TKIANI ANI · Wild Apple Leaf
Forest-floor apple, slow afternoon, no caffeine. A tisane, not a tea. Hand-foraged wild apple from the Imereti foothills, dried whole and lightly pressed.
The cup is amber and tart-sweet — fruit, not infusion. Holds well through three pours.
GTNS Reference · v1.7
Method
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No applied method. White tea is defined by withering alone.
Type
TKIANI ANI
ტყიანი (Tkiani) marks anything belonging to the forest. Ani is the first letter of the Georgian alphabet — the first forest tisane in the family.
Region
IMERETI
Central Georgia. Subtropical climate, red clay soils — the historic heartland of Georgian tea growing.
Format
FOTI
Loose leaf — the base format. Not indicated on packaging.
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
Grows here
42°14′ N · 42°43′ E