While having nice tea onboard is great...

Brewing different teas correctly and providing specific service based on guests' cultures is crucial.

This course will teach you the art of brewing various teas, creating culturally sensitive tea services, and ensuring every guest feels catered to. Become a certified luxury tea expert and feel completely confident with luxury tea service.

What you'll learn

  • Tea Essentials: Discover the secrets of brewing the perfect cup of tea, from selecting the right leaves to mastering the brewing process.

  • Menu Curation: Learn how to create a tea menu that reflects your guests' tastes and enhances their onboard experience.

  • Cultural Traditions: Explore the rich cultural traditions of tea service, from the Russian samovar to the Japanese tea ceremony, and incorporate these traditions into your service.

  • Tea Pairing: Master the art of pairing tea with food to create harmonious flavor experiences for your guests.

  • English Tea Service Styles: Explore the four styles of English tea service and learn how to present them with elegance and finesse, adding a touch of British tradition to your onboard tea service.

  • Presentation Skills: Enhance your presentation skills to create visually stunning tea displays that captivate your guests.

  • Specialty Teas: Explore the world of specialty teas, including boba, matcha, and blooming teas, and learn how to incorporate them into your service.

  • Tea Mocktails: Impress your guests with creative tea mocktail recipes that are sure to delight their taste buds.

  • Kombucha Brewing: Learn the art of brewing kombucha onboard, adding a unique and healthy option to your tea service.

  • Purchasing Guide: Receive a comprehensive purchasing guide to help you set up a full tea service onboard, including recommendations for teas, serveware, and accessories, ensuring you have everything you need to create a luxurious tea experience for your guests.

Kind Words from Students

Here are some testimonials from students who completed the Luxury Tea Service course

"Highly recommend!"

Ailish, Chief Stew

Thank you so much for offering this course! It has helped me expand my knowledge and given me lots of helpful information as I join a new boat where the owners are very into their tea.

I highly recommend this course and many others offered by the Yacht Stew Academy.

"Many wonderful examples of tea and food pairings"

Grace, Stewardess

I highly recommend this course looking to expand their tea knowledge and learn how to create an enhanced culinary experience for guests who love tea!

There were many wonderful examples of tea and food pairings, as well as a few recipes. Hearing about the history of tea as well as processing methods was fascinating!

"Excited with my new knowledge!"

Emily, Stewardess

Thank you to The Yacht Stew Academy for such a well-put-together and interesting course! This course dives in, breaks down and explains histories of different cultures, types of tea, and brewing so well that now I feel more knowledgeable for my own sake and excited to take my new knowledge into future service and event planning.

This course is endorsed by the Institute of Hospitality!

IoH is the award winning, world leading professional body for hospitality professionals. Their purpose is to promote professionalism through lifelong learning.

 "In typical stew courses, wine, food, and coffee are all topics broken down very thoroughly, but I have never encountered an in-depth look at tea services."


Course Modules & Lessons

Upon successful completion of the 41 lessons included in the course, you will receive a TYSA certificate for Luxury Tea Service. As with all TYSA courses, you will have lifetime access to the course material.

    1. Training Platform Guide

    2. Course Introduction

    1. What is Tea?

    2. Six Primary Types of Tea

    3. Brewing Guide & Downloadable

    4. 10 Stages of Tea Production

    5. Introduction to Tea - Quiz

    1. Scented vs. Flavoured: What Should I Buy?

    2. Purchasing Serviceware

    3. Sea Emporium Inspiration Gallery

    4. Loose Leaf vs. Bagged

    5. Procurement Quiz

    1. Russian Tea Culture

    2. How to use a Samovar

    3. Russian Caravan Tea

    4. Russian Tea Service - Quiz

    1. How To Create Fermented Tea & Kombucha

    2. Luxury Service - Matcha, Blooming, Boba & Thai Tea

    3. Onboard Speciality Tea - Quiz

    1. How To Write Luxury Tea Menus

    2. Understanding Tea Flavour Profiles

About this course

  • £149.00
  • 41 lessons
  • 0.5 hours of video content