Funds raised under Cess for black tea promotional campaignFollowing the suspension of cess on tea exports amidst Covid-19 challenges last year, the levy was reimposed in January this year, fundamentally used for promotions under the main Ceylon black tea global promotional campaign, The Sunday Morning Business learns. According to the Tea Board Chairman, black tea particularly consists of several chemicals and compounds which act as an immunity booster. The chemical found in black tea acts as an immunity booster; this chemical is only found in black tea, and not green tea. Another unique feature of Ceylon black tea involves it being orthodox tea. Yet they love Ceylon tea because they produce green tea but not orthodox black tea,” Molligoda added.

Source: The Nation April 03, 2021 23:03 UTC