The unique character of the single region Uva tea is recognized and acknowledged all over the world. It was with Pure Ceylon Tea grown and manufactured on his Uva estates that Sir Thomas Lipton, the great Victorian magnate, first persuaded Americans to take up the tea-drinking habit. The mellow, distinguished from that of any other. The Uva region produces a leaf that is more blackened by withering than that of any other district. The range of teas produced is wide. The tea has a pungent and slightly mentholated character.