What tea was produced and drank in the Soviet Union. Georgian Tea: History and Modernity Original Welding Method

In 1854, during the Crimean War, the British Military Ship crashed near the city. The crew was captured, but according to the noble customs of those times, the officers were placed in the homes of the local nobility - rather as guests than as prisoners.

One of them, Scotsman Jacob McNamarra, fell in love with the daughter of Prince Eristavi, who had hospitality to him: the fifteen-year-old princess Sophico. The girl replied to him. The love of them was so strong that the prince of Eristavi could not refuse to be ingenu, asking for his daughter's hands. Only he set the condition: Sophico will not go anywhere. She wants the Scotland to be with her - let him refuse their homeland ... Jacob McNamarra remained in Georgia.

But he could not live without tea and therefore was forced to spend a whole condition for the delivery of this precious drink. Something he decided to try to plant her own tea plantation. Prince Eristavi supported the son-in-law.

Jacob ordered tea seeds not to dealers, but with their long-standing friends from the British fleet. I had to wait for a long time, but in the end, the seeds not spoiled by the greedy Chinese were in his hands, were planted in the fertile Georgian land in the area of \u200b\u200bOzurgeti, and gave shoots.

Already in 1864, the first samples of Caucasian Tea were demonstrated at the industrial exhibition in St. Petersburg.

From the book of Mikhail Davitashvili "Our Georgian tea" ...

"In the manor of the Georgian Prince, Mija Eristavi in \u200b\u200bthe village of Mount-Berezhouley, in the morning rearbed: the owner was leaving for a distant journey, St. Petersburg. Barely engaged in the dawn, the crew barked by Tsugom. The servants began to endure and linked the chests.

In the sixties of the last century, the trip of the Transcaucasian resident in Russia was for him and the whole family a big event. But she had a very particular importance for the prince himself. He had to withstand a serious exam. He was visiting the capital of the fruits of his many years of work - the first samples of Georgian tea.

A lot of trouble put the whole family to make this tea. Since Mija Eristavi laid the first tea plantation in Georgia, he made all households with hot adherents of tea-growing. When peasant girls began to collect from bushes shoot, the princely house turned into a tea factory ...

Eristavi has been translated into Georgian to write about how to recycle a tea sheet. Trying not to retreat from the precious document, the wife, sons and daughters of the prince, headed with him, produced mysterious manipulations, bruising, twisting and drying tea leaves. Tea, according to the estimation of households, turned out to be excellent ... all were joined.

Eristavy intended to create a major subtropical economy, but his own funds were missing for this. In 1860, he asked the royal government to a loan of 20 thousand rubles. The answer was given four years later, when his plantation had already brought a crop and samples of dry tea were made, and read: "refuse." Kutaisa civilian governor in the report on this issue has deeply stated that "the development of tea trees" in Georgia - "case is impracticable"; What can be only in greenhouses, "under artificial conditions" ... etc.

And here Eristavy in St. Petersburg. In his hands, he has a material evidence that it is possible to produce tea in Georgia. In 1864, the All-Russian agricultural exhibition appeared in St. Petersburg, thanks to the works of the enthusiast, the first domestic tea. But praise by praise, helping ... Micah Eristavi returned to his estate with anything. In the same year, he made another attempt to attract the attention of government to his work. At the end of the year, he presented samples of tea from crops 1862, 1863 and 1864 in the Caucasian Society of Agriculture. The examination approved the tea of \u200b\u200b1863. But the Caucasian society did not justify the hopes of Eristavi. As the George Tsereteli noted in those years, it was "was taken away from the life of the country, members of the Society did not serve the general interests, but personal affairs."

For the sake of justice, it is necessary to add that these first samples of Georgian tea were imperfect; But the essence of the case is that neither our first tea or the Caucasian society itself received any support of the royal government. In 1870, Eristavi died, and for fifteen years, experiments on the production of tea actually stopped. They resumed in 1885 the Grand Russian Chemist A. M. Butlerov. From the leaves of tea bushes of the Sukhumy Botanical Garden, he made pretty good tea. He had his own sector of tea between Sukhumi and New Athos. But Butlers also died, not having time to complete these experiments.

