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Vangedi Pekoe (“Thieves Tea”)

Name: Vangedi Pekoe (“Thieves Tea”)
Brand: Ceylon Tea Market

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Rustic home-style black tea; brisk, bold and full-bodied. Vangedi Pekoe (“Thieves Tea/Illegal Tea”) Broken orange pekoe, pounded in a vangedi, the way pluckers make tea at home. Brisk, full-bodied black tea. Packed in foil bag During the British colonial period, estate workers spent long days in the tea fields, carefully plucking and producing tea. But the tea they produced was not for themselves; it was for export. According to the old plantation story, some workers who wanted to taste the tea would secretly hide a few freshly plucked leaves inside their sarees, jackets, or pockets while work

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Registered at Companies House as CEYLON TEA MARKET LIMITED, number 15610533. Checked 2026-08-29.
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Vangedi Pekoe (“Thieves Tea”)

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