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Begin with five reading domains
Nine chapters are organised into five reading domains: know tea, tea science, flavour in practice, tea and culture, and contemporary issues. Start from your role, then connect the field.
Professional path
Begin with categories and mechanisms, then compare black-tea processes and build a shared flavour language.
Open path → STARTCategories · flavour · brewingEnthusiast path
Begin with one leaf, then build a map of categories, flavour, brewing and culture.
Open path →Open sensory tools · professional beta in preparation
Build shared language before deeper triage
The open edition retains foundational terms, representative paths and every stop-use notice; the complete professional workflow is being prepared as a separate edition.Sensory terminology
Search foundational terms, English names and concise definitions across six sensory dimensions. Full distinctions, observation and source locators are moving to the professional edition.
Use open tool →Quality fault triage
Start from tea type and sensory signs to establish a basic frame, with high-frequency paths and every stop-use notice openly available.
Use open tool →A good place to begin
3 PICKSThe journey of a leaf
Build the whole picture in ten minutes
The six tea categories
Understand classification through process
The tea flavour wheel
Build a shared tasting vocabulary
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