About Company

Some ventures begin with a business plan. Ours began with a cup of tea at a software development company, a view of Colombo’s shiny skyline, and one of us saying rather too enthusiastically; “Why doesn’t anyone make this properly?”

That was the question. Ceywoods became the answer.

We are two friends one who grew up in surrounded by the most extraordinary mountain range, Sri Lanka’s Central Province, where the air smells of cinnamon, the hills are carpeted in tea, and other one grew up in coastal area of Sri Lanka where eternal summer, sun kissed sea shores and  the spice and tea fields have been the envy of visiting traders for centuries. It seemed, frankly, criminal not to do something magnificent with it.

We believe in the French idea of bien fait done well, or not at all.

Every product in our range is selected with what we like to call une obsession raisonnable a reasonable obsession. We visit the gardens, we know the growers, we taste everything. Several times. Enthusiastically. And when something doesn’t quite meet the Ceywoods standard, back it goes.

This is not mass production. This is small-batch, hands-on, no-shortcuts artisanship the kind that takes longer, costs more, and makes an extraordinary difference in the cup, the dish, and the dinner table.

Ceylon; the old, romantic name for this isle,gave us the soul of the name. Woods because the forests, the highlands, and the wild green terroir of Sri Lanka are where everything we make begins.

Together: Ceywoods. A name that whispers of misty mornings, ancient spice routes, and a cup of something rather lovely.