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Become a tea sommelier with expert tea tasting tips. Learn how to evaluate tea color, smell, and taste with this free tea video series.
There are 11 videos in this series:
Just like a wine sommelier, tea tasters evaluate the flavor and appearance of tea. Learn more about evaluating tea in this free tea video about how to taste tea.
To get the full flavors of the tea, it helps to clear your palette by eating a bland snack. Learn what to eat to clear your palette in this free tea video about how to taste tea.
Before trying a new tea, learn how to smell and examine loose dry tea leaves in this free tea video about how to taste tea.
Creating a weak tea infusion will let you see the color of tea so that you can evaluate it. Learn how to make a weak infusion in this free tea video about how to taste tea.
A dark green color in black tea means that the leaf was over fermented. Learn more tips for evaluating black tea in this free tea video about how to taste tea.
In evaluating green tea, a light color shows that the tea leaves were picked at just the right moment. Learn how to read green tea infusions in this free tea video about how to taste tea.
Tea liqueur is a technical term used in tasting tea. Learn how to read the color of tea's liqueur through steeping in this free tea video about how to taste tea.
When you take the first sip of tea, learn how to slurp it so that all the flavors disperse in your mouth with this free tea video about how to taste tea.
Smelling is an important part of evaluating tea. Learn how to smell different aromas in tea with this free tea video about how to taste tea.
Briskness is way of describing the bitterness in tea. Learn how to evaluate a tea's briskness in this free tea video about how to taste tea.
The body of tea is either thin, medium, or full. Learn how to pick out the tea's body in this free tea video about how to taste tea.
Tea is characterized as the most mystical and healing of all the beverages. With the variety of flavors, tea seems to perfect drink for any occasion. As Chinese legend describes, tea originated by divine intervention. A legendary emperor was sitting in the grass sometime around 2737 B.C. As he was pondering life, he drank a bowl of boiling water when all of a sudden leaves blew into his bowl. When he looked down, he noticed that the water had started to change color. The ever inquisitive and curious monarch took a sip of the brew and was pleasantly surprised by its flavor and its restorative properties. However, due to the desire that tea arouses, one creation myth can not possibly be enough to explain the beginnings of tea. Another legend claims that the founder of the Zen school of Buddhism discovered the beverage. Regardless of truth to these myths, tea has played a significant role in Asian culture for centuries as a staple beverage, a curative and a symbol of status.
In this free video series, become a sommelier of tea! Our expert, Matt Graham, shows you how to taste tea the right way. Also known as tea cupping, there is a lot to evaluate in tea. Learn how to look at loose leaf tea. Also, get tips for creating weak infusions to assess the tea's color and appearance. Matt shows you how to slip and smell your tea as well. So, if you want to really get the most out of your cup of tea, watch this free video series today!
Matt Graham Matt Graham discovered loose tea on a trip to The People's Republic of China in 2001. For the past seven years, Matt has continued his exploration into the world of tea. A daily drinker, he has cupped a vast variety of loose teas. In 2006, Matt attended tea seminars at a national tea conference. Additional travel in Europe augmented his understanding of international tea traditions.dkdk
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