StretchLearn Course
Master the six tea families, brew with precision, and taste like a professional taster.
Course Overview
Tea is the world's second most consumed beverage, yet most drinkers never move beyond the teabag. This course decodes the science of oxidation, terroir, and extraction so that every cup becomes a deliberate choice. You will practise gong fu brewing, blind tasting, and matcha preparation using real parameters — water temperature to the degree, steeping windows to the second — and leave with a personal tea journal and collection blueprint.
Learning Outcomes
Distinguish the six tea categories by processing method, appearance, and flavour profile
Apply correct water temperature and steeping time for any tea style
Execute a gong fu brewing session from warm-up rinse to final pour
Use professional tasting vocabulary to evaluate aroma, liquor, and finish
Explain how terroir, cultivar, and harvest season affect cup character
Build a curated personal tea collection balanced across categories and budgets
Curriculum Preview
Preview the course structure, see how the modules build on one another, and understand the path this program is designed to take you through.
Understand how a single plant — Camellia sinensis — produces six radically different tea styles through controlled oxidation, firing, and shaping. Build a reliable mental model before tasting anything.
The chemistry of extraction is unforgiving — water that is too hot scorches green tea; too cool and black tea tastes flat. This module gives you the exact parameters and the scientific reasoning behind them.
Develop a professional tasting vocabulary, understand how geography, cultivar, and harvest season create flavour, and run a complete gong fu tea ceremony from equipment prep to final pour.
Master the specific technique and equipment for matcha preparation, then design a personal tea collection strategy balancing categories, budget, storage, and ongoing discovery.
Built for Application
This program is designed around progression: focused lessons, structured modules, applied resources, assessments, and a course rhythm that turns information into usable capability.