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TEA BUSINESS ADVISORY

Tea Consultancy

Whether you are a Tea Grower looking to get the best prices for your tea, a Trader after first-rate strategic buying and stockholding, a Packer seeking the optimised mix of blends for your factory or customers, Hospitality Provider focused on delivering memorable tea experiences, startup or multinational — Cambridge Tea Consultancy is here for you.

My “Bush-To-Brand-To-Cup” experience is unique in the trade and our tea consultancy will work with you or your clients  to unlock solutions and create effective strategies for the future!

TEA-SUPPLY SIDE ADVISORY

We provide authoritative industry advice on processing, assist with supplier management and help build sustainability and capability into the heart of your business. We work with tea growers, packers, traders and other stakeholders looking to future-proof tea supply.

TEA OPERATIONS ADVISORY

Our wide hands-on experience working with the entire tea value chain from growing to market with multinational companies means we can provide practical expertise across strategic buying and blending, tea language building and teaching as well as tasting, NPD and quality arbitration.

EXPERT GUIDANCE

Expertise is our strength. We can help with competitor mapping, market landscaping, new product development and provide invaluable tea industry expertise to help you create the perfect tea experience – on shelf or in hospitality.
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“I’ve known Joyce for well over 25 years…She was a pioneer in her day, having become one of the first women tea experts, not only for Unilever, but in the Global Tea Trade. Gender was never an issue, as she was a complete expert in the full tea supply chain. She continually demonstrated her knowledge and effectiveness in any role she was given, whether at Unilever or other multi-nationals. Joyce is a true tea expert, both technically and organoleptically, and is well respected in the trade, deservedly so!”

Peter Goggi, President, Tea Association USA

MEDIA & PR

Spreading The T Word

There is a whole world of tea largely undiscovered by drinkers and non-drinkers alike. It’s an exciting world featuring history, colours, flavours, aromas and origins. Not only do consumers want to understand their cup of tea better, but people young and old are looking for new experiences – that’s where Cambridge Tea Consultancy step in.

TEA TALKS & TOURS

From tea expos to trade association, I am an experienced and engaging speaker on the subject of tea. I have spoken at a wide range of events, big and small, including National Tea Day’s ExperTeas at The Shard in 2018. I’ve also had the pleasure of leading Africa tea garden tours and would love to share the experience.

PRESS & PR

As a tea expert I love to provide tea expertise and elevate the profile of tea in the media. I have been featured in Harper’s Bazaar, Red Online and The Stylist. I can introduce people to and educate them on tea and it’s industry as well as showcase and promote tea careers.

OTHER TEA ACTIVITIES

We can organise tea and food pairing, tea mixology, team-building exercises and social events, tea storytelling and quizzes! As a renowned and respected tea taster I bring an objective and credible opinion to judging and have judged at The Great Taste Awards in 2014 and 2019, and PSTAK Tea Awards Kenya 2019.

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“Having a conversation with her is to gain invaluable insights one minute after another. As a newcomer, I appreciated asking as many questions as I could in order to gain further insights into the greater tea and hospitality industry. Lastly, I am grateful that Joyce’s generosity with her industry network.”

Bauhinia Lee, Co-founder, Téaura

TEA EDUCATION

Tea Academy

We bring you real Tea Education – something that is in short supply globally while tea drinkers and future drinkers thirst for knowledge about their beloved beverage.

Our tea courses cater to all levels: complete beginners, enthusiasts with some knowledge to experts wishing to build their tasting skills. Our Tea Academy equips you with the skills to be able to select an impactful tea offering, taste tea, describe and speak about tea confidently and buy and blend different teas and herbal infusions. We also train and certify tasters saving tea businesses cost and time.

Classes held in London, Cambridge and Mombasa

BESPOKE TEA TRAINING                                                                     

Tailored tea classes : Tell us what the gap of tea knowledge is in your business and we will work with you to close it. We train and empower sales and marketing staff to talk tea with confidence. Get your staff up to speed with us!
We also tailor tea education classes for students and tea enthusiasts.

TEA SOMMELIER® TRAINING                                                          

New dates for JAN – FEB 2020 below   

Get ahead with a THAC Tea Sommelier® Certificate  www.teasommelier.com
Location: Borough, LONDON
Tea 101 – Introduction to tea                     Jan 24th – 25th
Tea 102 – Tea Regions of the world          Jan 26th – 27th 
Tea 103 – Sensory Development               Jan 28th – 29th
Tea 104 – Tea Types                                     Jan 30th – 31st
Tea 105 – From Bush to Cup                                     Feb 19th-20th
Tea 106 – Preparation, Consumption & Health     Feb 20th – 21st
Tea 107 – Menu Design, Food Pairing & Cooking  Feb 24th – 25th
Tea 108 – The Business of Tea                                  Feb 25th – 26th
£180 pp per course.  Group booking discount available!

TEA TASTER TRAINING & CERTIFICATION

New dates for 2020  – Tasting Training

Our Certified Tea Taster courses are aimed at those who wish to become professional Teamaster and work as Buyer/Blender. Be trained by a Global Tea Master and Tea Expert in tasting, buying, Masterblending, NPD and blend optimisation. Become competent in quality and value assessment. I offer intensive tasting training in Taste, Colour, Thickness, Brightness, Strength/hardness and Leaf assessment and grading.

Taster, Foundation Level 1.1     Jan 16th – 17th Cambridge

Taster, Intermediate Level 1.1  Feb 12th – 13th Mombasa; Cambridge 27th-28th

World of Tea; Basics of Tasting & Blending Feb 10th – Mombasa

Speciality Tea Tasting and Market Understanding Feb 11th –  Mombasa

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A range of tea paraphernalia including a bamboo tea whisk, loose tea, colourful cups of tea and teapots.

“She is not only knowledgeable in tea mastery herself, but also an inspirational teacher, she coached me to be a tea taster in a very interactive and influential way.”

Xing Ma, Tea Material Expert, Unilever