This document summarizes a study that used DNA barcoding to identify and classify tea clones from Sri Lanka. Researchers extracted DNA from fresh and processed tea leaf samples using modified CTAB and other extraction methods. They amplified the trnH-psbA spacer region via PCR and sequenced the DNA. Sequence alignments and phylogenetic trees showed genetic variation between clones but close relationships to Camellia sinensis. This is the first method to barcode processed tea, allowing a database to authenticate Sri Lankan tea cultivars.