However, the idea of \u200b\u200bdomestic tea-breeding was not stolen, Russian scientists were promoted at different times: Dokuchaev, Willow, Krasnov, Williams, her Georgian public picked up. For the development of tea culture, the prominent public figure of Niko Nikoladze, writer and publicist Georgy Tsereteli and many others were hotly ratified. Nichandza planted saplings of tea in the Poti Garden and in his native village of Didi-jikhaish. An outstanding writer and public figure Ilya Chavchavadze wrote in the newspaper "Iveria" in 1887: "Transcaucasia, thanks to a rich climate and soil, can produce almost everything that grows on earth and benefits. Our region was so successfully grown even a woody tree and a tea bush that now the government itself is trying to prosperity and distribute both one and other culture. "

Tea plantations are located near Chokhkov, Ozurgetti, Kabutluti

The royal government "tried to prosperize and distribute" tea more than moderately. More than once, the high bosses in the rank of the minister or the governor denied individuals and communities in the allocation of land plots for tea plantations, and the case began, the initiative was crushed. When the Caucasian Society of Agriculture asked for permission to send with an expedition to the tea country of his travelers, the official of the Ministry of State Property refused, submitting "full" reason: "The travelers can die there ..." The enemies of the domestic tea also performed a challenge, who walked huge baryrs. There were cases when, on the initiative of Russian scientists in China, Japan and India, tea seeds and seedlings were purchased, delivered to Georgia, settled into the ground, but did not give good germs, normal bushes; Checks have revealed that they were deliberately spoiled. Most often, the seeds were lost in a long way, sometimes they were sown in unsuitable soil; Gibbles of young bushes from frost or inept care.

And yet time took her own. Tea, at the end of the 19th and early 20th century, some landowners began to breed, wealthy people, sometimes peasants (rarely locals, more often displaced).

A lot of years and efforts of many people needed that in the first half of the 20th century in Georgia a highly organized tea house was created, and tea received the deserved right of industrial culture, i.e. Tea has become proud of agriculture of the country. The efforts of many enthusiasts continued on breeding, cultivation and processing of tea and already by the beginning of the 20th century, tea was already collected in Georgia, and several tea factories were also harvested. We produced before the revolution of the "Bogatyr", "Kara-Dere", "Zedoban", "Ozurgetsky" were very high-quality. One of the best was considered "Russian Tea Unlichushkin" - black tea with the content of tips (tea kidneys) to 5.5%. This variety received a gold medal at the 1900 Paris exhibition.

1917 ... Young Soviet Republic, having lost ties with many traditional exporters of tea, and when a threat to remain without the first need, urgently took steps to develop sequelodes in Georgia, and then in Azerbaijan and in the Krasnodar Territory.

Successes in the cultivation of tea in the GSSR impressed. State policy and support for state farms allowed the Soviet Union in the years of the first five-year plan to abandon the imports of tea seeds and significantly reduce the importation of tea from abroad. Tea has become proud of Socialist farming of Georgia, its leading industry. In Georgia, the All-Union Research Institute of Tea and subtropical cultures and the All-Union Scientific Research Institute of the Tea Industry worked. The Georgian Agricultural Institute and a number of other scientific institutions were engaged in "tea questions".

In 1948, Ksenia Bakhtadze for the first time in the world brought artificial tea hybrids: the Georgian No. 1 and Georgian No. 2 varieties. Subsequently, the breeding work continued, high-quality tea varieties were derived, with such a unique viability. For example, the "Georgian Selection No. 8" hybrid has withstood the winter temperatures to -25 ° C.

Cerazestic factory on tea plantation near Batumi, approx. 1909-1915

However, manual collection of a varietal tea sheet is very hard work. The collector to collect the daily rate (15 kg of sheet) was to make the fingers of about 36 thousand disruptions of the fallen flush (usually three sheets with kidneys or 4-5-lisitary).

Therefore, an acute need arose as soon as possible to create and implement an integrated mechanization into tea. Therefore, an acute need arose as soon as possible to create and implement a comprehensive mechanization into tea.

