Tea Board launches certified tasting and sommelier courses in Kurseong
The Tea Board of India has begun 60-hour tea tasting and 210-hour sommelier courses at its Kurseong research centre, aiming to build talent for quality assurance, branding and value addition across India’s tea industry.
Tea Board of India launched certified tea tasting and sommelier courses at its Kurseong research centre to build skilled talent, improve quality assurance, support branding and value addition, and strengthen the competitiveness of Indian teas.
Why this matters
The training launch follows a recent signal that India’s May tea output fell 3.54% to 131.6 million kg amid a South monsoon deficit, highlighting industry needs around quality, differentiation and value addition.
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