🍵 Komli Tea Tour in Guria is a journey into a Gurian home with traditions of Georgian tea and rural life, where guests can explore a tea garden, visit a historic Gurian oda house, see a live demonstration of traditional hand-processing methods, taste locally made green and black teas and experience the authentic flavors of Gurian cuisine.
🕐 During the 90-minute tea tour, you will walk through the tea garden, learn how tea leaves are picked and processed, hear stories about Georgian and, in particular, Gurian tea traditions, and see for yourself how freshly picked leaves are transformed into aromatic tea. Depending on the season, you may also have the opportunity to take part in tea picking and hand-processing.
🏡 What makes Komli special is its warm, family-oriented atmosphere, where tea is closely connected to the home, the land, local cuisine, nature and the people who continue these traditions as part of their everyday lives.
🍵 Komli Tea Tour takes you through the tea garden and a house that has become a living museum of Georgian tea culture. You will learn about the history of Georgian tea, watch a live demonstration of hand-rolling and drying tea leaves, and finish with a tea-tasting experience featuring their own handcrafted green and black teas, served on the house veranda.
🌱 1. Exploring the Tea Garden: The tea tour begins with a walk through Komli’s small tea garden, located in the backyard of the family home. Despite its modest size, this charming garden provides an ideal setting to learn about traditional Georgian tea cultivation, harvesting, and processing.
📖 2. The History of Tea: One of the highlights of the Komli experience is the personal storytelling shared during the tour. Your host often goes beyond the practical aspects of tea production, sharing stories about the history of tea in Georgia, family heritage and the wider cultural significance of tea in Guria.
🍵 3. Tea Tasting on the Veranda: After exploring the garden, guests can relax on Komli’s spacious wooden veranda and taste their green and black teas, usually served alongside homemade sweets and local treats.
🤲 Hands-On Experience: Depending on the season, guests may also have the opportunity to participate in tea leaf picking or hand-rolling. which offers a deeper appreciation for the craftsmanship and traditions behind Georgian tea production.
📍⏱ Location and Duration: Book the Komli Tea Tour and discover Guria beyond a cup of tea in the village of Tsitelmta (Ozurgeti Municipality, Guria, Georgia), which lasts approximately 1.5–2 hours, depending on the season, group size and any additional activities included in the visit.
🏡 Beyond the Tea Tour: Depending on the season, visitors can participate in harvesting grapes and garden produce, stroll through the bamboo garden and explore the surrounding nature, stay in unique glamping and treehouse accommodations, taste authentic Gurian dishes, join culinary workshops or wine tastings, and visit bamboo forests, a small river, Gomismta and neighboring tea producers.
