Dilmah Ceylon Tea

Hospitality and Kindness Combined – Resplendent Ceylon Joins Dilmah’s Kindness Day.

Our Dilmah family, including our esteemed tourist ventures – Cape Weligama, Ceylon Tea Trails, Wild Coast Tented Lodge, Kayaam House, and Ahu Bay – came together to spread kindness across ...

Dilmah’s First Kindness Day – In Memory of Merrill J. Fernando

On May 6th we marked a day of extraordinary significance … the 94th anniversary of Dilmah Founder, Merrill J. Fernando’s birth in the tiny hamlet of Pallansena. With faith in God and a heart of kindne...

HSBC Ceylon Literary & Art Festival partners Dilmah Ceylon Tea to launch Future Writers Program

The HSBC Ceylon Literary & Art Festival in collaboration with Dilmah Ceylon Tea opened its inaugural edition in Kandy announcing the launch of the Future Writers Program. Dedicated to nurturing th...

Best Corporate Citizen Sustainability (BCCS) Awards

At last night’s Best Corporate Citizen Sustainability (BCCS) Awards, Dilmah was honoured as a Winner of the Top 10 Corporate Citizens award, while our MJF Foundation and Dilmah Conservation were...

The majestic fragrance of the ‘Spice of Kings’ deliciously fusing with the aroma of fine Ceylon Tea at Dilmah

There’s always a lingering fragrance around the Dilmah complex in Colombo. It is generally woody, sometimes tinged with citrus, occasionally fruity, and always pleasant. That’s the aroma of tea, varyi...

Dilmah invites industry collaboration to strengthen sustainability and resilience in Ceylon Tea

With the climate emergency clouding prospects for farmers globally, Dilmah Tea invited stakeholders in Ceylon Tea to a collaboration aimed at embedding sustainability and resilience into Sri Lanka’s t...

Dilmah unveils Supply Chain Sustainability Road Map

Dilmah Tea recently invited its supply chain to the heart of its operations in Peliyagoda for an evening of discourse and exchange about sustainability practices and strategies with aspects to product...

Our Founder’s Story

In the serene coastal town of Pallansena, Negombo, a boy was born to two hardworking Ayurvedic doctors in 1930. Little did they know that their son, Merrill J. Fernando, would one day become the ̵...

We are three generations of tea farmers

We love tea, and that’s our passion – that’s the difference between farmers and traders. It’s all about the leaf, because that’s where taste and natural goodness begin. But it’s also about purpose. Be...