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A Truly Robust Digital Tea Fundamentals Course Has Arrived

Specialty Food Association

Tea Drunk has released a 20-hour digital course on loose leaf tea.

The market is saturated with misinformation about loose leaf tea and understanding good tea vs. bad tea. This 20-hour course Tea Drunk has launched, Tea Fundamentals, which includes both video and written materials, is the first of its kind at this caliber. Like not all sparkling wines are Champagne, not all fine teas are created equal. This course aims to understand terroir-sourced teas from China’s most historic regions. With sections covering brewing, categories of tea, processing, the importance of location, evaluating quality, and more, it is an excellent foundational education for anyone looking to explore the depths of tea. Even those at the height of the tea industry will benefit from this depth of knowledge.

Top terroir, ancient heirloom tea trees, and masterful tea-making is the trinity of Tea Drunk’s loose leaf teas. It is crucial to Teng that Tea Drunk only sells tea that meets the rigorous criteria of all three to preserve a 2000+-year-old history of artisanship. Tea Drunk has a bundle of all 17 teas discussed and brewed to accompany this course. As this is a one-time payment digital course, students have the luxury of learning at their own pace.

About Shunan Teng, the Instructor:

Shunan Teng is the founder and CEO of Tea Drunk, a company that has become the pinnacle of excellence for those seeking exceptional tea and tea knowledge. Tea Drunk is a Certified Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprise in New York City. Shunan is known for her relentless in-the-field pursuit of tea knowledge and her work in preserving Chinese tea traditions. She is an avid educator on tea and has spoken on the subject matter at many companies and institutions, including Yale University, World Tea Expo, and Stony Brook University. Teng collaborated with the Metropolitan Museum of Art to execute a temporary Chinese tea house in the museum and is the educator for the TED Ed lesson – The History of Tea  Teng, and Tea Drunk have been documented and featured frequently by media including the Great Big Story and Today.com.