teataster

noun

1. A person who samples and grades tea quality.

   ““A teataster. A man who tastes tea,” Newpole said patiently.”

   “Edison had an idea. Entering the store, he asked the teataster if he could Judge a cup himself. The man agreed, no doubt believing it would be helpful to have the verdict of a member of the public. And so Edison made a breakfast of a cup of tea.”

   “Lu Yu became famous for his talents as a teataster, his mastery of the method to prepare tea and for having written Cha Jing, the first book devoted to tea.”