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Teataster

 

Each tea wholesaler has one or more tea taster who are responsible for purchasing the teas and for maintaining their high quality. Furthermore, also improvements and new tea creations are developed by the tea taster. In order to assess the tea qualities, the teas are brewed following a special procedure where the amounts of tea and water are clearly defined and act as a basis for tea tasting procedures around the world.

 

 

This ensures that a common language is spoken around the world with respect to assessing teas (read more on this under: Tasting). A tea taster tastes up to 500 teas a day and requires 7-10 years of experience until he can reach the tea taster status. An acknowledged formal training for this job does not exist. A tea taster has to be developed slowly over a few years of constant training.