Artisanal tea manufacturing in Georgia (the country!)
This is a picture-heavy report of my visit to the Renegade Tea Estate (feel free to google them and find them on IG for more info on their very young company story) in Georgia, in the mountains near the very old city of Kutaisi (some of you probably know ...
They claim it is... anyway they are early adopters for sure!
Thanks for looking, Alex
PART 2
However, there is also a real machine in this room that is exclusively used to produce / prepare the leaves for Oolong tea. As probably some of you know, this is a variant in-between green and black. Whereas with green tea, the leaves are not ‘artificiall...
I like lightly fermented Oolong tea!
What's the elevation of the farm where the tea is grown?
They got you covered then...
... as their range of Oolong is quite wide from almost green to almost black. You will find info on the plantations here: www.renegadetea.com
Thanks and part 2 is up already!
Tea plants are quite robust actually, here in this region of Georgia the winter is strong. The frost actually helps avoiding the use of chemicals because many insects die in the winter.
