The UK Tea Academy

NEPALI TEA MASTERCLASS
12 hours of live webinar tuition and tasting

Over £100 worth of carefully selected teas are included in your course price and will be mailed to you before the course begins.

Price: £375 + VAT (total £450) + £30 international postage where applicable

To reserve your place on this course, you may complete the registration and pay an initial £75 deposit. You will then be asked to pay the remaining sum 4 weeks before the class. Payment of the remaining balance in instalments is also possible, please contact us to arrange this. The deposit is non-refundable.

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Explore Nepali teas in depth and taste a wide range of categories and types of tea from this relatively young tea growing region. The classes are taught by Nepali Tea Master Chandra Bhushan Subba, Nepal’s leading tea expert who has more experience and expertise than anyone else working in the tea industry of Nepal.

Nepali teas do not all fall into specific seasonal flushes as do most teas from Darjeeling and Assam in north east India. Over the past few years, Nepali tea makers have been experimenting with freshly harvested leaves to make unusual speciality White, Green, Oolong, Black and even fermented dark teas. They have been guided and supported by Chandra Bhushan who has been instrumental in encouraging the development of the Nepali tea industry. So, in these webinars, rather than focus on teas made in particular seasons, we will explore different categories and taste a wide selection of teas made throughout the growing season from mid March to the end of Autumn. The course aims to give students a full understanding about how Nepali tea producers are expanding their tea offering by adapting their skills to produce unusual, high quality teas that deliver wonderful, unexpected flavour profiles in all the categories they now make.

WEBINAR 1 (3 HOURS)
INTRODUCTION TO THE NEPALI TEA INDUSTRY

• The history of tea in Nepal
• Growing Regions and types of tea
• The Nepalese Tea Industry Today
• Prospects and Challenges
• Tea Organizations
• Nepalese Tea Types and Introductory Tea Tasting 

WEBINAR 2 (3 HOURS)
EXPLANATION AND TASTING OF BLACK TEAS

• Harvesting of required leaf
• Details of processing method
• Specific details about each of the selection of Black teas
• Tasting and comparing the different teas

WEBINAR 3 (3 HOURS)
EXPLANATION AND TASTING OF GREEN TEAS

• Harvesting of required leaf
• Details of processing method
• Specific details about each of the selection of Green teas
• Tasting and comparing the different teas 

WEBINAR 4 (3 HOURS)
EXPLANATION AND TASTING OF WHITE & DARK TEAS

• Harvesting of required leaf
• Details of processing method
• Specific details about each of the selection of White and Dark teas
• Tasting and comparing the different teas

WHAT WILL I NEED?

1. Your computer to access the webinars on Zoom and online resources.
2. Kettle, filtered water, and some necessary teaware items

For brewing the 25 teas, you will need some teaware items. A list of recommended equipment will be sent upon booking, to help you prepare for the course.

Completion of this masterclass will count as one credit towards our Level 3 Tea Diploma qualification.

Our online masterclasses are open to anyone. If you are working towards a final Level Three qualification but you have not yet achieved your Level Two Tea Sommelier qualification, you will still receive a credit towards the Tea Diploma qualification.