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Lewis 11/22/05

> "Alex Chaihorsky" > writes:
>
>> [...]
>> Lenkoran tea could also be unforgettable. Why not asking these guys
>> directly? You are absolutely right in saying that Georgian tea has probably
>> nothing to do with it. Georgian tea is low quality product - was, is and
>> most probably will remain that way until Georgians, who are avid wine
>> drinkers start drinking tea. Georgian tea was produced for Soviet mass
>> market when Georgia was a part of USSR.
>
> I've tasted some exceptions to this. There's now small-scale
> production of high quality tea there. Nigel Melican has consulted
> with growers there, and his family's company nbtea.co.uk sells some of
> the results (apparently only white tea right now.)

And, I have drunk said Georgian tea from Nigel's Company, "Nothing but Tea"
(nbt), and found it quite nice. I bought it for a person who spent a good
deal of time in Cuba where Georgian tea was popular at the time. She thought
very highly of Nigel's. The teas in question come from small production
areas.

Nigel supports tea production all over the world, especially in regions just
now developing (in terms of tea), or in the process of improving viable tea
production, such as in Kenya and Georgia. The tea is fully oxidized, and has
a taste and style not dissimilar to the best whole leaf teas Bangla Desh has
to offer. It is at the moment, as far as I hear and taste, still spotty, but
that goes for everywhere, right?

Michael