Does anyone know of the existence of “tea logs” for the collection of anything that one might keep a record of? For example, the number of brewing infusions of a particular tea. Or how a particular pot performs with a tea. I guess the possibilities could be endless because there are so many facets and variables involved.
It would be interesting to have some data base to use for entries.
Tea logs
We have discussed posting general guidelines for each tea category, thanks for the reminder. As far as having a tea log, I use Evernote (for now) for each tea I try and log gram leaf/ml water/temp/time/teaware/water used and impressions. I find especially Japanese teas, but also Darjeeling, very particular so once I’ve found the perfect steeping balance I like to refer to that. With oolong and pu’erh it’s generally easier with fewer variables.
I use Simplenote to jot down tasting notes as I’m drinking and then log the tea on Steepster. Even though it’s spam ridden and hasn’t been updated in years, I still find Steepster very useful as a database for maintaining my tea drinking history.
I use a Tea Ave mobile app. It is nice little app that on one hand keeps an archive of my currently stocked/already gone tea in one place. It allows me to add pictures of the tea/wrappers and it automatically calculates the amount of consumed tea every time I brew some. On the other hand I can make notes for every brew/infusion for every tea so I can compare notes down the line. Teas are presentedin an “instagram style” order and there is also a search function to navigate through the archive fairly easy. Bonus is the timer that counts infusions too.
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There are some generic tasting apps around as well, that let's you defined what sort of entries you want in your log.
And I've seen some printed tea logs as well. But I think that in the end I think most people have their own way of doing it and that generic method are either going to be just as generic as just using a notebook or whatever program for taking notes / collecting data (e.g. spread sheet) you want to use will work just as well OR it will just be too specific for most people to want to use it.
I use org-mode because I'm an old developer that's used to Emacs. But that makes little sense for most other people. I think the best tip anyone can give you is to just find your own system for implementing it. There is no good way to generalise it.
And I've seen some printed tea logs as well. But I think that in the end I think most people have their own way of doing it and that generic method are either going to be just as generic as just using a notebook or whatever program for taking notes / collecting data (e.g. spread sheet) you want to use will work just as well OR it will just be too specific for most people to want to use it.
I use org-mode because I'm an old developer that's used to Emacs. But that makes little sense for most other people. I think the best tip anyone can give you is to just find your own system for implementing it. There is no good way to generalise it.