From Assam to Oolong, North American Tea Championship Names the 16 Best Hot Teas

LAS VEGAS, March 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The North American Tea Championship (NATC) – the only independent and professionally-judged tea competition in North America – named the 16 best, premium hot teas from the fall 2014 harvest. The evaluation was held Feb. 26-27 in Las Vegas, Nev., and all of the high-quality winning teas are commercially available in the marketplace. Visit teachampionship.com.

Companies that took home an esteemed first-place award include: The Tea Kings; Glenburn Tea Direct; Mountain Tea Company; Garden to Cup Organics; Nepali Tea Traders; Chico Chai; Florapharm Tea-USA LP; and La Creme Coffee & Tea.

A complete list of first, second and third-place winners of the North American Tea Championship is available at teachampionship.com.

North American Tea Championship first-place winners include:
(Company/Website, Name of the Winning Tea, Category)

• The Tea Kings (theteakings.com) Traditional Coal Fired Tieguanyin Wulong, Aged/Baked Oolong
• Glenburn Tea Direct (GlenburnTeaDirect.com), Khongea Assam Goldent Tips GFBOP, Assam
• Mountain Tea Company (mountaintea.com), Oriental Beauty Limited Edition, Bai Hao/Oriental Beauty
• Garden to Cup Organics (gardentocup.com), Quatrain Breakfast Blend, Breakfast Blend
• Garden to Cup Organics (gardentocup.com), Black Rose Garden, Blended Black Tea with Other Botanicals
• Nepali Tea Traders (NepaliTeaTraders.com), Himalayan Golden, Black Tea
• Chico Chai (chicochaitea.com), Original Chico Chai, Chai
• Glenburn Tea Direct (GlenburnTeaDirect.com), Khongea Assam CTC, Black Tea-CTC
• Florapharm Tea-USA LP (florapharmteausa.com), Organic Junpana Wonder Muscatel, Darjeeling
• Garden to Cup Organics (gardentocup.com), Wenshan Baozhong, Dark Oolong Tea
• Garden to Cup Organics (gardentocup.com), Majestic Earl Grey, Earl Grey      
• Florapharm Tea-USA LP (florapharmteausa.com), Spring Fragrance, Flavored Black Tea
• La Creme Coffee & Tea (lacremecoffeeandtea.com), Peach Oolong Tea, Flavored Oolong Tea
• Florapharm Tea-USA LP (florapharmteausa.com), Desert Blossom, Flavored Rooibos Tea
• Garden to Cup Organics (gardentocup.com), Moonlight Jasmine, Green Jasmine Open Leaf
• Garden to Cup Organics (gardentocup.com), Orchid Oolong, Green Oolong Tea

Honorees will be featured at the North American Tea Championship Winners Tasting Circle at World Tea Expo (WorldTeaExpo.com), May 6 – 8, 2015 at the Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, Calif.

The next North American Tea Championship will be held in June 2015 for an evaluation of iced teas. To inquire about entering the competition, e-mail [email protected].

SOURCE The Beverage Group, a division of F+W Media