Slow by Design
We harvest only when the bark is ready. No shortcuts, no synthetic curing.
Our StoryThree generations.
Three generations.
One hillside.
The journey from a misted estate in southern Sri Lanka to the world's finest kitchens, apothecaries and tea houses.
Galle DistrictSri Lanka
Est.
2005
Sri Lanka
Our Story
From a single estate, into the world's finest kitchens.
For three generations, our family has tended the same hillside in Sri Lanka's Galle district. We harvest by hand, cure by sun, and roll every quill in the way our grandfather taught us — slowly, and only when the bark is willing.
Today, Ceylon Reserve ships to chefs, apothecaries and tea houses in fifteen countries. The hands that touch our bark, however, have never changed.
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Organic & Hand-Rolled
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Generation Farmers
Farm to Shelf
A slow journey, told in five chapters.
- 1985
First Estate
Our grandfather plants the first hectare on the misted slopes outside Galle. The harvest is small, but the bark is exceptional.
- 1998
Hand-Rolling
His sons formalise the slow-rolling technique — only when the bark is willing, only by hand. Yields halve, quality doubles.
- 2005
Ceylon Reserve
Ceylon Reserve is founded to export directly to chefs and apothecaries in Europe. Our first shipment leaves Colombo.
- 2014
Apothecary Line
Cold-pressed oils and the first wellness line arrive — distilled at the estate, never blended downstream.
- Today
Fifteen Countries
Shipped to fifteen countries, but still rolled by the same hands on the same hill. Slow. Honest. Ceylon.
Family First
Every farmer we work with is paid above-market, year-round — not by the season.
Honest Origin
If it didn't grow on our estate or a partner's, it doesn't carry our name.
Bring the warmth of Ceylon home.
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