But after the end of World War II, in Georgia, the first in the world practice of agricultural engineering combat-pneumatic cohesive machine of the Sakwertelo varietal tea sheet, delivered for production in 1962, was created in Georgia. Achievements of the tea industry convincingly prove that in the last century tea has become an integral part of the economy of Georgia. Moreover, by the end of the 70s, Georgia for the production of black byh and tiled tea was found at one of the first places among the main producers (naturally, after India, China and Sri Lanka).

Facreler cars "Sakartvelo" on the plantation of the ingir state farm.

By the end of the 1970s, 95 thousand tons per year were produced in Georgia of the finished tea. Georgian tea went to export to Poland, GDR, Hungary, Romania, Finland, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, South Yemen, Mongolia. In Georgia, a black bahike tea, a green leaf, tile, brick was produced. Black tea was consumed by the European countries of the USSR and the countries of Europe, Green - Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Central Asia countries.

Set "Soviet tea Assorted" 1939.

"Amateur with flower." Top grade. Narompischeprom.
First grade. Caerexian factory them. Lenin. MosorovsovsovskOhoz.
First grade. Caerexian factory them. Mikoyana, Odessa. MPPT of the USSR. GOST 1938-46.

Recession. In the 1970s, together with the increase in the volume of manufacturing Georgian tea, a progressive drop in its quality was noted. The transition from manual collection of a tea sheet to the mechanical led to a sharp deterioration in the quality of raw materials. The race for indicators led to an ubiquitous violation of technology - on the assumption of tea collection into crude weather, before accelerating the processing of a tea sheet by eliminating the mandatory drying stage. After the collapse of the USSR, Russia, due to the poor quality of Georgian tea, reoriented to the supply of imported varieties. Georgian tea production was practically abandoned and, despite the emergence of firms that produce competitive products, has not yet returned to themselves.

After the collapse of the USSR, the leadership of independent Georgia took a course on the coagulation of tea production and the destruction of plantations under the pretext that the tea is alien for Georgia. International statistics noted that in 1993 the production was practically stopped at all. The war, especially in Abkhazia, ruined economic ties and created chaos in production.
Today, Georgian Chere Production is experiencing a deep decline. The total area of \u200b\u200btea plantations is 50 thousand hectares.
Hundreds of thousands of specialists of tea households and factories, mechanisters, teas collectors remained without work. Many women were forced to look for work on Turkey tea plantations. And Georgia tea plantations ... Tea bush in free development develops into a tea tree and loses its main purpose - give an industrial tea sheet. Moreover, the restoration of a strongly launched plantation is expensive manual labor. Therefore, it is impossible to allow the irrevocable loss of tea plantations and, accordingly, Georgian tea. After all, this is the property of the country accumulated by the cost of labor hundreds of thousands of people.

By the way, it is not interesting that the son of Jacob and Sophico, Nikolai Yakovlevich Marra ("Jacob" translates in Russian as "yaks", and the name of the name of the city and simplified) became an outstanding linguist, collector Caucasian Folklore, Academician and Vice-President of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

Soon Georgian tea marks 160 years. I wish to wish him the restoration of the former glory!

The President of the Association of Tea Manufacturers of Georgia Tengiz Svanidze said.

History of Georgian tea

According to some historical data, for the first time in Georgia, tea appeared in 1770, when the Russian Empress Catherine II presented the Georgian king Irakli II Samovar and tea set.

There is an assumption that the first tea bush in Georgia appeared 208 years ago in the courtyard of Prince Guryeli (hence the name of the most popular Georgian tea brand). Only he had a different appointment - he was just a garden decoration. And for industrialization, the first tea bushes came to us from China. Since then, 170 years have passed, and from the moment we celebrate the birthday of Georgian tea.

Then tea was a drink of rich people. Yes, and no dishes for his use - no one knew about the cup and saucer at all. And after it was noted that tea cultures were very well put in Georgia, his active cultivation began.

In the time of the USSR, tea plantations occupied 67 thousand hectares throughout the country. For comparison today, Georgian tea is grown by no more than two thousand hectares.

