Ceylon Tea must be quite a beverage to inspire such admiration in Moscow The “Art of Tea” exhibition opened at the Centre of Oriental Literature of the Russian State Library in Moscow on 26 May, 2021, which was organized by Russian tea society, along with Indian tea, Japanese tea, Taiwan tea and Ceylon tea. The Tea Promotion Unit of the Sri Lankan Embassy in Moscow participated in this event and introduced the Ceylon tea. The aim of the exhibition is to demonstrate the variety of tea cultures in the Oriental part of the world and in Russia. The exhibition featured rare books dedicated to tea culture, traditional tea pottery and tea samples from Russia, China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, India, Sri Lanka, Middle East and countries of Central Asia. The Embassy also provided some of the tea porcelain items for the exhibition, which were displayed in a separate glass vitrine. ...

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