Tea Region Guide
Rize, Turkey
Black Sea coast; nearly all Turkish tea (world's 5th-largest producer) grows here.
Altitude
Sea level–500m
Harvest window
May–Oct
Country
Turkey
Why Rize tastes the way it does
Black Sea coast; nearly all Turkish tea (world's 5th-largest producer) grows here. Altitude, soil, and harvest timing all shape the cup — see it plotted on our full interactive world map for context against every other growing region.
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