In the times of the Soviet Union, Georgian chapels occupied the fourth-fifth place in quality all over the world. Every year we produced about 120 tons of products, 100-600 tons of tea leaves were collected. Georgian tea is firmly held by 87% of the entire tea market of the Soviet Union.

End of the Georgian Tea Epoch

The decline of Georgian tea began in the 90s of the last century. This was affected by the situation in the country - the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Civil War, the Loss of Markets, a sharp decline of production. All this happened overnight, and in order to restore it all, you need a lot of time.

Of course, all these factors flow out one of the other - the loss of markets caused a sharp decline in production, the decline of production caused closing and disbanding the factories, and after their further privatization occurred. Tea plantations were abandoned. All this needs to be restored step by step, and as you know, you can destroy everything in one minute, and all the years will have to build again.

Georgian tea today

As for his recognition, for 15-20 years, of course, everyone forgot about him. However, Nostalgia on natural Georgian tea in the countries of the former Soviet Union was still left. In Georgia, quietly begin to develop a charming. I will give an example when in 2006 our association first held a tea festival, only 5% of the Georgian product was presented on it, and 95% occupied imported brands. To date, Georgian tea is already 20% of the entire tea market of Georgia. It is very small, but it's still progress. There were already Georgian brands - "Guryeli", "Ternali", "Kobeleturi Chai", "Shemokmeni", "Anseuli", "Tkibuli", which produce very high-quality tea, but so far in small quantities.

Today, if something needs to Georgian tea, it is popularization. Having tried it, you will make sure that both quality and cost Georgian tea is absolutely competitive. Once again, I emphasize, the main thing that Georgian tea needs is awareness abroad. Unfortunately, Georgia is now famous for wine, mineral waters, citrus, although tea may in the future become a country's business card, for this he has certain qualities.

Our task is to put Georgian tea in fair competition with others. Under fair competition, I mean that imported teas do in the country at dumping prices. Some teas, of course, not all, but still, are brought to Georgia overdue, stuffed with chemicals and dyes, but they are well packed and look good, besides at an attractive price. Here in this regard, I have already said, unfair competition. Georgian tea is fresh, high quality, and the price corresponds to it. Our tea can completely take the entire Georgian market and displace the imported product. And then we will think about exports.

When the need increases, production will grow, production will grow - new jobs will appear, which is very important in the context of modern realities in our country. Economy will rise due to export - we have an EU Association Agreement, it will help to acquaint Europe with our Georgian tea. Prospects and potential of Georgian tea are endless, and this needs to be used.

Uniqueness of Georgian tea

What is the difference between Georgian tea - there is a low content of tannins, due to this, he has a very gentle and soft taste. You know, it's like wine, it also happens with a high and low content of Tanins. One is tart, and the other is soft. At the expense of its tenderness, Georgian tea has a lot of fans. Indian tea, for example, very high quality is definitely, however, there is a high content of tannins, his taste is very tart and astringent. Someone, of course, loves such a taste, and someone idle soft and gentle Georgian tea. And all because Georgian tea plantations are the most northern. Above our, tea plantations do not exist. This is what affects such a soft taste.

Georgia is known for its beautiful scenery, delicious food, fresh fruits and mineral waters, but today few people remember the production of Georgian tea during the USSR. In this article, we will talk about the heyday and sunset periods of Georgian tea, about the pros and cons of tea from the solar country, methods of its welding and the best varieties.

History

The first tea bushes were planted at the end of the nineteenth century under the direction of K.S. Popova. His varieties received a gold reward and first place at the Paris exhibition in 1939. Popov's teas were considered the best in the Caucasus. However, during the First World War, the development of tea-breeding in the country was stopped. The farms were thrown and destroyed, in 1921 the company was nationalized, the state itself took over the production of sheets that were going to manually. During this period, the active development of tea breeding began.

