Georgischer Tee / Moldawischer Wein

@kensanata@pluspora.com hat eine interessante Story über georgischen Tee gepostet (https://octodon.social/@kensanata/109235106863920133):

We believe that Georgian tea has a bright future because tea can be grown here in a healthy, Earth-friendly and sustainable way. But if Georgia is such a perfect place to grow high-quality teas, why you have probably never heard of it before? Most likely the reason is that you have not lived in the Soviet Union. Actually, Georgian tea has a centuries-long history, and just 30 years ago, it was one of the biggest tea producers in the world. But almost 100% of it was a very low-quality mass production tea for internal consumption within the Soviet Union.

When the Soviet Union collapsed, the Georgian tea industry went down together with it. There was no market for thousands of tons of low-quality product once the borders were opened for cheap teas from other regions. And quality could not be improved overnight to compete on the higher-end segment. In 5 years the production collapsed to less than 10% of the previous volumes. Hundreds of tea plantations were abandoned together with huge factories that were scattered around the whole of western Georgia. This sorry state of affairs has lasted for the past 25 years.

Quelle: https://www.renegadetea.com/pages/georgian-tea

Das erinnert mich total an den moldawischen Wein. Vor dem ersten Weltkrieg hatte die Region Bessarabien eine höhere Stellung als z.B. Bordeaux inne. Da kamen die teuersten Weine der Welt her. Bürgerkrieg und Planwirtschaft haben das total ruiniert, aber inzwischen sind die auf einem Rebound. Es ist leider total schwierig und teuer, deren Weine hier zu kaufen. Vor Ort in Chisinau haben wir Wein für 4€ die Flasche gekauft, der uns wirklich aus den Socken gehauen hat und der auch die 20€ die Flasche wert ist, die er hier im Versand kostet.