Tea fields

Currently, Batumi’s tea fields are neglected, but if you drive a few kilometers, you will reach the region of Guria – a place, where the many years of tradition in tea cultivation is still cared for.

Our journey will start from the visit in a beautifully situated coastal town of Tsikhisdziri, which is the location of the ruins of a byzantine fortress Petra, build of which was initiated by the emperor Justinian I the Great.

The next point of our agenda is a tea plantation, where we can get to know its history, see how it’s cultivated, gathered and prepared to be brewed. Next we will enter the local production hall, where besides the tea, a fruit-based vodka is prepared by the workers. The owner purchases seasonal fruits from the local orchards and makes various liquors, including the well-known Georgian chacha.

After we personally learn the hardships of working on a plantation and a factory, we invite you to a Georgian feast with a view of Ozurgeti, a town where during the Soviet Union people established an Institute of tea and subtropical cultures. During the feast, we will be able to try delicious liquors, which are prepared there, and also see a performance of a local folk band, which will sing their traditional songs especially for us.

The journey will end in Batumi.

Price: 200 GEL per person

The minimum amount of participants is 6 people.

The price includes transport, a guide’s assistance, a feast with a folk band, tasting of tea and vodka and an entrance to the Petra fortress.

In order to sign for the trip, please contact Nastya +995 599741481 or Tomek +995 558154189 . We are available on WhatsApp.