By the middle of the twentieth century, 65 factories have already numbered on the whole of the Caucasus, in eight of which only green tea has been manufactured. Ton tons of tiled gabs went to all corners of the USSR they were packaged into foil paper, cardboard and metal boxes. In the 60s, the period of the heyday of Georgian taution, which lasted about twenty years began. Unfortunately, the transition to the mechanical collection of sheets and violation of the processing procedure to accelerate the process was reflected on the quality of this industry. During this period, the production of tea sheet decreased almost one and a half times, and after the collapse of the USSR, it was stopped at all.

Of the 65 factories, there were only three, the rest were either abandoned, or recharged into more modern directions. Even in its own market, the share of native tea is only eight percent.

Tea production today

In the early 2000s, Georgian tea practically stood in place. On one of the remaining factories, only green tea for Central Asian countries was manufactured. No elite variety from previously produced has not been saved. By the end of the first decade, the process began to gradually move for the better, the teas began to make a handicraft manner, but only people who love their business were engaged.

Nowadays, Georgian tea culture began to gradually develop, which cannot but rejoice. After all, the correctly grown and collected Georgian tea with competent processing to taste and aroma is by no means inferior to Chinese and Indian varieties. At the moment, this organic drink is very popular in the country.

Varieties

For a long period of the period in the Caucasus, several varieties of tea were produced: both black and green. All of them were in demand in the entire Soviet Union. Black bikes called "Bouquet" and "Extra" consisted of tirs and upper sheets. The sheet type of black tea of \u200b\u200bthe first collection was considered the highest grade, and in the second there was a sufficiently large number of additional ingredients to increase the volume and weight of the tile. As a rule, it was made of branches collected by equipment. Tea drinks "Cheerful" and "Tea 36" were combined species, since, in addition to Georgian, they contained another Indian and Ceylon variety.

Green tea had a fairly wide range and was produced under the numbers from 10 to 125. Above 125 rooms have already been the highest quality products, they treated "green extra" and "Georgia Bouquet".

Today, the best brands, highly proven themselves not only in Georgian, but also in the European market are Samaia and Gurieli. They were not only widespread, but also received the title of means of average quality or first grade. Gurieli and Samaia have another weighty argument for purchase: in addition to the stunning taste and aroma, which is not a worse than Indian or Chinese species, they have a completely democratic price, which will delight most of the connoisseurs of this drink.

The range is gradually expanding, new varieties appear. In addition to black and green tea, white species are also in demand, as well as drinks with additional components in the form of a variety of berries, fruits and Caucasian herbs. One of the manufacturers who released a new variety called "Georgian tea 1847", just a couple of years ago, was presented at one of the international exhibitions and took part in the annual championship. In addition to high estimates, prize and first places, the variety got huge approval and caused a considerable interest to the public.

Another festival, held in 2017, tea drinks from Georgia also received prizes and visitor sympathies.

Tile tea

Georgian tiled tea is particularly popular, which is convenient not only with its small size and convenience of transportation, but also in a simple way of use. This species is a homogeneous mass with a solid and smooth surface. It does not break and won't crumble. Since the process of presses occurs by high pressure, most of the resinous substances are liquidated, which is good for health.

Georgian tile tea is very strong, saturated and has a velvet aroma, which will not leave anyone indifferent.

Pros and cons

Among the advantages of the drink from Georgia should be noted the high content of the tips and the presence of a small number of tannes. Due to this, tea leaves enough saturated and retains all the necessary useful substances. A pleasant flavor of tea will wake up the desire to drink it even in those who do not like this drink.

Among the shortcomings of Georgian tea, you can highlight the presence of small crumbs, which, like dust, sometimes remains at the bottom of the box. A similar phenomenon is caused by a small mechanical damage of sheets during the manufacture.

Cooking method

There are two ways to brew such tea. The first, classic is known to everyone. A small amount of the mixture is placed in the cup and poured boiling water, after that you need to wait about seven minutes so that the drink is pretty well and you can proceed to a pleasant drink.

The second method is known only in narrow circles. Its main condition is a teapot heated one hundred percent. When it is strongly riveted, welding is put inward and poured with boiled water. In this case, it is enough for three minutes for full infusion.

