White Classic

Season limit — only 50 kg.

Before you is the rarest high-mountain white tea, harvested in May 2026 from the highest tea garden in Georgia — Zedubani.

Aroma: wild herbs with floral notes. You will smell thyme, St. John's wort, and meadow clover, blended with the transparent sweetness of mountain jasmine. No "greenhouse" stuffiness — just purity.

Taste: deep, slightly herbal. Don't be afraid of the word "herbal" — this is not supermarket hay. It is an elegant bitterness of wormwood and yarrow, which melts within seconds, leaving a long honeyed aftertaste. The tea does not dry out your tongue — it envelops.

Effect: deep, relaxing. Not sleepy, but meditative. You stop running, stop scrolling through your feed. A rare feeling arrives: "everything is fine, I am here and now." Tea for the evening, for conversation, for yourself.

Who it suits: lovers of green tea who want something softer. If you enjoy a dense green tea but sometimes get tired of its sharp, bracing intensity — this white tea will be your discovery. It has the same depth, but without the aggression.

We went where tea usually does not grow. Altitude: 1200–1350 meters above sea level. This is the limit beyond which agronomists advise not to plant tea — too cold, too windy, too risky.

In winter, snow lies here for 4–5 months. The bush sleeps deeply, does not wake up early, and does not get sick. Pests do not live at this altitude, so there is no need to treat the tea bushes with pesticides or herbicides.

Slowed growth. The tea leaf ripens 2–3 weeks longer than in the lowlands. It does not rush to grow greenery — it accumulates. The result is a density of flavor that lowland white teas do not have. Ordinary white tea is often called "water with a hint of tea." This tea is not a hint — it is a statement.

Ultraviolet and temperature swings. During the day, the sun burns off everything excess; at night, the temperature drops to +5…+8°C. In such conditions, the leaf produces protective polyphenols and amino acids — the very molecules that provide a deep relaxing effect and a multifaceted taste.

May 2026. The "pre-spring awakening," when the bud has just opened and the second leaf has not yet hardened. The harvest window is 3–4 days.

Only the bud with one young leaf (the "pekoe" standard) is picked. One picker collects no more than 400–500 grams of raw material per daylight day. The yield is 100–120 grams of dry tea.

Season limit: no more than 50 kg.