ONE DAY TEA TRAINING COURSE

With leading Tea tasters and world renowned presenters include Tim Clifton and Jane Pettigrew.Bookings now being taken for a series of dates throughout 2009. Please contact us to check availability for the remainder of 2008.

If you would like to receive further information please contact Lucy Simpson on 01872 520007.

Location: Tregothnan Estate in Cornwall, the First Tea Estate in England

• Have you ever wondered how tea can be served to best effect?
• Are you interested in one of the oldest known beverages?
• Do the health benefits of tea inspire you to serve more tea?
• Be the first to gain an insight to the potential of tea.
• Transform the everyday beverage into the amazing remedy for every situation!
• Discover the allure of tea and what has kept tea as the world’s number one beverage for centuries.
• You will join a small group of 20 likeminded tea enthusiasts: everyday tea drinkers, Food and Beverage managers, retailers, waiting staff, and tea lovers from all over the world.

Cost: £135.00 per person.  The course starts at 9.30 a.m. and ends at 5.30 p.m. Book here.

The provisional timetable for the day is set out below (please note this may be subject to small changes)

9.00am             Arrival and registration at The Old Rectory

9.30am             Introductions

9.40am             What is Tea?

9.50am             Tea Categories and characteristics

10.30am           Countries of origin of different categories

11.00am           Break

11.15am           Brief introduction to manufacturing processes

12.00pm          Loose Tea - different leaf types, how and why

                      Teabags - different styles of bag

1.00pm            Lunch

2.00pm            Buying, Storing and Brewing Tea

2.30pm            Tea tasting of 6 green, white and oolong teas:

3.20pm            Break

3.30pm            Tea tasting of 7 black teas

4.30pm            General Discussion and Questions

5.00pm            Tregothnan afternoon tea

The Tregothnan shop will be open for the purchase of tea, books and gifts.

An outline of plans for the International Tea Centre will be given.

At lunchtime there will be an optional tour of England’s first tea garden.

This course can be purchased online, here. Due to popular request we can now issue a course voucher for the recipient to book at a convenient date, valid for 3 years.