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Coffee production in Sri Lanka peaked in 1870, with over 111,400 hectares (275,000 acres) being cultivated. The Dutch had experimented with coffee cultivation in the 18th century. Still, it was not successful until the British began large-scale commercial production following the Colebrooke–Cameron Commission reforms of 1833.
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In 1658 the Dutch first used them to begin coffee cultivation in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and later in southern India. They abandoned this cultivation to focus on their Javanese plantations in order to avoid lowering the price by oversupply. [62]
The other big transformation was the introduction of tea to central Sri Lanka in 1867 and the massive settlement of Tamils in the region. Central Sri Lanka is now dominated by the vast tea estates that helped make Sri Lanka the world's biggest exporter of tea for a while, and were still owned by British companies in 1971.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 January 2025. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. This is a worldwide list of notable coffee companies that roast or distribute coffee. List Company name Year founded Location Roaster ...
It is headquartered in Gurugram, India, [2] and maintains outlets across India, [1] and in other regional countries such as Sri Lanka, [1] and Maldives. [1] It is the second oldest coffee house chain in India and is currently India's second-largest coffee chain with over 425 cafes as of March 2024.
In 2011, President Mahinda Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka initiated, at the country's Parliament, a formal revocation of Robert Brownrigg's Gazette Notification - under which participants of the Great Rebellion of 1817–18 had been condemned as "traitors" and their properties confiscated.