Pourquoi tenir ce journal ?

Log every cup with brewing details and tasting impressions. Discover which origins, tea types, and temperatures suit your palate. Develop a refined tasting vocabulary for aroma and flavor. Reproduce your perfect brew by referencing past parameters. Build a personal tea library to guide future purchases

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Qu'est-ce que ce journal ?

A tea journal is a tasting and steeping log for documenting your exploration of tea. By recording tea type, origin, steeping parameters, and detailed sensory notes, you deepen your appreciation of one of the world's most nuanced beverages and learn to brew each tea at its best.

This journal is for tea enthusiasts who want to move beyond tea bags into the rich world of loose-leaf tea — from delicate white teas and complex oolongs to robust pu-erhs and fragrant jasmine greens. It is equally valuable whether you practice gongfu cha or Western-style brewing.

Tea masters emphasize that the same leaf can produce dramatically different cups depending on water temperature, steeping time, and leaf-to-water ratio. This journal helps you find the optimal parameters for each tea and track how teas evolve across multiple infusions — a journey that transforms tea drinking from a casual habit into a mindful practice with centuries of wisdom behind it.

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Voici à quoi ressemble une entrée typique une fois remplie :

Date	Type de thé	Origine	Température	Temps d'infusion	Quantité de feuilles	Arôme	Notes de saveur	Évaluation	Notes
2025-03-04	Oolong — Tieguanyin	Anxi, Fujian, China	90	30s / 45s / 60s / 90s	7g / 100ml gaiwan	Orchid, fresh cream, hint of roasted grain	1st steep: bright floral, buttery. 2nd: orchid deepens, light honey. 3rd: toasted grain emerges, mineral finish. 4th: gentle, sweet, lingering.	8	Excellent Tieguanyin — opened beautifully over 4 steeps. The leaves unfurled into full, intact leaves. Best at 2nd and 3rd steep. Gongfu style brings out complexity.
2025-03-04	Green — Gyokuro	Uji, Kyoto, Japan	60	90s / 60s / 30s	5g / 60ml kyusu	Intense umami, seaweed, sweet grass, ocean breeze	1st steep: rich umami bomb, sweet marine, buttery. 2nd: lighter, more vegetal, asparagus. 3rd: delicate, sweet, refreshing.	9	This Gyokuro is exceptional. Low temperature is essential — anything above 65C brings bitterness. The umami is almost broth-like. Paired well with mild white fish for lunch.

Comment remplir chaque champ

Chaque page est un tableau avec des colonnes. Remplissez une ligne par entrée. Voici à quoi sert chaque colonne :

Date

Inscrivez la date du jour. Cela ancre votre entrée dans le temps et aide lors de la relecture ultérieure.

Type de thé

Origine

Température

Enregistrez votre température basale. Les variations de température aident à suivre l'ovulation et la santé globale du cycle.

Temps d'infusion

Quantité de feuilles

Arôme

Notes de saveur

Évaluation

Note globale de l'expérience

Notes

Ajoutez tout contexte ou réflexion supplémentaire. Cette colonne fourre-tout est pour tout ce qui ne rentre pas ailleurs mais pourrait être utile plus tard.

Conseils pour réussir

Record water temperature precisely for each tea type — green teas brew best at 70-80\u00b0C, oolongs at 85-95\u00b0C, and black teas at full boil. Your log will confirm which temperatures you personally prefer

Track steeping time and number of infusions. Many quality teas reveal completely different character across 3-5 steepings, and logging each one maps the flavor journey

Note the season and flush of your tea when available. First flush Darjeeling tastes entirely different from second flush, and your journal helps you discover which harvests suit your palate

Describe the mouthfeel separately from flavor — silky, astringent, thick, light. This dimension separates surface tasting from deep appreciation and helps you identify quality

Log your tea source and storage conditions. Tea degrades with light, heat, and moisture, and your data will show exactly how aging affects different types in your specific storage

Quand et à quelle fréquence écrire

Log each tea session as you brew — the table format is designed for quick capture while the kettle cools. If you drink 2-3 teas daily, log the one you want to remember or improve. When exploring a new tea type (say, transitioning from black to pu-erh), log every session for at least two weeks to build baseline understanding. Monthly, review your entries to see which teas you rated highest and which brewing parameters consistently produce your best cups.

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