From Finding a Tea to Finding the Right Tea for Your Business

Finding a tea is not just about meeting specifications. More importantly, it needs to meet your actual application needs.

For beverage businesses and brands, the tea should work well with your existing beverage recipes, equipment, and desired brand flavor profile.

Dasin provides Custom Tea Flavor Development services, working with partner tea manufacturers to evaluate and adjust tea based on your current tea, actual application needs, and target flavor profile.

From tea selection and brewing to the final beverage application, we help you gradually find a tea that better fits your business.

An Inconsistent Tea Flavor Does Not Always Mean You Need a New Supplier

Some businesses face a different kind of problem. It is not that there is no suitable tea available, but rather:

“The original tea tasted great, but the flavor has changed.”

The tea aroma may no longer be the same, the body of the tea may feel different, the tea flavor may have become weaker, or different batches may produce noticeable variations.

If your beverage recipe and production process are already well established, simply replacing the tea may require you to adjust the entire beverage formula again.

Instead of immediately changing suppliers, tea flavor adjustment can be another solution.

By evaluating your existing tea samples, brewed tea, or desired flavor profile, we can assess and adjust the tea characteristics to help achieve a flavor closer to your existing tea or better suited to your brand.

Start with Your Existing Tea Flavor and Adjust It to What You Really Need

Every brand has different requirements for tea.

Some want a more noticeable tea aroma. Others focus on a fuller body and stronger tea character. Some may want a smoother and less bitter taste, while others want to preserve the original tea profile and adjust only certain characteristics.

Dasin works with partner tea manufacturers to develop tea flavors according to actual requirements, selecting the appropriate approach for different tea types and application needs.

Tea Base Selection
☛ Evaluate suitable tea varieties and tea base directions based on your beverage application and target flavor profile.

Tea Blending
☛ Adjust the overall flavor and balance of the brewed tea through different tea combinations and blending ratios.

Tea Body & Strength
☛ Adjust the richness, body, and overall tea character according to your beverage requirements.

Aroma Profile
☛ Adjust the tea aroma and overall flavor expression after brewing.

Roasting Adjustment
☛ Adjust the roasting method and degree to influence the tea's aroma, body, and overall flavor profile.

Overall Flavor Balance
☛ Evaluate and adjust the overall tea profile according to your brand requirements rather than focusing on only one individual flavor characteristic.

Not Sure How to Describe the Tea Flavor? That's Okay.

Tea flavor can be difficult to describe using professional terminology.

You do not need to understand technical tea classifications or prepare complete tea specifications before contacting us.

You can simply provide your current tea, tea samples, brewed tea, or describe what you would like to improve.

For example:

“We want the tea aroma to be more noticeable.”

“The tea tastes too light. We want a fuller tea body.”

“We want a flavor closer to the tea we used from our previous supplier.”

“We want the tea flavor to work better with our current beverage recipe.”

These practical requirements can all become the starting point for Custom Tea Flavor Development.

Custom Tea Flavor Development Process

01 | Understand Your Current Tea
☛ Understand the tea you currently use, your beverage application, and the flavor issues you are experiencing.

02 | Define the Target Flavor
☛ Based on your tea samples, brewed tea, or flavor description, identify the characteristics you want to preserve and adjust.

03 | Tea Flavor Adjustment
☛ Our partner tea manufacturers evaluate and test different approaches, including tea base selection, tea blending, and roasting adjustments.

04 | Sample Testing
☛ Test the adjusted tea samples and evaluate their actual flavor performance after brewing.

05 | Practical Brewing Test
☛ If you are using Dasin tea brewing equipment, we can further conduct practical brewing tests to evaluate the compatibility between the tea and brewing method.

06 | Confirm the Tea & Brewing Direction
☛ Based on the test results, make further adjustments and gradually confirm the tea and brewing direction that best meets your brand requirements.

Tea × Brewing Equipment × Brewing Method

The tea itself is only one part of the final flavor. The brewing method also has a significant impact on the resulting tea.