Another pleasant advantage of this method is a stunning fragrance that will quickly spread throughout the room.

Unfortunately, now the Georgian drink is not particularly popular in the Russian market. Indian, Chinese and English analogs are firmly held on leading positions in this niche. However, given the gradual development of tea in Georgia and the love of our compatriots to this country, it is quite possible that in a couple of years we can meet the range of Georgian tea on the counters of our stores.

More about collecting and cooking Georgian tea you will learn from the following video.

In the period 1917-1923, Soviet Russia survived the "tea" period: the use of alcoholic beverages was officially prohibited, and the army and workers of industrial enterprises were supplied with tea for free. The organization "Centrocole" was created, which was engaged in the distribution of tea from confiscated warehouses of chainsing firms. The reserves were so great that until 1923 there was no need for the procurement of tea abroad ...

By the end of the 1970s, in the USSR, the area under tea has reached up to 97 thousand hectares, there were 80 contemporary enterprises of the tea industry in the country. Only in Georgia ready-made tea was produced 95 thousand tons per year. By 1986, the overall production of tea in the USSR reached 150 thousand tons, tiled black and green - 8 thousand tons, green bricks - 9 thousand tons.

In 1950s - 1970, the USSR turned into a tea-and-visiting country - Georgian, Azerbaijani and Krasnodar teas went to Poland, GDR, Hungary, Romania, Finland, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, South Yemen, Mongolia. Asia went mainly brick and tiled tea. The need for the USSR in tea is satisfied with its own production, in different years, by the amount of 2/3 to 3/4.

By the 1970s, at the level of the leadership of the USSR, the decision was already matured to specialize areas suitable for the production of tea, at such production. It was assumed to remove the Earth used for other crops, and transfer them to tea production.

However, these plans were not implemented. Moreover, under the pretext of getting rid of manual labor by the beginning of the 1980s, in Georgia almost completely stopped manual collection of a tea sheet, while going entirely on the machine, giving extremely poor product quality.

Until 1970, imports of tea from China continued. Subsequently, Chinese imports were cooler, the procurement of tea in India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Kenya, Tanzania began. Since the quality of Georgian tea, compared with imported, was low (mainly due to the attempts of the mechanization of the tea sheet), the mixing chairs with Georgian was actively practiced, as a result of which a product of acceptable quality and prices was obtained.

By the beginning of the 1980s, in ordinary stores to buy pure Indian or Ceylon tea, it became almost impossible - it was built extremely rarely and in small parties, it instantly bought himself. Sometimes Indian tea has joined the canteens and buffet enterprises and institutions. At this time, low-grade Georgian tea with "firewood" and "aroma of the hay" usually sold in stores. Sold as well, but were rare, the following stamps:

Tea number 36 (Georgian and 36% Indian) (Green Packaging)

Tea number 20 (Georgian and 20% Indian) (Green Packaging)

krasnodar Supreme Sort

georgian Supreme Sort

georgian tea first grade

georgian tea second grade

The quality of Georgian tea was disgusting. "Georgian tea is the second grade" by type resembled sawdust, it came across the pieces of branches periodically (they were called "firewood"), he smelled tobacco and had a disgusting taste.

Krasnodar was even worse than Georgian. Basically, it was bought for the welding of Chifira - a beverage obtained by a long digestion of highly concentrated welding. For its preparation, neither the smell nor the taste of tea was not important - there was only an important amount of the chain (tea caffeine) ...

More or less normal tea, which could be necessary to drink normally, was considered "Tea N 36" or as they were usually called "thirty-sixth". When it was "thrown out" on the counters, there was a queue of an hour for an hour and a half. And they gave strictly "two bundles in some hands."

Usually it happened at the end of the month. When the store was necessary to urgently "to have a plan". The pack was stogram, grabbed one pack maximum for a week. And then with very economical spending.

The Indian tea sold in the USSR was joined in bulk and fished for accelerated factories in standard packaging - a cardboard box "with an elephant" 50 and 100 grams (for tea of \u200b\u200bthe highest grade). For Indian tea of \u200b\u200bthe first grade, green-red packaging was used.

