Viktor Lin
Brewing · Sensory
Teaching beginners for nine years; can talk you out of buying any tea you do not need.
Twelve people who will teach you tea.
Six staff instructors who teach the foundation paths year-round, six visiting masters who lead specialty cohorts twice a season.
staff · year-round
Amgalan Bayar
Pu-erh · Aged & dark
Twenty years in Kunming, eight in private cellars. Will not romanticize aged pu-erh.
Jiro Saitō
Sommelier · Hospitality
Twelve years on the floor at a two-star kaiseki. Pairs tea like he pairs sake — by texture first.
Yan Yufei
Green & yellow specialist
Grew up in Anhui; teaches a six-week walk through Xihu green tea from pre-Qingming to the after-rain harvest.
L. Ferrer
Service · Hospitality
Built tea programs at two Michelin restaurants. Teaches service like she teaches mise en place.
Master Chen Wei
Cultivation · Sensory
Third-generation farmer from Anxi. Brings the field perspective into the brewing classroom.
visiting · seasonal cohorts
Mei Han
Wuyi yancha master
Tenth generation Wuyi roaster. Teaches with a working charcoal kiln in the room.
Master Tanaka
Yixing clay · Pottery
Yixing potter for thirty years. Teaches clay first, pot second, tea last.
Sasha Petrov
Russian tea history
Historian and Kyakhta archive researcher. Teaches the Great Tea Road as it was actually walked.
Lin Xiao
Dancong · Phoenix
Single-bush dancong specialist from Phoenix Mountain. Teaches the fragrance taxonomy.
Hana Watanabe
Matcha · Wagashi
Tea ceremony practitioner in Uji. Teaches matcha for people who want to brew it, not perform it.
Diego Rivera
Pairing · Latin American kitchens
Mexico City pastry chef. Teaches pairing across heat and acidity in unfamiliar kitchens.