Georgia Wild Black Tea

Tea type
Black Tea
Ingredients
Black Tea Leaves
Flavors
Almond, Blackberry, Bread, Cedar, Cherry, Chestnut, Chocolate, Cinnamon, Cream, Dates, Fig, Honey, Malt, Milk, Nutmeg, Orange Zest, Peanut, Plum, Raisins, Straw, Sweet Potatoes, Butter, Cacao, Cherry Wood, Citrus, Dried Fruit, Drying, Rose, Smooth, Tart, Violet, Wheat, Apricot, Berry, Creamy, Flowers, Grain, Mineral, Mint, Orange, Pumpkin, Squash Blossom, Tangy, Thick, Wood, Cocoa, Sweet
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Loose Leaf
Caffeine
Not available
Certification
Not available
Edit tea info Last updated by eastkyteaguy
Average preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 4 min, 15 sec 3 g 9 oz / 257 ml

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  • “Here is yet another older sipdown of mine. I am fairly certain this one comes from April of this year. I recall this tea being something of a pain to get through, not because it was unenjoyable,...” Read full tasting note
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  • “This has been my daily morning black tea for over a week and I’ve almost depleted the 25g bag. This tea has bright flavors to wake up the taste buds, bringing some alertness to my groggy mornings...” Read full tasting note
    84
  • “I’m probably going to rate it higher in the near future. Thank you Alistair for this great sample! So, I’ve found that wild teas tend to be fruity, almost no matter where they come from. Okay,...” Read full tasting note
    84

From What-Cha

A unique black tea produced from abandoned tea bushes which have been left to grow wild. It has a very smooth sweet taste with lingering stone fruit notes.

Tasting Notes:
- Good fruity aroma
- Smooth sweet taste with lingering stone fruit notes
- No astringency or bitterness

Harvest: May 2019

Origin: Ozurgeti, Guria, Georgia
Producer: Davit Tenieshvili
Sourced: Direct from the producer

Cultivar: A mix of the old Georgian cultivars
Picking: Hand
Processing: Wooden machinery constructed by Davit Tenieshvili

Brewing Advice:
- Heat water to roughly 95°C/203°F
- Use 2 teaspoon per cup/small teapot
- Brew for 4 minutes

Packaging: Resealable ziplock bag

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4 Tasting Notes

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1048 tasting notes

Here is yet another older sipdown of mine. I am fairly certain this one comes from April of this year. I recall this tea being something of a pain to get through, not because it was unenjoyable, but because I was very busy and constantly rushed while trying to prepare notes for a review of it. Overall, I found it to be an enjoyable and very solid offering, but it also struck me as lacking in wow factor compared to some of the very best Georgian black teas.

I prepared this tea in the Western style. I steeped 3 grams of loose tea leaves in approximately 8 ounces of 203 F water for 5 minutes. I did not rinse the leaves prior to infusion nor did I attempt any additional infusions.

Prior to infusion, the dry tea leaves emitted aromas of cedar, malt, sweet potato, cinnamon, and roasted almond. After infusion, I detected new aromas of baked bread, cream, steamed milk, chocolate, raisin, orange zest, and black cherry. In the mouth, the tea liquor presented notes of straw, malt, cream, steamed milk, baked bread, plum, sweet potato, raisin, roasted almond, roasted peanut, cedar, orange zest, and black cherry that were balanced by hints of chocolate, roasted chestnut, fig, date, honey, blackberry, nutmeg, and cinnamon. The finish was very creamy, malty, smooth, and nutty with little to no astringency and a pleasant, lingering afterglow.

Like all of the Georgian black teas I have tried, this one was very creamy and smooth. It did display some nice fruit and spice notes, but I consistently wished they were a little more prevalent during my time with this tea. I also wished the chocolate notes were stronger. Really, this tea just needed a little bit more liveliness in the mouth, one or two amplified flavor components to balance out the strong malty, creamy, milky notes, and it would have been a true gem. As is, however, this tea was still a very nice offering. It just lacked that little something to launch it into that upper tier of Georgian black teas for me.

