globaltea.ucdavis.eduGlobal Tea Institute

Open Search Search Quick Links + UC Davis MAIN NAV HEADERSMission Statement People Leadership and Staff Members Tea Advisory Committee Honorary Advisors Partners - University Research & Teaching Research Tea Research at UCD Collection of Art and Material Culture Kearney Papers Teaching First Year Seminar GTI Program for Industry Professionals Colloquia 10th Annual GTI Colloquium Past Colloquia 1st Annual GTI Colloquium (2016) 2nd Annual GTI Colloquium (2017) 3rd Annual GTI Colloquium (2018) (2018) 3rd Annual GTI Symposium 2018 Conference Videos 2018 Global Tea Initiative Symposium Program 4th Annual GTI Colloquium (2019) 2019 Conference Videos 5th Annual GTI Colloquium (2020) 2020 Conference Videos Shields Library exhibit 6th Annual GTI Colloquium (2021) 7th Annual GTI Colloquium (2022) 8th Annual GTI Colloquium (2023) 9th Annual GTI Colloquium (2024) Events Past Events Interactive Overseas Lecture: What is Japanese Tea? Tea Time: Early Chinese Exports Talking About Tea: A Networking and Conversation Virtual Event Media Podcasts News Tea News (2019) Tea News (2018) Tea News (2017) Tea News (2016) Tea News (2014) Involvement Giving The for the Study of Tea Culture and Science promotes evidence-based knowledge about tea, the most consumed prepared beverage in the world. Although the main focus is Camellia sinensis , GTI also considers things consumed as tea” (e.g., wellness teas). With UC Davis’s extraordinary breadth of expertise and GTI’s holistic mission, GTI is unique in the world, and the first and only entity to promote research and teaching in agriculture, health, science, humanities, social science, and industry, and from a global perspective. The builds on a history of UC Davis tea research initiated in the 1960s. Current studies are expanding collaborations with industry partners and university researchers in the US and across the globe, and creating new knowledge about tea. The includes more than 40 members from the UC Davis faculty, staff, librarians, and students. GTI is supported by an active Tea Advisory Committee composed of leading members of the tea industry. Students are engaged through the Global Tea Club , an official ASUCD student organization. And, because interest in GTI from scholars and experts around the world has been so strong, an affiliated group of off-campus experts, the International Society for Global Tea Scholars , has recently been established. Teaching efforts include an annual Freshman Seminar to introduce students to research opportunities at UC Davis. While a new curriculum is being developed for undergraduate and graduate UC Davis students, students are encouraged to develop independent majors with GTI faculty. For the profession, in 2023 GTI is launching the UC Davis GTI Professional Tea Certificate Program, which will be open to the public (information to come.) For outreach, GTI hosts an annual multi-disciplinary colloquium on tea studies. Each event has a global impact and focuses on a theme designed to showcase provocative ideas by scholars, experts, and industry members in the areas of science and health, humanities and the social sciences, and the industry. GTI’s next event, its 9th Annual Colloquium, Tea in a Changing World is set for January 25th, 2024. Admin Links Log in Webmaster University of California, Davis , One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616 | 530-752-1011 Questions or comments? Privacy & Accessibility Principles of Community University of California Sitemap Last update: April 19, 2024 Copyright © The Regents of the University of California, Davis campus. All rights reserved. This site is officially grown in SiteFarm...