Kendrick Dominic Yu, fondly known as Teato KD, is a certified tea sommelier and tea practitioner with nearly two decades of corporate experience before dedicating himself fully to the study and promotion of tea. He is a certified Chinese Tea Taster and Taiwan Tea Specialist under the Tea and Beverage Research Station (TBRS), Taiwan. He serves as Head and Authorized Instructor of the Asian School of Tea – Philippines, the Philippine chapter of the Asian School of Tea based in India, where he completed his Tea Tasting and Blending Masterclass. In 2025, he was accepted into the internship program at Kyoto Obubu Tea Farms in Japan and later became an ambassador after completing the program.

Rocel Leoncio is an ITMA-Certified Tea Master and Tea Blender, and a Tea Instructor of the International Tea Masters Association. She has over a decade of experience conducting tea education programs in the Philippines and in Hong Kong, designing and leading tea workshops, sensory training, and professional development sessions through ITMA and Dulcetierra.

Her experience is enriched by extensive travels to tea-producing regions including China, Japan, Indonesia, Taiwan, Vietnam, New Zealand, and Hawaii, USA. She trained in tea production in Yunnan, China under the International Tea Academy with a Chinese tea master, studied green tea processing in Hawaii under an American tea master, and learned oolong tea production in Japan under a Japanese tea master. Her work integrates technical production knowledge, refined sensory training, and deep cultural appreciation, bringing both structure and authenticity to every tea session.