Learn how to craft tea
Tea Crafting Course
During a 2-day course in the heart of the peaceful Blavet Valley in Brittany, come and learn more about tea. You’ll learn how to make three types of tea: white, green, and black.
Training dates for 2025
These courses offer comprehensive practical and theoretical training in artisan tea-making, covering every stage from growing the tea bush to processing it into finished tea. Participants will learn to handle semi-manual equipment such as the tea wok, the withering/oxidation steamer, the rolling machine and the dehydrating kiln.
In order to optimise learning of the different techniques, the number of trainees is limited to 12.
The training will be conducted in French.
4-5 July 2025 – Available
11-12 July 2025 – Available
18-19 July 2025 – Available
We also offer a training course on the physical-chemistry of tea processing.
Manual harvesting
Discover how the fresh leaves are picked by hand, with meticulous care to preserve the quality and freshness of the tea.
Shrivelling / Fixing
Learn about the different tea-making processes, including wilting for white tea, wok-fixing for green tea and controlled oxidation for black tea.
Rolling
The tea-rolling stage must be carried out with precision to allow the leaves to release their unique aromas and flavours.
Drying
The final drying of the tea leaves is carried out in a controlled way in a dehydrating oven, preserving their freshness and quality.
The course programme
Day 1
11am – 8pm
Presentation of tea processing techniques for six types of tea (black, green, oolong, white, yellow, dark)
Harvesting of different cultivars
Hands-on:White tea processing
Tasting workshop: Handmade tea & The 7 colors of tea
Hands-on: Green tea processing (traditional Chinese method)
Introduction to various tea processing machines
Day 2
9am – 6pm
Visit to Plantation No. 2
Hands-on:Black tea processing
Introduction to a potential economic model for tea production in Europe
Tasting workshop: Handmade tea
Practical information
Location
Filleule des Fées tea garden
Ecluse de Trébihan, 56440 Languidic
Meals & accommodation
Meals are not included but it is possible to have lunch on site.
We do not provide accommodation but can supply a list of accommodation in the Lorient area on request.