Georgian Old Lady

Georgia (ex USSR) has many tea growing villagers who manufacture their own tea by hand in their homes. The whole process is completely natural and performed by hand, in the typical white tea way. They pluck buds and tender tips from the bushes, wither them in a single layer over night. Next morning the leaf is hand rolled to curl it and get the fermentation going, and the tea is spread out to dry in the sun. Our roving teaman persuaded a venerable tea making lady in a village near Ozurgeti (in West Georgia) to part with a little of her tea. This unique tea is exclusive to More Tea, available nowhere else outside of Georgia and only in limited quantities.

Our Georgian Old Lady tea is made for us by the lovely Natela (click link below to see photo). There are always differences between batches of handmade tea and differences between makers but the tea always looks and tastes wonderful.

For more information about our tea maker see our blog.