Tea Craft, All Blacks 9-16.8. 2025

What you create, you will bring home.

We will dive into the creation of our signature teas – black! There’s so much here to explore.
How to bring out more citrus notes through fermentation, how to create a light caramel finish through baking,
and how sun withering can help us in the process.

Program:

• 9.7. Welcome to Georgia! We will pick you up from the airport in Kutaisi. We will stop for a small snack on the way, and you will harvest your first leaves in the evening.

• 10.7. Rock and Roll - First Blacks! We will craft hand-processed black teas. We will start experiment with short-oxidized and long-fermented teas.

• 11.7.  Nature First - we will explore the sun and natural drying blacks.

• 12.7. Go, Green, Go! - Hot pan or hot steam? Japan or China? Let’s dive into the magic of green tea. 

• 13.7. Dry and Try - A day dedicated to making white and black teas.

• 14.7. Shake it! We'll focus on lightly oxidized oolongs and black teas – they’ll be the stars of the day.
• 15.7. Maillard reaction - time to finish black story! 
• 16.7. Goodbye, Georgia - We will take you to the airport at 4 AM (for flights: Prague, Poznan, Warsaw, Dortmund).

What does a typical tea day look like?

After breakfast, we will head to the factory to check the previous day’s production. One or two teas should be tested, right? Then, we will move to the garden around 9 AM for harvesting fresh leaves while enjoying a meditative experience as we pick. The leaves will be left for withering in the factory around 12 PM. How about a fresh salad made with local vegetables from nearby farms around 1 PM? After that, we will proceed with the leaves from the day before. If we finish around 2 PM, we can choose: enjoy drinking tea in the mountains or by the sea, or maybe make some more tea? The choice is yours.

In case of rain, we will move to the mountains or seaside for relaxation around. So there can be changes in the program due to the weather. 

Accommodation:

Most of our nights we will stay in the hotel located in Chokhatauri, about 15 minutes from the garden. The hotel offers rooms for 2 people (private bathroom, air-condition). H

Food:

You will discover local cuisine during your stay.  

• Breakfast is classic European breakfast. Or we will have breakfast in hotel in Bakhmaro.
• Lunch will do together a light salad with local vegetables and cheese. Or we will bring snack with us during the trek in Bakhmaro. 
• Dinner will be a Georgian specialty, served in the restaurant.

Group size: 4–7 people.

Location of the tea garden: Kvenobani, Chokhatauri, Georgia (X5MJ+8MX, Kvenobani, Gruzie)

What we will provide:

Workshop, tools, accommodation, local transport, food.

What you will take home:

Insights into tea production, a hands-on experience, and at least 5 different teas that you have made.

How to book:

Best way is to contact me via email: info (at) sicaj.cz 

After registration, we will send you an email with instructions. A deposit of 400 euros (10,000 CZK) is required within 14 days of receiving the email. The deadline for the additional payment of 600 euros (15,000 CZK) is July 30, 2025. In case of cancellation within 45 days of the start of the workshop, we will return 100% of the deposit; 7-44 days before the workshop, we will return 70%; 0-6 days before the workshop, we will return 30%.