Nanyang Tea Challenge Digital Edition 2022 The main objectives of this Challenge are to let more people know about the unique heritage Nanyang tea blend and to cultivate the habit of drinking tea. You don’t have to be a tea expert to be a Challenger.  What you need is a brave heart to challenge yourself to a new height. As the title of the Challenge suggested, this year Challenge will be fully conducted online.

What is Nanyang Tea?

Round 1:          Tasting and Identifying the 5 Nanyang Tea (40 points) Challengers will be given unnamed pack of the 5 Nanyang Tea* to taste and submit their answer online. *5 Nanyang Teas: Renowned Unknown Fragrance, Ping Pong Tie Guanyin, Wuyi Iron Arhat, Grade 1 Tie Guanyin and Sin Choon Daffodil

Round 2:          Nanyang Tea Brewing (60 points) Challengers will record a video of himself/herself doing the brewing process using the Heritage Nanyang Tea Combo Set. Scores for this round will be obtained from online polls. The top 8 scorers for round 1 plus round 2 will proceed to round 3 subjected to display the proficiency of their tea brewing process. The scores will not be carried forward to round 3.

Round 3:          Nanyang Tea with spices in Nature (100 points) The challenge will be livestreamed and viewers can poll online. The final placement will be based on combined scores from judges’ evaluation and online polling. Higher weightage will be given to judges’ evaluation. Challengers will blend a new Nanyang Tea using Renowned Unknown Fragrance and a maximum of 3 types of native spices before Round 3 Live. Challengers will present the blended tea using the Heritage Nanyang Tea Combo Set and pair it with a local delicacy during round 3 Live. The theme for the presentation will be of a nature setting preferably based on the following site: 1) NHB’s Sentosa Trail 2) Gardens by the Bay 3) NHB’s Sembawang Trail 4) Rail Corridor You can also choose a nature site of your choice if you feel that the site chosen better demonstrates your intentions. Challengers are not advised to do the presentation on the actual site unless you can resolve the network issue and disturbances. Challengers can: 1) mimic the nature site which they found suitable for having a tea session outdoor. 2) do a pre-recorded presentation at the actual site before cutting in to their live presentation. 3) do a recommendation of their preferred nature site for tea before cutting to their live presentation. A tea brewer will be brewing the blended tea of each Challenger for the judges to taste. The judges will taste the blended tea, grade the tea blend as well as evaluate it’s suitability with the selected delicacy. Challengers who have qualified for Round 3 will need to submit 2 sets of the blended tea with the ingredients used clearly stated and a description of the local delicacy that they intend to pair with the blended tea. Judging for Round 3 will be based on:

• The quality of the blended tea
• The complementary factor of the tea-food pairing
• The suitability of the nature site chosen
• The suitability of the items used in a nature setting

For Round 3, the main focus will be on creativity and innovation. All Challengers will be awarded Gold, Silver or Bronze Awards depending on their highest attainment in this Challenge and win prizes worth up to S$800.