Tea Guide Award
Tea Guide marks the beginning of your structured tea education. You will explore what makes green, white, black and oolong teas distinct – not just in theory, but in taste. This qualification will develop your confidence in brewing and help you build a clear, compelling tea vocabulary.
Tea Guide Outline
The UKTA Tea Guide Award is your first professional step into the tea world. It is ideal for anyone working in hospitality, education, or tea retail – and for enthusiasts ready to move beyond the basics.
You will explore the four major styles of tea: green, white, black and oolong and by joining the Live Tasting Tutorial with our UKTA Tea Specialist, you will deepen your sensory skills. You will understand how production methods, terroir and cultivar shape the identity and flavour of each tea and develop a confident vocabulary for evaluating all teas – not just the seven you will enjoy with this unit.
The Tea Guide Award includes:
The Tea Guide Award Bundle includes:
Total Learning Time
Tea Guide Award will take around 16 hours to complete (not including Tea Essentials Award). As well as the Live Tasting Tutorial and the self-study content, you can follow the suggested exercises on brewing practice and make time for notes in your Tea Journal on evaluating the speciality teas.
Assessment
The assessment is a set of 25 x multiple-choice questions to test your understanding of the Tea Guide unit – Brewing Classic Teas.
Achievement
When you complete and pass the MCQ assessment, you will receive the UKTA Tea Guide Award Certificate and an OCN London Digital Badge.
Progression
Successful completion of Tea Guide Award unlocks access to the Tea Sommelier Award and World Tea Diploma – and the individual units in each. The Tea Guide Award is a required foundation for all further UKTA qualifications at Level 3 and above so it must be completed before progressing to the Tea Sommelier Award or World Tea Diploma.
Snapshot
- 7 speciality teas sent out to you
- 2 hour Live Tasting Tutorial
- Unit Assessment: MCQs
- 2 Credits at Level 2
- Tea Guide Bundle price: £385
- Bundle includes: Tea Essentials
Qualification Bundle
Whether you’re starting your tea journey or continuing it, you can complete each qualification step by step or buy a bundle that includes multiple qualifications in one.
Each higher-level qualification bundle includes the units for the awards that come before it, so you’re never missing a step. You’ll always have access to everything you need to meet the full requirements.
If you’ve already completed an earlier award, you don’t need to repeat any units. If you’re starting fresh, your bundle gives you access to every required unit from the very beginning.
Next Steps
Completing the Tea Guide Award unlocks access to all units and qualifications in the UKTA learning framework. You can choose to progress with individual units which count towards a qualification – or you can go straight to a qualification and by a bundle which includes all the units you need to achieve it.
This is for people who want to develop a more practical and creative approach to tea. You may work – or are thinking of working in hospitality so these units are designed to provide a way to explore new ways with tea and deliver an engaging service.
- 7 speciality teas sent to you
- 7 hours of live sessions
- Self-guided study online
£1585
For the passionate enthusiast or potential tea expert who wants to explore teas from the main tea-producing regions and join live guided tastings with UKTA’s international Tea Specialists.
- 46 speciality teas sent to you
- 19 hours of live sessions
- Self-guided study online
£2960
A combination of World Tea Diploma and Tea Sommelier Award plus a bespoke project around a specific topic of interest and mentored by an appropriate Specialist.
- 46 speciality teas sent to you
- 22 hours of live sessions
- Self-guided study online
£4660
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