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Tea History: Who was James Taylor?

A Scottish citizen was partly responsible for starting the tea industry in Sri Lanka.  James Taylor, pictured below, arrived in Ceylon in 1852.  He worked with another Scotsman, Thomas Lipton, to grow the tea industry in Ceylon.

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