TRI 2023
One of the earlier releases in the Sri Lankan TRI series and still planted across the island. The numbering is worth reading rather than treating as arbitrary: the institute’s selections are grouped into number bands released in successive phases, so a 2000-series clone and a 4000-series clone come from different periods of the programme with different objectives behind them.
Where it sits in the botany
TRI 2023 is recorded under Hybrid, the variety group one level above cultivar. It is associated with Sri Lanka, which is where it was selected or is most widely planted rather than the only place it grows.
Registration code: TRI 2023. A breeding or registration code identifies the selection in an institutional register and is often the name a grower uses when the trade name is not.
Also transliterated as: tri 2023, tri-2023.
Where it came from
Released by the Tea Research Institute of Sri Lanka within its 2000-series selections and planted across the elevation bands.
How firm this is: Inferred rather than taken from a primary breeding or registration record. The designation is genuine and the series structure is consistently reported; the release year, parentage and the specific traits selected for were not verified against a primary source.
What the plant is like
Hybrid Assam–China material of the kind almost all Ceylon planting is drawn from. Sri Lanka’s regional differences are largely elevation and manufacture rather than plant, because a handful of TRI clones are grown everywhere.
What it is usually made into
The categories this cultivar is typically processed into. It is a statement about common practice, not a limit — processing decides the category, and a cultivar can be taken down more than one route.
- Black tea — Tea taken deliberately through full enzymatic oxidation, giving the dark leaf, amber-to-red liquor and malty or brisk character most Western drinkers think of as simply 'tea'.
Teas in the catalogue made from TRI 2023
Other cultivars in Hybrid
Sources
- TeaHQ editorial synthesis — TeaHQ
This page is TeaHQ’s own synthesis throughout. No breeding register or institutional record stands behind the account above, which is why the origin note carries its confidence in the open rather than reading as a citation.