Lankaran
The humid subtropical lowland in Azerbaijan’s far south-east, between the Talysh mountains and the Caspian, continuous with the Iranian growing strip across the border. Tea was planted here from the 1930s under Soviet agricultural policy, largely collapsed after independence, and has been partly replanted since. It is the only part of the country where the climate supports the crop.
History on this page: TeaHQ synthesis
TeaHQ's own reading of well-attested general knowledge, with no single source behind it.
This district’s description dates something — a founding, a first planting, a period of expansion. The label above says on what basis, and it applies to the historical statements rather than to the elevation, climate or soil claims below, which carry their own confidence separately.
Elevation
Recorded at 0–400 metres.
How firm this is: Inferred from general knowledge of the district rather than measured or taken from a source that states it.
When it is picked
A short humid-subtropical season on the Caspian strip, agronomically continuous with the Iranian gardens a short distance south across the border.
How firm this is: Inferred from general knowledge of the district rather than measured or taken from a source that states it.
How the name is written
Also transliterated as lankaran, lenkoran, astara. Romanisations of a district name vary by system and by vendor, and a packet spelling one way is not describing a different place.
Other teas recorded from here
Sources
- TeaHQ editorial synthesis — TeaHQ
This page is TeaHQ’s own synthesis throughout. No external document stands behind the elevation band, the climate note or the character described above, which is why each carries its confidence in the open.