About the course

The art of blending is essential for making tea more enjoyable. We have designed this course to teach you how to select the right ingredients and mix them in the right proportions in order to create your own blend.

Course Duration : 30 Days

• 3 days of on-site training & workshops (9:00-17:00)

• 27 days of practice blending on your own with online consulting

Session 1

• Introduction to tea blending

• Tea blending explained

Session 2

• Types and grades of teas, tisanes and alternatives bases

• Workshop 1

• Benefits of teas & tisanes

Session 3

• Tea tasting methodology & terminologies

• Usage of key senses to develop tea tasting skills

• Familiarization with flavour wheel

• Workshop 2

• The process of tea tasting and sensory evaluation

• Workshop 3

Session 4

• Guidelines to blend tea professionally

• Processing & preparing ingredients

• Workshop 4

• Choosing the proper ingredients

• Steps to design handcrafted tea blends

• Guidelines for product design

• Tea blending formulations

• Workshop 5

Session 5

• Tea packaging techniques to extend the shelf life of products

Session 6

• Different types of tea blends: Classic, cultural and custom blends

• Workshop 6

Session 7

• Wellness tea blending: Ayurveda / Cha Dao / Yin-Yang

• Workshop 7

• Life elements: Know your base element and blend your own wellness teas

• Workshop 8

Session 8

• Introduction to tea & essential oil blends / Cold infusion tea blends

• Mocktail & Mixology tea blends / Kombucha

• Workshop 9

Session 9

• Tea entrepreneurship

• Tips to design commercial tea blends

• Costing and pricing

• Guidelines to design tea product

Session 10

• Practice your blending skills & get online consulting

• Workshop 10

Session 11

• Q&A, Evaluation and felicitation

Included

• Study materials and tea blend ingredients

• Meals and afternoon tea during the program

• Tea Tasting and Blending Master Class certificate

• After class coaching & consulting for 1 month

Not Included

• Local transportation and transfer from/to the airport charged.

• Accommodation and extra meals or drinks

Course Requirements

• Must have completed “Tea Connoisseur” certification course

• Evaluation – Yes

• Tasting Session – Yes

• Certification - Tea Tasting & Blending Masterclass

• Validity - No expiration

Policies

Confirmation Policy

• The participant receives a confirmation voucher via email within 24 hours of successful booking

• In case the preferred slots are unavailable, an alternate schedule of the participant’s preference will be arranged and a new confirmation voucher will be sent via email

Cancellation Policy

• If cancellation is done at least 15 days prior to the commencement of the program, 25% of the advance payment shall be deducted and the balance amount shall be refunded.

• If cancellation is done lesser than 15 days prior to the commencement of the program, 50% of the advance payment shall be deducted and the balance amount shall be refunded

• In case of unforeseen weather conditions or government restrictions, certain activities may be cancelled and in such cases the operator will try his best to provide an alternate feasible activity. However no refund will be provided for the same.

Refund Policy

• The applicable refund amount will be processed within 10 business days.