and contemplating
28 August 2015
The advantage of photographing a window is that you can layer two images: here, the tasting set being prepared, and the landscape reflected in the glass. It’s fun to combine and merge the two views. The meaning of the tasting becomes clearer: we drink the tea, which comes from nature, surrounded by the land from which it originated.
Delicious, fairly traded teas
21 August 2015
Transporting freshly harvested tea: a crucial stage
14 August 2015