“Today I continued to plow through the sample packets of What-Cha’s Georgian black teas that I managed to acquire over the course of the past year. I started on this one last night and finished it...” Read full tasting note
Completely hand-produced by Mrs. Leila, who at thirty-fives years of age, represents the future of the Georgian tea industry. Mrs. Leila’s mother-in-law Zia, passed along the family’s tea producing techniques and secrets so Mrs. Leila could continue the family’s tradition of producing high quality hand-made teas from their small family garden.
The sourcing of this rare tea was only possible through our close connections to a contact in Poland, who is friends with a specialist Czech importer of Georgian tea who has close connections to many of Georgia’s skilled tea producers.
Harvest: Summer, August 2015
Origin: Mrs. Leila’s Family Garden, Chakvi Village, Autonomous Republic of Adjara, Georgia, Europe
Cultivar: Cross-breed of Kolchida 42 (Georgia’s long established cultivar) and Da Ye (Yunnan large leaf)
Farmer: Mrs. Leila
Sourced: Direct from a friend of a friend of the farmer
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