Sri Lanka's signature export and daily ritual -- strong black tea, often served milky and sweet as "kiri te." Ceylon tea's reputation is global, but nothing compares to drinking it fresh in the country that grows it.
In Colombo 3, this garden café attached to the famous Barefoot store offers a relaxed setting for a proper cup, ideally paired with a browse through the attached shop.
Roadside "tea kade" stalls are ubiquitous across Colombo and serve it equally authentically -- faster, cheaper, and arguably closer to how most locals actually drink it day to day.
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