Black teas, also known as red teas, are usually the strongest and most full-bodied teas. The key to their character is oxidation — a step added to the usual process of withering, rolling, and drying. While black teas from some regions can be strong and bitter, Georgian black teas are typically softer and smoother, often with a subtle fruity sweetness. All our black teas are hand-harvested from our plantations and crafted in our small factory following our own recipes.
This is a very lightly oxidized spring black tea. It has a soft and smooth taste where you can feel hints of berries - red currant, raspberries and hibiscus. A fresh and fruity black tea, no sharp edges. This tea reminds us of those summers at the homestead, with an infusion made of raspberry and hibiscus. Beverage as sweet as those memories that from time to time sneak into your mind with a summer breeze...
This spring black tea was oxidized for an extended time at a low temperature, without forcing it too much and letting it mature gently which resulted in a taste where you can feel dark chocolate and raw cocoa, also sense hints of flowers. It has an earthy aroma and captivating bronze colour.
A great companion to start the day with! This black tea's captivating smell is toasty, smoky, a bit spicy. You can feel some roasted rye bread, tobacco. The taste is full-bodied, toasty and you can also feel the sweetness of dried plums. If you have been looking for a stronger black tea in our selection, then this is the one!
Renegade Black is a representative of the classical Georgian black tea – smooth, a bit sweet and fruity, accompanied with just enough tannins at the end. It has enough character to show you the essence of black teas, but it doesn’t overwhelm you with intensity. We have fallen in love with the Georgian black teas. We hope you will too!
The Smooth Jazz's recipe has developed over time together with new jazz tunes. We believe that this year's batches are something really special. We're not really into fancy tea descriptions as they often seem to be unrealistic, but this tea really smells like ripe strawberries... We're not kidding. Also, the taste has the flavour of ripe berries and fruits and a lot of sweetness. You really need to taste it to understand it. And if you don't feel those tastes, let us know, maybe we have gone crazy with all those tea tastings!
We make around 20 different teas each season - white, green, oolong and black teas and a few herbal teas.
All our teas are organic and single origin – from our farm. At first, you can order one of our taster sets to get to know our teas.
As a small farm, we can't keep all the teas we make in stock all the time so we mainly work on a pre-order basis. If you already know which of our teas are you favourite, then we invite you to make a pre-order before the season starts, so we can grow and produce those teas for you. Pre-ordering creates less waste and also saves you time and money! All pre-orders include free shipping.
Black tea is the traditional tea of Georgia. It reached its heyday during the Soviet era, when it was the only tea consumed across the union and the finest batches were reserved for Moscow. The processing methods and quality were very different back then, but today we combine modern techniques with organic farming to bring out the best in Georgian black tea and to introduce it to the wider world once again.