Tea in General

• Definition of true tea

• Life cycle of a tea plant

• How tea is made

• Caffeine content

• Oxidation: the single biggest difference between tea types

• Fermentation vs oxidation

• Tea producing regions

• What part of the plant becomes tea?

• Wild vs cultivated tea plants

• Tea cultivars and cultivar-driven flavour

Tea History

• Tea’s origin story: one legend, one fact

• How tea spread from China to the world

• Tea in the 20th and 21st centuries

• Tea ceremony traditions around the world

The Tea Industry

• The tea industry

• How tea is graded and traded at auction

• Direct trade vs auction vs broker models

• What “specialty tea” means in an industry context

• Tea as a commodity: the second most consumed drink after water

• Sustainability