From Tea Seed to Cup: How to grow and hand process tea on a small scale

This Masterclass includes a wealth of video, presentation lessons and downloads. It is ideal for anyone interested in growing tea from seed and learning how to manufacture both black and green teas in marginal conditions.

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Course curriculum

1. Navigation
2. Introduction to the course, from Beverly Wainwright
3. FACEBOOK STUDENT GROUP
1. Handout
2. Tea Seeds
3. Planting a seed
4. Potting on
5. Cold Frame Seedlings
6. Growth stages
7. Bark Burst
8. Planting Out (1)
9. Planting Out (2)
10. Planting Out (3)
11. Planting Out (4)
12. Pruning at Planting stage
13. Watering In your Plant
1. Irrigation
2. Irrigation (2)
3. Rain Gauge
4. Taking Care of your Tea Plants (1)
5. Taking Care of your Tea Plants (2)
6. Pruning your Tea Plants as they Grow
7. Winter protection (1)
8. Winter Protection (2)
9. Polytunnels
10. Taking Care of your Tea Plant: Case Study in the Walled Garden
11. Infilling Gaps
1. What are Genetic Variations?
2. Plucking
3. The Flush
4. Plucking Standards
5. Handling and Transportation
1. Presentation: Growing from Seed
1. Brewing and Tasting Six Different Teas
1. Handouts
2. Manufacturing Black Tea
3. The Leaf
4. Plucking Analysis
5. Withering (1)
6. Withering (2)
7. Withering (3)
8. Withering (4)
9. Withering (5)
10. Different Types of Wither
11. Temperature and Humidity
12. Aroma
13. Overnight checks
14. The morning after...
1. Hygiene standards
2. Rolling Black Tea
3. Hand Rolling
4. Machine Rolling
5. Second Roll
6. Third Roll
7. Final Roll
8. Oxidation
9. The Start of the Oxidation Process
10. Oxidation and Aroma Development
11. End of Oxidation Process
12. Drying or Fixing
13. Drying
14. Turning the Leaf
15. The Finished Leaf from the Dryer
16. Moisture Control
1. Tasting the Finished Tea
2. Tea Cupping
3. Introducing 5 Black Teas
4. Brewing 5 Black Teas
5. Tasting 5 Black Teas
6. Re-Brewing
1. Presentation: Black Tea Production
1. Handouts
2. Making Artisan Green Tea
3. What is Green Tea?
4. Kill Green
5. Roast Green
6. Roasting the Leaf
7. Rolling the Leaf
8. Second Roasting
9. Drying the Leaf
10. Moisture Control
11. Steaming
12. Steaming (2)
13. Using a Chinese Bamboo Steamer
14. Using a Catering Steamer
15. First Rough Roll
16. Second Roll
17. Final Roll
18. Drying the Leaf
19. Diversity of Green Tea
20. Brewing and Tasting Our Two Teas
21. Tasting 5 Green Teas
1. Presentation: Green Tea Production
1. Tea Diploma qualification

About this course

£295.00
94 lessons
3.5 hours of video content

From Tea Seed to Cup: How to grow and hand process tea on a small scale

Course curriculum

Introduction

Planting

Growing

Plucking

Growing Tea: A Slide Presentation

Tasting Introduction

Black Tea - Part 1: Plucking and Withering

Black Tea - Part 2: Rolling, Oxidation and Drying

Black Tea - Part 3: Brewing

Black Tea: A Slide Presentation

Green Tea

Green Tea: A Slide Presentation

Next Steps with the UK Tea Academy

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