Different teas may produce different aroma and flavor characteristics depending on water temperature, brewing time, tea-to-water ratio, and brewing method.

For customers using Dasin tea brewing equipment, we can also conduct practical brewing tests to identify suitable equipment settings for different tea varieties.

There is no single set of parameters that can be applied to every type of tea.

Each tea needs to be tested under its actual brewing conditions to determine a suitable brewing method.

By matching the tea with the brewing equipment and brewing process, the raw material and production process can work together more effectively.

Different Teas, Different Requirements

Custom Tea Flavor Development does not follow one fixed specification that applies to every tea.

Different tea varieties, tea bases, flavor requirements, and applications may require different adjustment approaches. We therefore evaluate and test each project according to its actual requirements.

First define the flavor you want, then find the approach that works for you.

Who Can Benefit from This Service?

● Beverage Shops
For businesses looking to maintain consistent tea flavor and reduce the impact of batch-to-batch variation on their beverages.

● Beverage Chains
For brands looking to establish a consistent tea profile across different locations and stores.

● Restaurants & Foodservice Businesses
For businesses looking for tea that works with their existing beverage recipes and applications.

● Tea & Beverage Brands
For brands looking to develop a signature tea or adjust the flavor profile of their existing tea.

● Central Kitchens & Food Manufacturers
For businesses that require stable tea supply and tea flavor planning based on actual production and application requirements.

● Businesses Looking to Restore an Existing Tea Flavor
For businesses whose current tea no longer tastes the same as before and want to find a tea with a flavor profile closer to their original tea.

Customer Case Study | MR. BLACK TEA

Reducing Brewing Time While Maintaining a Familiar Tea Flavor

MR. BLACK TEA had an established tea and brewing method that had been used over time, creating a familiar tea flavor for the brand.

However, the existing tea brewing process was relatively time-consuming and required considerable time and labor.

The customer therefore wanted to find a tea with a flavor profile close to their existing tea, while also being suitable for a more efficient brewing process.

The goal was to reduce brewing time while maintaining the familiar flavor as much as possible.

Starting with Tea Flavor — Not Simply Replacing the Tea

The key requirement was not simply to find a new tea, but to balance three important factors:

Existing Tea Flavor × Brewing Efficiency × Beverage Application

Simply replacing the tea may help shorten the brewing process, but it could also change the final tea flavor.

Therefore, Dasin started with the customer's existing tea and actual flavor profile, working with our partner tea manufacturer to evaluate and test different tea options and identify a direction that better suited the customer's brewing requirements.

Finding a Suitable Tea and Testing It with the Brewing Process

During the tea selection and flavor adjustment process, we evaluated not only the aroma and appearance of the dry tea, but also its actual performance after brewing.

Different tea samples were compared based on:

● Tea aroma
● Tea character
● Tea body
● Overall flavor
● Similarity to the original tea flavor

Further adjustments were then made according to the actual requirements.

Through testing different teas and brewing methods, the flavor performance of each tea could be gradually compared and evaluated, providing a basis for further tea selection and adjustment.

The Core Requirement

The goal of this case was not simply to “replace the tea.”

It was to:

Change the brewing process while maintaining the familiar tea flavor as much as possible.

For beverage and foodservice businesses, when an existing brewing process becomes too time-consuming or labor-intensive, the tea itself can also become part of the solution.

Through Custom Tea Flavor Development, Dasin starts with the customer's existing tea flavor and combines it with practical brewing tests to identify a tea that better fits the business operation.

The brewing process can change while the tea flavor can still remain as close as possible to its original direction.

Looking to Restore Your Original Tea Flavor or Develop a Signature Tea?

If your current tea flavor has changed, your brewing process needs to be adjusted, or you want to develop a tea that fits your brand requirements, Dasin can help.

You can provide your current tea, tea samples, brewed tea, or simply describe the flavor direction you want to achieve.

Based on your actual requirements, we will help evaluate suitable tea options and flavor adjustment directions.

Start with the flavor you know and find the tea that fits your business better.

Contact Dasin for Custom Tea Flavor Development