Chakvi ( ka, ჩაქვი ), also known as Chakva, is a resort town in

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

by the

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coast. It is part of

Kobuleti Municipality Kobuleti ( ka, ქობულეთის მუნიციპალიტეტი) is a district of Georgia, in the autonomous republic of Adjara. Its main town is Kobuleti. Since 1921, the municipality's territory has been included in the Ko ...

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Chakvi is known throughout Georgia as being the birthplace of

tea Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of ''Camellia sinensis'', an evergreen shrub native to East Asia which probably originated in the borderlands of southwestern China and north ...

production in Georgia. Chakvi was one of several tea producing areas that produced tea for the

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. Wild tea plants can still be found, and some limited tea production still continues, in the hills above Chakvi. In July 2007 the $600,000 Chakvi radar station was constructed through oversight of the

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Europe District. It serves both the commercial and military port.

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Group of workers harvesting tea Chakva Prokudin-Gorsky

Cities and towns in Adjara Populated places in Kobuleti Municipality Populated coastal places in Georgia (country) {{Georgia-geo-stub

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