Hailing from the Republic of Georgia, our new lots of Black Sea Breakfast and Golden Garden are a regional first for In Pursuit of Tea. They represent the beginning of our foray into the Caucuses, a place with a surprising tea history dating back to the 19th century.
This September, UNESCO designated Jingmai Mountain, in China's Yunnan Province, as one of their new world heritage sites. What does that mean for the region's tea?
Each spring, we visit tea growers in Asia to see the initial harvests of the year and taste them firsthand. Across India, China, Taiwan and Japan, we've noticed some recurring themes.