Sri Lanka Ruhuna Black Tea
A full-bodied, smooth, low-astringency low-country Ceylon black tea with a sweet malty character, ideal for milk teas, from Sri Lanka’s Ruhuna district.
The Ruhuna tea district covers Sri Lanka’s southern low-country region, from the Sabaragamuwa province to the south coast.
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That is 52 mg in a 6–8 oz cup (180–240 ml) serving — a concentration of 24.8 mg per 100 ml. The scale above ranks whole servings, and servings differ in size, so a larger drink can sit further right while being weaker cup for cup.
CupCura editorial estimate. No public food database has measured this preparation, so this figure is our own and is not independently sourced.
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