The Brew Journal
Track every cup. Remember every brew.
- Every steep you time is recorded automatically — which tea, when, and how long it actually brewed.
- Mark favourites so the cup you loved in March is still findable in November.
- Over time the log becomes something a paper notebook never manages: an honest record of what you actually drink.
- Sessions logged automatically from the timer
- Favourite the teas you keep coming back to
- Daily tea insights alongside your log
- Your log stays readable offline
The notebook you never keep
Serious tea drinkers all arrive at the same idea: write it down. Which sencha was the good one, whether 85 °C really was better than 80 °C, how the pu-erh tasted on the fourth infusion. Almost nobody keeps that notebook, because the moment for writing is exactly the moment you are holding a hot cup.
So Teafinity writes the boring half for you. Time a steep and the session is logged: the tea, the date and the time that actually ran.
What a log is actually for
A tea journal is not nostalgia. It answers questions you will genuinely ask: which of the four oolongs on the shelf is worth reordering; whether that expensive gyokuro really is better than the everyday sencha; whether the cup that kept you awake was the 60 mg black tea at five in the afternoon.
Because every entry names the tea and the time that actually ran, patterns show up that memory alone never surfaces. Most people find at least one habit they did not know they had.
Favourites and the teas you keep coming back to
Alongside the automatic log, you can favourite a tea from its own page, where its data already sits — origin, flavour profile, health benefits, pairings.
The app also serves daily tea insights: short, specific pieces about leaf, water and technique rather than filler. They are there to be read while something steeps, which is the one moment in the day when you are reliably waiting.
What the log looks like after a month
The first week is unremarkable — a list. By the fourth it usually says something. Most people find that three or four teas account for the great majority of their cups, that the expensive tin they were saving barely appears, and that their caffeine is bunched into a window nobody chose deliberately.
That is the point where a journal starts changing behaviour rather than merely recording it: reordering the tea you actually drink instead of the one you meant to, moving the 60 mg black tea an hour earlier, finally giving the neglected oolong a proper Gong Fu session instead of one rushed mug. None of it takes discipline, because the entries accumulate on their own every time you use the timer.
What it costs, in plain words
Journalling, favourites and your collection are part of the free tier, along with 30 curated teas with full brewing data, the brewing timer and daily insights. There is no trial countdown on any of it.
Premium adds the full 176-tea library plus 80 seasonal blends, Gong Fu multi-infusion timers, unlimited photo identification and tea requests: a free trial, then $29.99 a year or $3.99 a week, billed by Apple or Google and cancellable in two taps.
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Frequently asked questions
Do I have to write anything for a session to be logged?
No. Timing a steep is enough — the tea, the date and the time that ran are recorded for you.
Is the journal free?
Yes. The journal, favourites and collection are in the free tier, together with 30 teas and the brewing timer.
Start the log with your next cup.
Free on iPhone and Android. Thirty teas, the timer and the journal are included without paying anything.
