The North American Tea Championship is an independent competition, judged by professional cuppers, to distinguish the highest quality & best tasting teas commercially available in the North American marketplace.  It is the only professionally judged tea competition in North America.

Previously called World Tea Championship, the competition started in 2008 as an event held in-conjunction with the annual World Tea Expo, the premier trade show for the industry.

The competition became an independent event in 2010 and was re-branded as the North American Tea Championship that evaluates premium tea  three times a year in-relation to harvests.  It is open to any company located in North America that sells commercially available tea.

Our goal is not only to distinguish the highest quality and best tasting teas commercially available in the North American marketplace but also to clarify tea definitions and the taste characteristics inherent in a tea bearing a particular name.  We aim, like the wine industry did thirty years ago, to educate tea buyers and further increase awareness of the category.

The championship is produced by World Tea Media, which also produces World Tea Expo, World Tea News and World Tea East. World Tea Media is a division of F+W Media, Inc.

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