Not always the tea sold as an Indian really was such. So, as an "Indian tea of \u200b\u200bthe first grade" in the 1980s, a mixture was sold, which included 55% of Georgian, 25% Madagascar, 15% Indian and 5% Ceylon tea.

After 1980, its own tea production fell significantly, the quality deteriorated. Since the mid-1980s, the progressive commodity deficit has affected the essential goods, including sugar and tea.

At the same time, the internal economic processes of the USSR coincided with the death of Indian and Ceylon tea plantations (approached the completion of the next period of growth) and an increase in world prices for tea. As a result, tea, like a number of other food, almost disappeared from the free sale and began to be sold on coupons.

Only low-grade tea in some cases could be bought free. Subsequently, Turkish tea began to buy in large quantities, which was very poorly brewed. It was sold in a large packaging without coupons. At the same years, green tea has appeared in the middle lane and in the north of the country, which was almost not covered previously to these regions. He also sold freely.

There was still tea supplied to dining rooms and in long-distance trains. He cost three kopecks, but it was better not to drink. Especially in the canteens. He was done so - the old one was taken, already a repeated brewing welding, the food soda was added to it and all this was reckoned for minutes fifteen to twenty minutes. If the color was not dark enough, burned sugar was added. None of the claims to quality were naturally not accepted - "I do not like - do not drink." I usually didn't drink, I took compote or kissel instead of tea.

In the first years after the collapse of the USSR and the Russian and Georgian tea production was completely abandoned. Georgia did not have the reasons to maintain this production, since Russia was the only market, due to the fall in the quality of Georgian tea, already reoriented to the purchase of tea in other states.

The tea production of Azerbaijan has been preserved, which currently satisfies a part of the internal demand of this country for tea. Part of Georgian tea plantations is abandoned so far. In Russia, several own companies are now established - tea importers, as well as there are minor representative offices of foreign.

The production of tea in the USSR was a visual indicator of the degradation of the entire economy of the country. From one kilogram of tea, falsified five kilograms, of which two were in trade, and three went to the left. As a result, it was operated on the papers, over-fulfillment of the plan for 200%, states in the ministries, millions of rubles in the shadow economy and sawing mixture by Soviet buyers

In Georgia grown and sell pretty good tea.

True, not all the Georgian tea is good) I will tell you what delicious, and some is not.

Here Bastian knows what kind of steal you need)

Georgian tea for weight

In the markets you can find a huge amount of militant tea. It is so cheap that even to buy it suspiciously)

It is large, but not quite fragrant. And with an unusual taste for us.

In general, I can not advise him. We tried once - and no longer want.

Solding different types, for example, from the blueberry sheet. There is from what to choose, but what you will be satisfied with the result - I do not guarantee.

Maradidi tea

Georgian Maradidi tea can be bought in stores. I met only in mini markets, those on the first floors of houses.

Very similar to the commodity. It is also cheap - 3 lari for 200 grams. And also not very tasty.

The remaining teas, about which I will tell, also not expensive - the price around 3-4 lari for 100 grams.

This instance is more interesting.

Remember indian tea with an elephant? Here is the taste exactly.

Just saturated black tea taste.

And with what love is described by the manufacturer!

Gurieli.

Guryeli - very popular Georgian tea. It can be bought almost in any store, and in the form of sheets, and in bags. It is often served in a cafe.

This tea is an order of magnitude better than the above. Tastier, fragrant.

Good black tea with bergamot.

And just black without additives.

But the green with Jasmine cannot be advised. There is a lot of flavoring, even gives chemistry.

Do not be fooled by the word Export on the package)

Rcheuli tea is also very popular. That personally, I like it much less than Gurieli.

There are many different flavors, including fruit. But some is stunted.

Berga.

Berga tea is not Georgian, but sold in almost all stores and it is delicious.

This is Azerbaijani tea, black (and as it is clear from the name) with Bergamot.

Delicious, fragrant, rich.

Azercaj.

The name seems to hint that tea is also not Georgian, but it can be bought almost on every corner.

Pleasant tea drinking! Ciao!

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