tea tasting
Sampling steeped leaves
Tea tasting is the practice of evaluating tea by examining its appearance, aroma, and flavor—much like wine tasting.
Professional tea tasters assess leaves and brewed liquor to grade quality, detect flaws, or blend varieties.
The term also covers casual sessions where people sample different teas: We went to a tea tasting at the new shop downtown.
- cuppingSkin suction healing method
- astringencyDrying, puckering quality
- brisknessQuality of being quick
- first flushEarliest surge or onset
- slurpingDrinking with audible suction
umami · high mountain · liquor · mouthfeel · visual inspection · flavor profile · earthy tones · temperature control · teapot · terroir · loose leaf · matcha · bitterness · fragrant · leaves · aroma · notes · bouquet
- tastingsdegustation, flight, sampler, cupping, beer flight
- taste testsblind taste test
- sensory activitiessmelling, touching, listening, watching, aromatherapy
- tasting termssample, flavor profile, mouthfeel, aftertaste, finish
- tea industrywithering, drying, firing, first flush, Darjeeling
- teaoolong, Darjeeling, Assam, Ceylon, Earl Grey
beverage type
tea tastingwine tasting
Sampling vintages for quality
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