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

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by the

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coast. It is part of Kobuleti Municipality.

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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 south-western China and nor ...

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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