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My STC Book Website Is Now Live Thomia by Richard Simon is scheduled for publication in early 2025 Source:Shoutout Greetings. You’re receiving this rather impersonal communication from me because you helped me in some way with the research for my forthcoming history of STC and Sri Lanka, Thomia. I thank you – and shall acknowledge your help in the book itself, which I hope will be published in early 2025. Meanwhile, to introduce and promote Thomia and to build up a mailing list of prospective customers, I’ve set up a website, www.thomia.com. Please take a look at the site – and if you feel like it, tell me what you think, using this reply address. There’s plenty of interesting stuff in there, including extracts from the book, a detailed table of contents, reviews by pre-publication readers and more. ...

Thoughts on Planter Lifeways in Ceylon evoked by the Braine Biography – By Michael Roberts Source : thuppahis Camellia sinensis is a species of evergreen shrubs or small trees in the flowering plant family Theaceae. Its leaves and leaf buds are used to produce tea. Common names include tea plant, tea shrub, and tea tree. Wikipedia. If allowed to grow freely can reach up to 6 ft or more. For commercial agronomic purposes they are maintained as a compact shrub at approximately 4 ft, to increase productivity. And to suit the stature of female tea pickers. BOP = Broken Orange Pekoe, the very best grade of marketed tea. Flavour. Aroma, Colour. A very refreshing brew. Even in 50s and 60s many young men, especially ruggerites, from the Colombo/Kandy Colleges had dreams of upcountry plum planting jobs. ……………. Little realizing it is a lonely life, in the cool, cold, wet central hills of Sri Lanka …. from a social perspective. The fairer ...