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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.

$285.00 USD

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Your Instructor

Sharyn Johnston

Head of Education

Sharyn Johnston is a highly accomplished and influential figure in the world of tea. With a remarkable corporate career spanning multiple countries, she brings a wealth of experience and expertise to her role as the CEO of Australian Tea Masters. Sharyn’s passion for tea led her to establish the company in 2011; it has since become a leading authority in tea training, blending, and education in Australasia.

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.

You will need to order your class kit no later than close of registration:

  • Required class kits are not included in your purchase for your course
  • Class kits need to be ordered from Elmwood Inn Fine Teas
  • Go to Elmwood Inn’s World Tea Academy page to purchase kit* (You need to order your kit no later than one week before your class starts to ensure that you receive it in time.)

Please Note: International students that plan on taking more than one course with World Tea Academy will save money on the shipping costs of their class kits if they order multiple kits at a time.

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.)

Disclaimer: Elmwood Inn Fine Teas is not part of World Tea Academy/Questex LLC nor is it affiliated with World Tea Academy/Questex LLC. World Tea Academy/Questex LLC has partnered with Elmwood Inn Fine Teas only to provide the class kits for our courses.

Description

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.

You will need to order your class kit no later than close of registration:

  • Required class kits are not included in your purchase for your course
  • Class kits need to be ordered from Elmwood Inn Fine Teas
  • Go to Elmwood Inn’s World Tea Academy page to purchase kit* (You need to order your kit no later than one week before your class starts to ensure that you receive it in time.)

Please Note: International students that plan on taking more than one course with World Tea Academy will save money on the shipping costs of their class kits if they order multiple kits at a time.

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.)

Disclaimer: Elmwood Inn Fine Teas is not part of World Tea Academy/Questex LLC nor is it affiliated with World Tea Academy/Questex LLC. World Tea Academy/Questex LLC has partnered with Elmwood Inn Fine Teas only to provide the class kits for our courses.

$285.00 USD

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Customer Reviews

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Heidi

Fabulous course! It was challenging and fun. There was also a mystery element to it, in figuring things out by applying everything I have learned thus far. Great fun!

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Natalie

Great class, fun hands-on experiences.

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Bharat

Enjoyed the course!

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Diane

This is such a foundation course, I wish I would've taken it before the other Advanced courses I've taken. I think it should be a prerequisite to other Advanced courses. Great value for any serious student of tea.

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Patricia

A very challenging course, but very beneficial for any tea professional / enthusiast to broaden their understanding of the complexity of the tea leaf.