Local specialties

Ceylon Tea

High-quality tea with different flavors by production area: Uva, Dimbula, Nuwara Eliya.

Category: Ingredient

Cinnamon

About 80% world share. Ceylon variety with delicate aroma and strong sweetness.

Category: Ingredient

Blue Sapphire

Produces high-quality sapphires, called 'Gemstone Island'.

Category: Gemstone

Coconut Oil

Cold-pressed virgin oil popular as souvenir.

Category: Ingredient

Batik Cloth

Vivid batik-dyed fabric. Processed into clothing and tapestries.

Category: Handicraft

Wood-carved Masks

Colorful hand-carved masks used in exorcism traditional dances.

Category: Folk art

Ayurvedic Herbs

Herbal sets like Sidakesa and Neem used in spas.

Category: Other

Lace Work (Bear Lace)

Hand-knitted lace inherited by women around Galle.

Category: Handicraft

Spice Mix (Thunapaha)

Roasted spice blend for curry.

Category: Ingredient

Moonstone

Blue-white luminous gemstone from around Mitiyagoda mines.

Category: Gemstone