1 Purpose
This document sets category-specific preparation, presentation, service, and carryover controls for Tea, Coffee, Cocoa, and Prepared Drinks within the defined Good Taste Awards standards system.
2 Scope
This document applies to the requirements, decisions, records, controls, and outputs expressly identified under Tea, Coffee, Cocoa, and Prepared Drinks. Award scope and exclusions are defined by GTA-STD-100; this document shall not create an additional award dimension. Operational prerequisites identified here affect assessment validity and never constitute product certification.
3 Authority and interpretation
The Assessment Operations Lead owns GTA-MOD-313; the Standards Authority approves it. formal verbs, defined terms, stable requirement identities, policy constants, and generated representations shall be interpreted under GTA-GOV-002, GTA-GOV-005, and the defined registers.
3.1 Registered relationships
| Relationship | Direction | Related document |
|---|---|---|
implements | outbound | GTA-SCH-303 |
governed_by | outbound | GTA-GOV-001 |
drafted_under | outbound | GTA-GOV-002 |
4 Requirements
GTA-MOD-313-R001 — Subcategory assignment
The Assessment Operations Lead shall cover tea, coffee, cocoa, herbal infusion, powder, concentrate, capsule, and other prepared drink forms.
GTA-MOD-313-R002 — Water condition
The Assessment Operations Lead shall control water source, volume, temperature, and vessel.
GTA-MOD-313-R003 — Product ratio
The Assessment Operations Lead shall control mass or volume relative to the preparation medium.
GTA-MOD-313-R004 — Extraction
The Assessment Operations Lead shall control grind or leaf state, method, duration, agitation, pressure, and endpoint.
GTA-MOD-313-R005 — Multiple infusions
The Assessment Operations Lead shall define the assessed infusion or defined combination.
GTA-MOD-313-R006 — Milk and sweetener
The Assessment Operations Lead shall exclude optional additions unless integral to intended assessment.
GTA-MOD-313-R007 — Service temperature
The Assessment Operations Lead shall control cooling, holding, vessel, and safe sensory access.
GTA-MOD-313-R008 — Caffeine and intensity load
The Assessment Operations Lead shall control session quantity, order, and recovery.
5 Category applicability and selection
| Parameter | Defined value or selection rule |
|---|---|
| Included subcategories | tea, coffee, cocoa, herbal_infusion, powder, concentrate, capsule, prepared_drink |
| Representative state | freshly_prepared_declared_serving_state |
| Portion basis | defined_dry_or_concentrate_input_to_preparation_medium |
| Mandatory measurements | water_source, water_quantity, water_condition, product_ratio, extraction_duration, extraction_endpoint, service_condition |
| Carrier rule | milk_sweetener_or_other_addition_prohibited_unless_integral_and_predeclared |
| Order class | assign_from_roast_bitterness_astringency_sweetness_aroma_and_stimulant_load |
| Inability conditions | wrong_ratio, undefined_water, extraction_deviation, stale_holding, unidentified_infusion |
6 Category control matrix
| Control ID | Variable | Required control | Source of setting | Evidence | Out-of-control action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GTA-MOD-313-C01 | Subcategory assignment | Cover tea, coffee, cocoa, herbal infusion, powder, concentrate, capsule, and other prepared drink forms. | approved product instruction or module default | preparation/service record | stop, correct, replace, or incident review |
GTA-MOD-313-C02 | Water condition | Control water source, volume, temperature, and vessel. | approved product instruction or module default | preparation/service record | stop, correct, replace, or incident review |
GTA-MOD-313-C03 | Product ratio | Control mass or volume relative to the preparation medium. | approved product instruction or module default | preparation/service record | stop, correct, replace, or incident review |
GTA-MOD-313-C04 | Extraction | Control grind or leaf state, method, duration, agitation, pressure, and endpoint. | approved product instruction or module default | preparation/service record | stop, correct, replace, or incident review |
GTA-MOD-313-C05 | Multiple infusions | Define the assessed infusion or defined combination. | approved product instruction or module default | preparation/service record | stop, correct, replace, or incident review |
GTA-MOD-313-C06 | Milk and sweetener | Exclude optional additions unless integral to intended assessment. | approved product instruction or module default | preparation/service record | stop, correct, replace, or incident review |
GTA-MOD-313-C07 | Service temperature | Control cooling, holding, vessel, and safe sensory access. | approved product instruction or module default | preparation/service record | stop, correct, replace, or incident review |
GTA-MOD-313-C08 | Caffeine and intensity load | Control session quantity, order, and recovery. | approved product instruction or module default | preparation/service record | stop, correct, replace, or incident review |
7 individual product instruction precedence
A individual product instruction may supply a measurable setting where this module intentionally requires individual product selection. It shall be approved before blind coding, shall describe ordinary intended preparation, and shall not disclose brand identity to assessors. It shall not change the liking scale, panel composition, star thresholds, result meaning, or role authority.
The approved preparation plan shall state input quantity, equipment, sequence, endpoint, portion, vessel, service condition, holding control, order class, palate recovery, measurement method, tolerance or acceptance rule, and action for nonconformity. A missing mandatory setting shall stop preparation rather than invite operator estimation.
8 Conformity and records
Conformity with Tea, Coffee, Cocoa, and Prepared Drinks requires evidence comprising the preparation plan, batch record, service event, measurement, and deviation state. The record for each applicable GTA-MOD-313 requirement shall permit reconstruction without relying on an unrecorded explanation.
Evidence created under GTA-MOD-313 shall use stable identifiers, immutable event sequence numbers, and machine event timestamps. A correction shall be append-only. A nonconformity shall place the affected object in a non-releasable state until its consequence and confirmed disposition are recorded. Role combination remains subject to the mandatory separation rules.