Merrill J. Fernando
Kindness Day on Kahawatte Plantations
Our Founder dedicated his life to tea and kindness. Honouring them both, our team at the Kahawatte Plantations (KWPL) shared a cup of kindness with all members of the diverse plantation communities. F...
Distribution of 1550 Food Ration Packs Across Sri Lanka
In celebration of the inaugural “Kindness Day – In Memory of Merrill J. Fernando,” we coordinated the distribution of 1550 ration packs containing essential items to support those in need ...
Uniting for the Inauguration of “Kindness Day – In Memory of Merrill J. Fernando”
On May 6th, 2024, we honoured the birthday of our beloved late Dilmah Founder, Merrill J. Fernando, with the commemoration of the first-ever “Kindness Day – In Memory of Merrill J. Fernando”. This ann...
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...
Building A Nature Corridor
The Endana Nature Corridor is a long-term forest restoration project implemented in Ratnapura District of Sri Lanka to build a forested pathway spanning across 3 km degraded tea lands and community-ow...
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...
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 ̵...
A Tea Grower In Training Since 4 Years Old – Amrit’s Story
We’ve waited over a decade to release this story. Since 4 years old, Amrit Fernando has followed in his grandfather’s footsteps – the World’s Most Experienced Teamaker
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...