Flavors: Almond, Blackberry, Bread, Cedar, Cherry, Chestnut, Chocolate, Cinnamon, Cream, Dates, Fig, Honey, Malt, Milk, Nutmeg, Orange Zest, Peanut, Plum, Raisins, Straw, Sweet Potatoes

Preparation
5 min, 0 sec 3 g 8 OZ / 236 ML
tea-sipper

Any inkling to what your favorite Georgian tea has been?

eastkyteaguy

The Georgian teas I have tried have all been very similar, but the ones that have stood out the most to me have been the Tammaz’s Tiny Tea Factory, Natela’s Gold Standard, Mrs. Leila’s, and Mr. Ramiz’s black teas from What-Cha.

tea-sipper

Thanks – on to the wishlist they go for the future.

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1541 tasting notes

This has been my daily morning black tea for over a week and I’ve almost depleted the 25g bag. This tea has bright flavors to wake up the taste buds, bringing some alertness to my groggy mornings but the caffeine content seems to be on the lower end, so I find myself brewing an additional tea to take to work with me in the thermos.

Brewed western exclusively following What-Cha’s parameters of 2tsp per cup (8
oz), 200-205F, 4 minutes and I do a second steep for however long it takes me to get around to straining it, 6 minutes or more.

Strongish sour dried cherry at the forefront followed by some maltiness but nothing intense, whole wheat cereal flakes, cedar, cherry wood, prunes, both muted cream and butter, hints of cacao, sweet-tart. The butter and cream are deeper in the finish than while sipping. I get the feeling this tea is a bit more complex than my morning palate can discern. Second steep can get sandpapery astringent if brewed way too long, like 20 minutes. Otherwise, it’s a smooth, slightly drying tea and stacking both steeps in my thermos seems to take care of that astringency if I’m taking too long to get ready.

This tea is autumn and sweaters and maybe some old man and old woman. Good for these cool and foggy, coastal California pre-dawn summer hours. A lot like the Georgia ‘Phoenix’ Black Tea offered by What-Cha but much less astringent and red-fruitier in tone.

Flavors: Butter, Cacao, Cedar, Cherry, Cherry Wood, Citrus, Cream, Dried Fruit, Drying, Malt, Plum, Rose, Smooth, Tart, Violet, Wheat

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 4 min, 45 sec 2 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML
gmathis

You had me at malty and autumn and sweaters. DEFINITELY my cup of tea, then!

derk

It’s not heavy with malt, more of a light to medium black tea. So much lovely tart dried cherry and prune. Tastes great when cooled to room temp, too.

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1704 tasting notes

I’m probably going to rate it higher in the near future. Thank you Alistair for this great sample!

So, I’ve found that wild teas tend to be fruity, almost no matter where they come from. Okay, overstatement has ended. I liked this tea a lot. Dryleaf has a little bit of the much desired and imagined cocoa-nib scent, and tasting it, it is very smooth and viscous, but light yet fruity. I got a little bit of plum, berry, and maybe nectarine. Either way, stone fruit and maybe berry. And yes, there is a little bit of cocoa in the aftertaste. It goes down smooth. I thought I was craving a greener tea this morning, but this proved me wrong. I could see this as a very good quality daily drinker…nevermind you would be set with any What-Cha tea as a great daily drinker.

I do think that Western was better since it is a little bit lighter than other teas, but it’s still good. Recommended.

Flavors: Cocoa, Creamy, Malt, Plum, Smooth, Sweet

derk

I put in a big What-Cha order — including Georgia Wild Black — this week since I was running low on black teas and these flavored teas I’ve been drinking are overwhelming. Good to know this one is a quality daily drinker. I’ve been doing a lot of western brews during the week since I have to wake up at 3 am for work.

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