What is Tea?
Tea in General
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

