When a tea is right, remember exactly what worked.
Save the recipe you like best as a Perfect Brew: your preferred recipe, not the correct one. Steepdial keeps the exact recipe, your notes, and every brew that led to it, whether you come back next week or next spring.
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Shizuoka Shincha
Kyusu · Saved May 12, 2026 · Found on brew 03
Your noteFiltered water. Warm the kyusu first. Second steep at 20 s.
- Brew 01175°F · 1:00“Bitter, dry finish”6
- Brew 02170°F · 1:00“Softer, still a bit bitter”−5°F7.5
- Brew 03165°F · 1:00“Sweet, brothy, clean”−5°F9
How it works
- 01
Brew until it's right
Rate your cups as you go. When one scores 8.5 or higher, Steepdial asks if you want to keep it. You can save any brew yourself, too.
- 02
Name it
Call it Everyday, Sweeter, Gongfu, whatever helps. Add a note like 'filtered water, warm the pot first'.
- 03
Brew it again in one tap
Open the tea and tap Brew this. Every number, including a full multi-steep schedule, loads into the timer.
The details
What's saved
Temperature, leaf, water, the rinse, every steep time, Western, gongfu, or whisked, the vessel you used, your score, and your notes.
How you got there
Each Perfect Brew shows the brews that led to it: what you changed each time, what you wrote, and how it scored.
Save any past brew
Found a great one in your history? Save it as a Perfect Brew from the tea's Brews tab.
More than one
The free plan keeps two Perfect Brews per tea, like an everyday cup and an iced one. Tea Nerd keeps as many as you like: a sweeter version, a gongfu session, a different vessel.
Questions
Can I edit a Perfect Brew?
You can rename it and change its note. To change the recipe, brew a new version and save that.
What happens if I delete the tea?
Its brews and Perfect Brews are deleted with it. Export a backup from Settings first if you want to keep them.