OUR terroirs

 

Our premium gourmet vanilla beans are sourced from three regions of the lush green highlands of Ceylon: Matale, Kandy, and Kegalle. These regions present perfect climatic and soil conditions required to grow the best-in-the-world vanilla planifolia.

The soil in these slopes and valleys of these lush green highlands are highly fertile and well-drained loamy soils rich in organic matter (humus). The average annual rainfall can vary between 2000mm to 2500mm, with 2-to-3 months of a dry spell (which matches with vanilla flower blooming season’s need). The preferred tropical average temperature range of 21oC to 32oC is exactly what these regions offer, which is in line with the need for perfect vanilla cultivation (with the best average temperature for cultivation being 27oC). The average altitude of these regions (where vanilla cultivation is focused) ranges from 500m to 1500m.

Matale

Matale's Spice Gardens: Exploring Sri Lanka's Flavorful Bounty

Matale is a broad green fertile valley with mighty Knuckles Mountain Range (and the forest reserve) to its east. The area is constantly watered with rain and rivers and water streams born in the highlands. Located at the north end of the central highlands, Matale is famous for its spice gardens offering a vast array of spices to be experienced first-hand especially for tourists vising the island nation.

Kandy

A Spiritual Haven Nestled in Sri Lanka's Mountainous Heartland

Kandy, the last capital of the ancient kings’ era of Ceylon is the home of the Temple of the Tooth Relic (Sri Dalada Maligawa), one of the most sacred places of worship in the Buddhist world. Kandy is in the mountainous and thickly forested interior of the island, with famous Hanthana mountains closer to the city limit. Towards the east of Kandy is the three reservoirs of Victoria-Randenigala-Rantembe (and the sanctuary) built to the longest river in Sri Lanka, river Mahaweli.

Kegalle

Spice Haven and Elephant Sanctuary

Kegalle is the gateway between central highlands and western southern plains of Ceylon. Apart from vanilla, Kegalle is famous for many tropical spices such as coffee, cocoa, pepper, clove, and nutmeg, and for its vast areas of rubber plantations.  Most tourists to the Island do pay a visit to the famous Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in the Kegalle region.