The people, the plants and the leaf behind Ceylon Lush
Ceylon Lush is the tea brand of the Aruna Group, a Sri Lankan company building since 1990 and making tea since 2004. We buy green leaf directly from around 8,000 smallholder farmers, manufacture it in our own plants, and ship it to the world.
- 1990
- Aruna Group founded
- 2004
- First tea manufactured
- 4th
- Largest tea manufacturer in Sri Lanka
- 8,000
- Smallholder farming partners
A group built over three decades
The Aruna Group began in 1990 as Aruna Rubber Industries. Over three decades it grew into a diversified business across Sri Lanka's industrial and agricultural sectors, guided by a simple philosophy: integrity, innovation, and responsible growth.
In 2004 the group entered tea. That decision became Aruna Tea Factory, today the fourth largest tea manufacturing operation in Sri Lanka, based in Mathugama in the Kalutara District. Ceylon Lush is the brand that carries that work to the world.
Vision and mission
The leader in exquisite Ceylon tea
To be the leader of exquisite Ceylon tea, celebrated for its unparalleled quality, sustainability, and cultural richness.
From farmers to consumers
To be sought-after as the ethically sourced, highest quality Ceylon Tea producer while enriching the lives of Farmers to Consumers.
Farmer direct is not a slogan. It is how the company is built.
We buy green leaf straight from around 8,000 smallholder farmers, with no broker in between. We run our own nursery and supply partner farmers with planting material. We provide fertiliser. And we guarantee to buy their crop, year round, at a premium over the standard green leaf price.
Farmer income is linked directly to the net sales average our teas achieve at the Colombo Tea Auction. When our quality earns more, our farmers earn more.
Four factories, two methods
Our tea is made in our own plants, across the low country and the Uva highlands. Between them they manufacture both CTC and Orthodox teas, in every grade of Ceylon leaf.
Aruna Tea Factory
Our principal plant and the fourth largest tea manufacturing operation in Sri Lanka.
Morapitiya
Green leaf from the surrounding smallholdings, manufactured on site.
Passara
High grown leaf from the eastern slopes, where the dry winds shape a distinctly aromatic cup.
Passara New Factory
Our newest plant in the Uva highlands, built to make more of the region's high-grown leaf.
Certified to ISO 22000:2018
Our manufacturing operations are audited and certified against the international standard for food safety management, by two independent certification bodies.
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ISO 22000:2018
Food Safety Management
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ISO 22000:2018
Food Safety Management