About the collection

Chinese tea entrepreneur Lao Jin Zhao lived in Chakvi in ​​the 10s and 20s of the 20th century. The museum preserves Lao Jinjao's personal belongings: a pair of slippers, a hat that he used while working in tea. Also, larks, vines and other things related to tea culture and with which the Chinese entrepreneur had contact. Tea is one of the most common beverages in the world, which has a long history along with its pleasant taste and healing properties. Despite the fact that Georgia is not the homeland of tea, in the last century the tea industry occupied an important place in the agriculture of our country. The history of Georgian tea began in the 19th century in Western Georgia. The last head of the Guria principality, the 5th Guriel, expressed his interest in tea as early as 1809 and planted the first bushes in his own garden. Along with the growing popularity of tea, its distribution area also expanded: Guria, Samegrelo, Abkhazia, Imereti, Adjara - the subtropical climate of western Georgia turned out to be favorable for growing tea. At the end of the 19th century, the Chinese merchant Lao Jin Zhao arrived in Georgia. In 1900, the tea brought to Georgia by Lao Jin Zhao won a gold medal at the Paris World Expo exhibition with the inscription - "Caucasian tea is the best in the world". It should be noted that all tea-producing countries, except China, participated in this exhibition.

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