We are proud to announce that our Wild Grusinia was decorated with the Origin Award at the 2025 Global Tea Championship of the World Tea Expo in Las Vegas!
Teas from Georgia (in Russian: Grusinia) boast a long tradition and were very hard to find and very rare. We are thus overjoyed to be able to revive this tradition. Tea has been cultivated and produced in Georgia ever since the middle of the 18th century. Chinese tea shrubs form the basis of Georgian tea cultivation. This quality that we are offering comes from wild growing shrubs. The leaf structure is matt black, long and wiry and presents some tips, and develops a sweet, bready scent in the infusion with a bronze cup color emanating a full-bodied, spicy, fruity brew.
In the Tigania region, not far from Mount Kenya, this beautiful purple tea is produced at an altitude of 1,700 - 2,000 m. The light purple color of the wiry leaf with a few tips is not the result of production, but of the use of a very special tea plant, which is said to have its origins in Yunnan. Its anthocyanin content provides the characteristic coloring - a substance that is also found in blueberries and raspberries. The tea itself also has complex, fruity flavors of plums and red berries. The light purple-colored infusion can be turned into a bright pink by adding lemon juice.
We were delighted to be able to secure this very nicely worked black tea from organic cultivation. Located in the heart of Western Java and surrounded by dense forests, preconditions for tea cultivation are ideal at altitudes of over 1,000 m. The tea garden became certified organic in 2007 and developed further towards biodynamic cultivation step by step. All this formed the base to produce this very pretty black tea with a somewhat rougher, open leaf. The infusion is shiny and copper-colored and spreads a pleasant, slightly malty scent. The taste is based on spicy flavors, enveloped by some hints of chocolate. It is not without reason that this OP Premium received awards at the AVPA in Paris and at the Japan Tea Festival, amongst others.
The name of this popular blend results from the time when tea was, apart from the quick transport by sea, also sometimes transported to Europe via caravans on the Silk Road and, later, also via Mongolia, Sibiria and Russia. Our quality consists mainly of the finest Chinese leaf teas and its scent is delicately smoky and aromatic.
Long before black tea was imported from China and until the end of the 17th century, people living at the time of the czars had been drinking “Smitten”, a brew made with hot water, honey, and herbs. Today, tea is the most popular non-alcoholic drink in Russia. Our black tea blend, not to be confused with the Gruziya tea of former times, is based on an old Russian recipe and is perfectly suitable for being served from a samovar. An aromatic and soft tea with a slightly smoky note.
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