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ADV.01 Advanced Cupping

This class focuses on the tea professional’s most valuable skill – using the professional tea cupping protocol as a tool to evaluate teas. The course material takes an in-depth look at terroir, each stage of tea processing, and finally the grades of teas, explaining how each factor creates and influences the taste and aroma of tea in the cup.
  • Last Updated: 12/2025
  • English
  • Certificate on Completion

Original price was: $285.00 USD.Current price is: $228.00 USD.

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What you will learn

  • Define terroir and name the different aspects of terroir.
  • Describe how each stage of processing influences tea’s flavor and aroma.
  • Describe how defects can develop during processing and how they can affect the tea.
  • Describe the relationship of tea grades to flavor profiles.
  • Discern the difference between the terroir of tea from different countries.
  • Identify the difference that various stages of processing make in the cup.

Overview

This class focuses on the tea professional’s most valuable skill – using the professional tea cupping protocol as a tool to evaluate teas. The course material takes an in-depth look at terroir, each stage of tea processing, and finally the grades of teas, explaining how each factor creates and influences the taste and aroma of tea in the cup.

The class materials also include a glossary of tea defects and describe when and how they develop during processing, as well as how they would be recognized by taste and/or aroma in the cup. Featuring lots of teas, most of the class is dedicated to the cupping exercises that are designed to illustrate and illuminate how all of these influences appear in the cup.

Great News: Your Kits Are Now Included in the Purchase!

Getting started has never been easier. When you enroll in a course, all required kits are included in the purchase. Australian Tea Masters will prepare and ship them directly to your door, so you’re ready to start learning right away. Please allow two working days for your kit to be shipped to you.

Students will need to supply the following additional materials BEFORE the class starts. These are not included in the class kit:

  • Two professional cupping sets
  • An instant-read thermometer
  • A digital gram scale
  • A timer

Course Length:

3 weeks (plus one week grace period to submit assignments and complete any tests.)

Course Content

Original price was: $285.00 USD.Current price is: $228.00 USD.

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  • Full Lifetime Access
  • Certificate on Completion
  • Self-paced, no expiration date, 100% online

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