Career as Tea-taster: Sip Your Way To Success !

Did you just feel that the Tea you had, was bad in quality or lacking in aroma or essence? Well, if you are good at judging Tea then this article is for you. India being the leading producer of Tea in the world is an unrivaled ruler in tea industry. Tea being one of the most consumed and cherished beverage's across our nation offers a wide range of career opportunities before students. Though not much talked about field, Tea tasting is a specialized field with loads of flourishing opportunities waiting to be reckoned. Students who love tea and want to join tea industry can take up career as a Tea-taster.

To be with, Tea-Tasting is no hunky-dory profession but a specific field of tea management industry. Being a highly specialized area, it involves huge responsibilities. A Tea-taster is a person who swiftly is able to differentiate between various intricate Tea flavours. It is a Tea-taster's responsibility to grade various varieties of Tea as per their quality. A tea-taster is often employed by big tea companies for ensuring quality standards and for identifying different tea samples. Thus, those who love nature and have active taste buds can easily become tea tasters.Smoking and consuming alcohol are the two practices a Tea-taster must abstain from.

Students willing to make a career as a tea-taster must keep in mind that one can only specialize in this profession via trial and error method and regular practice. To develop expertise in this field, Tea taster's need to work on their managerial as well as marketing skills. Tea tasters need to regularly keep a check on their intake of spicy food. If a tea taster doesn't follow a disciplined diet then during peak season when he/she has to taste around 200-300 cups of tea a day, he/she may face digestion issues or common problems like stains on their teeth.

Proficient Tea-tasters can look at the colour and size of the leave and determine whether it's fit enough for consumption or not. They are hired by buyers and manufacturing companies for detecting defects in the production process.

Since tea-tasting is a scientific experience, students from science stream can pursue this field. A complete blend of smell and taste is needed for carving a niche in this stream. This profession requires a strong knowledge of farming in tea leaves. Moreover, it a high paying job with unconventional streak.

Eligibility

Youngsters who have completed their graduation in any of the following streams can undertake career as a tea-taster:

• Agriculture
• Horticulture
• Biology
• Home science or
• Food technology

Being a fat paying job, an efficient tea-taster can earn a pay as good as any software engineer.

Source: Priyanka Wali (Shiksha Team)