Valerio Vitiello has won the Tea Masters Cup Italy 2017. A bartender from Sardinia will represent the country at the Tea Masters Cup World Championship. The second national championship of Tea Masters Cup Italy was held on May 11th at the prestigious TUTTOFOOD exhibition in Milan. This year, the Masters competed in one category-Tea mixology. Tea Mixology is a new challenge submitted at Tea Masters Cup Italy 2017 for the first time. This innovation can attract talented young people as well as business representatives of the café and bar sector, which is today the largest and most important in Italy. Valerio Vitiello won with a cocktail based on Earl Grey tea called The Way of Drink Tea. I did not expect to be a winner, commented the champion. I have never been out of Europe . Tea Masters Cup will be an excellent opportunity for me to travel beyond it's borders. The new Italian champion, aged 29, was born in La Maddalena, Sardinia, a bartender in Arnade, in the Aosta Valley, is connected with the ABI Professional Bartenders Association and believes that tea has a great potential. The judging panel of the national Tea Masters Cup Italy included specialists in Mixology and tea tasters. The Head Judge was Gabriella Lombardi, a tea taster and the president of the Protea Association, the official coordinator of the Tea Masters Cup Italy. Source: It.teamasterscup.com
