01
Pluck
Two leaves and a bud, hand-picked from one-year shoots.
What happens: cell walls remain intact; chlorophyll is undisturbed.
TOVLA · White
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€10,95
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თოვლა — TOVLA
Georgian White Tea · IMERETI
Pronunciation: [TOV-la]
White tea. Pressed cubes. One cube, one cup. Grown at 240 metres in the Imereti foothills, sun-withered, & pressed in Batumi before it ships.
Made without hurry. Two leaves and a bud, hand-picked. Quiet in aroma. Long in finish.
GTNS Reference · v1.7
MZIANI
✦TOVLA
✦
IMERETI
◈
KUBI
Method
MZIANI
Sun-drying in open air. Preserves enzymes, chlorophyll, and volatile compounds. Always indicated when used.
Type
TOVLA
თოვლა (Tovla) is the Georgian word for snow — the purity of untouched mountain peaks. The white leaf's fine silvery down echoes the snow on Imereti's slopes.
Region
IMERETI
Central Georgia. Subtropical climate, red clay soils — the historic heartland of Georgian tea growing.
Format
KUBI
Portion cube, 2–3 g — Teanium's proprietary format.
Where the cup is felt · in the body
Male
Calms inflammation at cellular level
via EGCG
Female
Slows skin and hair root aging
via Apigenin
How it's made · from shoot to tin pocket box
5 steps between the leaf and the cup.
02
Wither
36 hours on bamboo trays, sun and shade rotated.
What happens: moisture drops from 75% to 30%; first enzymatic reactions begin.
03
Sort
By size, by curl, by intactness. By hand.
What happens: nothing chemical, but the box becomes a box.
04
Press
At TTCS Batumi, into 2.5 g cubes, in front of customers.
What happens: leaf cells compress; aroma compounds bind to cellulose; oxidation paused.
05
Pack
Tin pocket boxes, foil-lined, sealed by hand.
What happens: shelf life extends to 18 months without flavor drift.
Biochemistry · what the body meets in the cup
Four compounds. What each of them does.
Apigenin
FlavonoidBinds to skin cell receptors, slows oxidative damage to hair follicles.
Daily ally for: skin and hair root resilience
EGCG
Polyphenol · CatechinA primary anti-inflammatory agent in white tea — present at 3–4× the concentration of green tea on a dry-weight basis.
Daily ally for: cellular calm, vascular health
Silicon
Trace mineralDetectable in measurable amounts in Imereti white tea; supports connective tissue formation.
Daily ally for: bone, joint, and skin structure
Caffeine
Alkaloid10–15 mg per cup. Sustained release. No spike.
Daily ally for: calm focus, no jitter
Grows here
IMERETI
Western Georgia
240 m ↑
foothill plantation
Apr — May
spring flush only
56 hectares
Teanium Estate
42°14′ N · 42°43′ E