Zugdidi farmer's market is officially Georgia's best and craziest market 🇬🇪
We headed down to the market without the intention of even making a market video but this place was just unbelievable so here we are enjoy.
First we arrived on a Sunday morning and it was already super busy perfect for a market hunt, first impressions here is that locals and vendors are actually interested in foreigners, they don't push you to buy anything and when you buy they offer the right price same as locals pay (other markets in Georgia charge like 2-5x local price sometimes)
Everyone also just wanted to have a chat and ask where we're from etc, they didn't even ask us to buy from them so we knew we were onto a winner here.
First bought some Georgian adjika which is a staple from this region and supposedly the best you can get, we bought from a lovely lady who we later returned to, a small pot of green adjika was only 2 GEL.
Next we looked at some Kupati which are traditional Georgian sausages, a massive fresh sausage here only cost 10 GEL, this lady was from Sokhumi, Abkhazia and also sold fresh loose tea so we bought a bag of this aswell for only 1 GEL.
Then we found a super nice Babushka with a warm smile she was so friendly and we ended up trying all kinds of stuff like red adjika, Georgian wine and delicious cognac, we didn't need anything so we just bought some coriander powder for 1 GEL!
Walking through these streets is like going back in time it's mental as if your back in the soviet union, we bought a huge bag of peeled garlic for 1 GEL and then a HUGE bunch of fresh coriander for only 0.5 GEL.
Found a local restaurant that looked after us and for 14 GEL we had 2 huge bowls of spicy beef kharcho and a pint of ice cold batumi draught beer.
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Had a look at the hazelnut churchkela or the georgian snickers if you will, only 2 GEL a piece but bought none of those today.
Met a lovely lady who sells fresh coffee beans and she made us a delicious Turkish coffee for only 1 GEL (yes it's a theme everything seems to cost 1 GEL here)
Zugdidi Farmers market is what I imagine Georgia was like 10 years ago before the tourism boom.
Stumbled across huge warehouses and corridors full to the brim of used clothes for sale imported from Western countries.
Hit the end of the market where cows were grazing next to the swampy River and soviet Tower flats before heading into the back alleys and livestock section where I nearly accidentally bought a Piglet for 70 GEL.
Then we found the nicest babushkas in the whole market outdoors who had a classic Georgian lemonade stand, they were 0.50 GEL each so we had 3 in different flavours they are so good trust me.
We headed back to the first vendor because she was lovely and bought a few bottles of Georgian tkhemali sauce which is a special plum sauce and its my new favourite for sure.
That's pretty much it this is a long one but I just couldn't stop filming this market was the best experience I've had in all Georgia, far away from the tourist traps and dishonest people.
Zugdidi is an incredible place 🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪
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Camera Used: Sony FDR X3000
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0:00 Arriving To Zugdidi Farmers Market
1:02 First Impressions
2:23 Buying Georgian Adjika
3:51 Kupati Sausages & Abkhazian Tea Lady
5:36 Zugdidi Market Is Mental
9:16 Friendly Lady Gave Us Wine & Cognac
12:15 Narrow Streets & Buying Peeled Garlic & Coriander
15:28 Found The Tastiest Food In The Market (Beef Kharcho)
19:46 Shoutout To People Who Donate (Helps Us Do This)
20:23 Hazelnut Churchkela's
21:10 Fresh 1 GEL Coffee Pitstop
22:45 Feels Like Georgia 10 Years Ago
24:12 Searching For Livestock
26:02 HUGE 2nd Hand Clothing Stores
26:54 Local Scenes At The End Of Market
28:07 Nearly Bought A Piglet For 70 GEL
30:08 Georgian Grapes Talk
31:09 Classic Georgian Lemonade Stand & Lovely Babushkas
34:40 Buying Tkhemali - Delicious Georgian Sauce
35:30 Piglet Heads & Summing Up Georgia's Craziest Market