Tea Masters Cup

an international tournament among tea masters
project for people who work with tea or are tea enthusiasts and are willing to expand their horizons, and realize that valuable professional assets are not places, technologies or ideas, but people who can become or already are like-minded.

Tea Preparation

Tea Preparation — in this category, participants compete in the skill of preparing and serving pure tea. A Master competing in this category must demonstrate the skill of tea preparation by brewing and presenting to each member of the judging panel a total of two beverages: The Organizers’ Tea, a beverage prepared from a single tea sample chosen from a fixed set of samples, the same for all competitors, revealed by the competition organizers prior to the start of the competition; The Master’s Tea, a beverage prepared from any tea chosen by the Master or possibly from the set of tea samples provided by the competition organizers.

Category rules

Tea Pairing

TMC Tea Pairing — in this category, contestants compete in the skill of creating gastronomic compositions based on tea. A Master competing in this category must demonstrate the skill of tea pairing (a composition consisting of tea and a light snack) by presenting to each member of the judging panel a total of two compositions: “The Organizers’ Composition”, consisting of tea and a light snack and possibly including other mandatory components specified by the competition organizers; “The Master’s Composition”, consisting of tea and a light snack, prepared by the Master from any ingredients (may include ingredients brought by the Master him- or herself).

Category rules

Tea Tasting

TMC Tea Tasting — in this category, participants compete in the skill of memorizing and recognizing tasted teas and ingredients of multicomponent tea-based beverages. A Master competing in this category must demonstrate the skill of degustation by identifying tea samples presented for degustation. This competition category includes two subcategories: Pure Tea Multi-Ingredient Beverage

Category rules

Tea Mixology

TMC Tea Mixology — in this category, participants compete in the skill of preparing and serving tea-based mixes. A Master competing in this category must demonstrate the skill of preparing multi-ingredient tea-based beverages by preparing and presenting to each member of the judging panel two beverages: Organizers’ Mix, beverage prepared using a tea, in accordance with the conditions established by the organizer and using the required components, provided by the Organizer; The Master’s Mix, a beverage prepared according to the Master’s own recipe without any restrictions, provided that the beverage and its preparation do not violate these Rules and Regulations or any other rules imposed by the competition organizers.

Category rules