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Category Description
Only pure tea samples are tasted and identified.
The category consists of two subcategories. Pure Tea subcategory is for tasting and identification of pure tea. Multi-Ingredient Beverage subcategory includes tasting (as a single ingredient, separately) and identifying (in a multi-ingredient tea) tea additives.
Performance Evaluation
The contestant that correctly identifies most of the tea samples or becomes the first to correctly identify the tea samples, if the contestants identify the same number of samples, is declared winner.
Following the results in each subcategory, a tournament bracket is filled in (according to the previous version of rules, the bracket was filled in as per the correctly identified tea samples/additives’ number specifying the identification time). Certain points are awarded for each position in the tournament bracket. The final result is the sum of points awarded in subcategories and the number of correctly identified tea samples/additives in subcategories.
Tea Masters Cup
Tea Tasting
Tea and tea additives are identified
Pure Tea
Multi-Ingredient Beverage
After an open-tasting of ten teas, the contestants must identify five of them in blind-testing
During the blind-testing, three ingredients added to the tea out of nine tasted must be identified
The key is to memorize the flavor and aroma of the beverage (or added ingredients) and recognize them. In a tie, the contestants are judged by their speed Teas of similar taste must be used for Pure Tea subcategory. Tea is a beverage made of Camellia Sinensis leaves. www.teamasterscup.com
Having the Tea Tasting as a two-stage competition with a variety of tasting materials will reduce the randomness of the tasting and make the competition even more exiting. * * * The updated TMC Rules & Regulations have been published at the official TMC website. Please note that individual Cups will be regulated both by the Rules & Regulations and Technical Specifications that will govern a number of practical issues regarding the arrangement of the Cup, such as: • Venue, date and time, • Contestants registration procedure,
• Contest area zoning, • Contest schedule and performance itinerary, • Number of judges in the panel and number of beverages and compositions served, • Contest logistics, • Language and translation, • Performance parameters for different categories, • Extra events to be held within the contest area. We do hope that the new Tea Master Cup rules will make the contest even more exiting. See you there!
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