About Shakyan Tea Valley
Rooted in Ceylon.
Shaped by people.
An estate-to-craft tea company bringing nature, traditional flavour and handmade innovation together.
Who we are
More value for the leaf.
More meaning in the cup.
Shakyan Tea Valley is the trading identity of Shakyan Tea Valley (PVT) LTD, a Sri Lankan tea company founded around the idea of taking freshly picked estate leaf beyond the conventional supply chain.
Since 2021, founder Charith Dissanayaka and the Shakyan team have combined practical learning, equipment trials, drying research, professional tasting and careful handcraft to create distinctive Ceylon tea forms.
Read the complete journey
From the estate to the finished teaOur direction
One purpose,
clearly held.
Vision
Tradition, nature
and a global cup.
Blending traditional tea flavour with nature and gifting it to tea lovers around the world.
Mission
Protecting the
true taste.
Making an active contribution to keeping the Sri Lankan tea brand around the world without spoiling the true taste of a cup of tea.
Founder & owner
Mr. Charith Dissanayaka
Founder & Managing Director
The Shakyan journey began when Charith asked how freshly picked leaf from his own tea plantings could become a higher-value Sri Lankan product. He pursued training, tested an early dryer prototype, continued after failed batches and developed practical knowledge of drying time and temperature.
That persistence shaped an integrated approach: estate leaf, the company's own production process and distinctive tea forms finished by hand.
Leadership & specialist partners
Experience around
one shared ambition.
Marketing, Chinese coordination, global business development and professional tea tasting strengthen the founder's estate and production experience.
Marketing Manager
Ms. W. D. Oshadi Nisansala
Leads sales promotion and marketing management, supporting the brand's daily development and its connection with customers and markets.
Chinese Coordinator
Han Yanjie
Supports communication, coordination and relationship-building with Chinese-speaking partners and markets.
Global Business Consultant
Mr. Rahul Mahagaonkar
Supports Shakyan's international business outlook and the brand's ambition to present distinctive Ceylon tea to global markets.
Professional Tea Taster
Mr. Manoch Withanage
Provides professional tasting guidance and evaluates the sensory qualities of Shakyan teas as part of the product-development journey.
What guides us
Four ideas behind
every Shakyan tea.
Estate rooted
Staying close to the land, the leaf and the people who understand it.
Handmade value
Transforming carefully selected Ceylon tea into distinctive forms through patient handcraft.
True character
Protecting the natural aroma, taste and identity of the tea in every finished cup.
Global outlook
Creating new value for Sri Lankan tea and sharing it with tea lovers around the world.
How we grew
Research became
a working craft.
Training was only the beginning. The process developed through experiments, improved dryers, quality trials and close observation of the leaf.
- 012021
The idea to add value
The Shakyan journey began with a question: instead of supplying freshly picked leaves to a conventional factory, could the leaf be taken further and transformed into a distinctive Sri Lankan tea brand? A photograph encountered online sparked the idea of creating added value through handmade tea.
- 02Learning
Knowledge before production
Early guidance came through the Galle-Kalutara Estate Owners Association, the Ministry of Industry, the Tea Research Institute and plantation-focused training. The founder's account is candid that training was only the beginning; applying the knowledge brought many practical challenges.
- 03Experiment
Solving the drying challenge
A reliable dryer was the first major obstacle. Several experiments and an early founder-designed prototype failed. Continued work eventually led to three improved dryers imported from Australia and a more dependable path to controlled production.
- 04Research
Finding the right time and temperature
Quality required repeated trials, discarded batches and long nights of observation. Through independent research, Shakyan developed working knowledge of drying time, temperature and the handling needed to reach the intended product quality.
- 05Craft
From the estate to the finished form
The brand story describes an integrated process: leaves from the founder's own tea plantings, handled in the company's own production space and finished by hand into distinctive forms. At the time of the branding document, the operation supported four employees.
- 06Future
Giving value to Ceylon tea
Shakyan's stated ambition is to keep exploring flavours and forms, carry the name of Ceylon tea into new markets and create real value for Sri Lankan tea without losing the true character of the cup.
From Nature to Life
Meet the tea
behind the story.
Shakyan Tea Valley (PVT) LTD welcomes tea lovers, buyers, distributors and hospitality partners to discover the Shakyan collection.