TEAS FROM NEW ORIGINS, WITH JANE PETTIGREW

25 Lavington Street, London, SE1 0NZ

£18 per ticket (Incl. VAT)

This event was due to run on Tuesday 17th March 2020 - it has been postponed until a later date. All tickets purchased for this event will be valid for the rescheduled event

Jane Pettigrew has gathered together some teas made in unusual places around the world grown and processed by new producers

Join her for an evening of tasting some exciting and VERY NEW teas!

We will taste the following 11 teas:

• 5 teas (white, oolong and black) from 3 different growers (Mike Riley, John Cross and Eva Lee) on The Big Island, Hawaii
• 1 green tea from Jersey grown by The Jersey Tea Company
• 2 teas (green and black) grown in Holland
• 2 teas (white and black) from Kumaon in Northern India, grown and processed by Young Mountain Tea
• 1 black tea from Myanmar, grown and processed in Mogok Village

And during the evening, we are going to try and hook up live with Eva Lee in Hawaii and with Raj Vable, founder of Young Mountain Tea. If everything goes according to plan, you’ll be able to ask them questions about their tea growing activities.

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to taste some of the newest teas from exciting new growers around the globe!

Tickets sell fast and are strictly limited, so book now to secure your place in our new studio.

EVENT POSTPONED

KOREAN TEA EVENING WITH SUJIN LEE

25 Lavington Street, London, SE1 0NZ

Tickets £18 each (Incl. VAT)

This event was due to run on Tuesday 7th April 2020 - it has been postponed until a later date. All tickets purchased for this event will be valid for the rescheduled event.

Join UK Tea Academy and Sujin Lee (Tea Repertoire and UKTA’s tutor for our Korean Tea Masterclass) for this exciting opportunity to learn about and taste Korean teas.

Come and learn about different Korean tea types, their production methods and a brief history of tea production in different Korean tea regions. Due to the complex national history, South Korea now produces pan-fired as well as steamed green tea and a limited amount of artisan black tea and fermented tea.

For this tasting event, Sujin has selected 6 different Korean teas - 3 green teas, 1 semi-oxidised black tea and 2 fermented teas from different regions.

We will taste the following teas:

• Woojeon (First Flush Green Tea)
• Sejak (Second Flush Green Tea)
• Joongjak (Third Flush Green Tea)
• Balhyocha
• Tteokcha
• Hubalyhyocha

EVENT POSTPONED

DARJEELING TEA TASTING, WITH KEVIN GASCOYNE

25 Lavington Street, London, SE1 0NZ

£22 per ticket (Incl. VAT)

This event was due to run on Friday 17th April 2020 - it has been postponed until a later date. All tickets purchased for this event will be valid for the rescheduled event.

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!

The UK Tea Academy is delighted to present an evening of tea tasting with Kevin Gascoyne of renowned tea company Camellia Sinensis Montreal

Darjeeling Tea: the Nectar of the Himalayas. An event for tea enthusiasts of all levels.

Tea Taster Kevin Gascoyne takes us on an exotic journey through the tea gardens of the Himalayas. For over 25 years Kevin has spent every Spring in the region for buying, research and consulting. Travel to the mountains through his anecdotes and images as he describes and explains the inner workings of this high altitude tea industry and leads us through a tasting of some of this year’s finest batches.

Kevin will be fresh off the plane from India where he and his partners own a micro-unit tea factory called the Tea Studio. He will also be presenting highlights from this selection for us to taste.

About Kevin: British tea taster Kevin Gascoyne first bought tea in Asia in 1989 and has spent every Spring there as a buyer for 25 years. Living in Montréal, he is one of 4 taster/owners of Camellia Sinensis, whose catalogue at camellia-sinensis.com has gained World renown. He lectures all over the planet and runs 2 tea schools, a wide selection of workshops, conferences, field consulting, trade development and seminars. For the last few years he has been co-host of the World Tea Awards. His writing has been published in English, Japanese, Italian, Korean, Swedish, Russian and French in N.America, Europe and Asia he is also co-author of the prize-winning book TEA, History, Terroir, Varieties which was voted World's Best Tea Book 2014 by the World Tea Awards and is now available in 5 languages.

Aside from his obsessive quest for Darjeeling’s finest leaf, he also has a passion for shop keeping in his stores. According to his colleagues his daily tea consumption compares to the flow of some small rivers.

EVENT POSTPONED

UPDATE REGARDING COVID-19

Dear tea lovers. This is a challenging time for everyone, we hope that you are all staying safe and well.

We have taken the difficult decision to close our classroom, and not to run our March and April Tea Champion courses due to the spread of the COVID-19 virus, to help keep us all safe from the risk of infection. Bookings are of course fully transferable to any future course, once the situation settles down.

However - we will launch our new ONLINE Tea Foundation course by the end of March, so that you can learn about tea remotely.
Email us at info@ukteaacademy.com if you are interested in being kept updated about this.

In addition, All Academy Extra evening events in March and April have been postponed:

• Teas from Different Origins, with Jane Pettigrew (17th March)
• Chinese White Tea Tasting, with Juyan Webster (31st March)
• Korean Tea Evening, with Sujin Lee (7th April)
• Darjeeling Tea Tasting, with Kevin Gascoyne (17th April)

Anyone who has bought a ticket for these events can either be refunded or keep their ticket for when the event is rescheduled.

STAY SAFE AND DRINK TEA

Tea is good for your mind, body and soul, so keep drinking it!

Here are some Tea Things you can do during this down time:

• Make your tea drinking at home into a daily ritual to keep you calm and happy, whether that is mindfully preparing Matcha or just taking time out of your day to prepare and drink your favourite tea
• Online Tea Time: arrange to call / video chat a friend whilst you both drink tea - this might be especially important for an elderly relative
• Have another cup of tea every day: our Tea, Science and Health tutor Dr Tim Bond says the best thing you can do for your long term health is drink 1 more cup of tea a day
• Buy tea online from small retailers who need your support in this challenging time for the hospitality industry
• Spend time developing your tasting palate and your tea brewing skills by tasting different teas and making notes on their taste, aroma, mouthfeel, brewing parameters etc.
• Catch up on your tea reading (perhaps join the @teabookclub which meets online to discuss tea books)

UKTA PUBLISHES FIRST WHITE PAPER, ON WATER FOR TEA

Following research of many different teas and many different waters, our white paper finally provides the ideal water specification needed to make the best brew.

CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE AND DOWNLOAD THE WHITE PAPER

NEW UKTA TEA MAKING COURSES WITH BEVERLY WAINWRIGHT

The UK Tea Academy is very proud to announce the launch of two new exciting speciality courses:

• Two day Tea Plucking and Black Tea Making course
• One day Green Tea Making workshop

These courses are being introduced exclusively by the Scottish Tea Factory, an authorised UK Tea Academy training centre in Perthshire. Course Creator Beverly Wainwright provides rich experience for the tea student with the inclusion of visits to tea gardens and a hands-on tea plucking experience.

The first courses will run in June and we are sure they will prove extremely popular with both new and existing UK Tea Academy students. For further details see this page or visit Beverly's website.