At the recent Caffe Culture Exhibition in London, UK, the European Specialty Tea Association (ESTA) hosted the very first UK Tea Championships. The event ran parallel to the competitions for the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) Brewers Cup.
The Tea Championships comprised a matcha latte art competition, where competitors demonstrated their best latte art to a panel of expert tea judges. Day two of the event consisted of Tea Tasting Championships, which ran similarly to SCA Cup Tasters Championships, with courses of triangulation under time pressure.
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