# Tea Journal Brew Timer - Steep — Gongfu & Matcha Tasting Notes

> Gongfu & Matcha Tasting Notes (iPhone/iPad app by Karol Jaworski.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tea-journal-brew-timer-steep/id6759508547 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Karol Jaworski](https://appshunter.io/developer/1799974477)
- Category: Food & Drink, Health & Fitness
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17 · 5 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-04-29
- Data updated: 2026-09-02
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tea-journal-brew-timer-steep/id6759508547/reviews.md

## What is Tea Journal Brew Timer?

Steep is the beautiful tea journal for serious tea lovers.

Track every brew session, perfect your technique, and discover what makes each cup exceptional. From your first gongfu session to your thousandth infusion, Steep captures every detail.

BREW TIMER
- Precision countdown timer for gongfu and Western brewing
- Infusion tracking with automatic time increments
- Per-infusion notes and mini ratings
- Smart presets: gaiwan, teapot, kyusu, mug

TEA COLLECTION
- Build your personal tea library with unlimited entries (Pro)
- Track vendor, origin, harvest year, and quantity
- Flavor tagging with 40+ descriptors
- Visual quantity tracker (full, half, empty)

SESSION JOURNAL
- Detailed tasting records for every brew
- Rate aroma, flavor, mouthfeel, aftertaste, sweetness, and cha qi
- Flavor descriptor tags
- Session notes and photos

INSIGHTS AND STATS
- Track your daily brewing streak
- Most-brewed teas and brewing history
- Tasting evolution over time

GO PRO - UNLOCK EVERYTHING
- Unlimited tea collection (free tier: 5 teas)
- Unlimited session history (free tier: 20 sessions)
- AI Tea Advisor - personalized recommendations powered by Grok
- Advanced tasting analytics and palate evolution
- Session comparison side by side
- CSV export and sharing

Whether you brew longjing at 75 degrees or aged pu-erh at full boil, Steep honors the ritual. Warm parchment design, airy spacing, no clutter. Just you and the tea.

Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Steep Pro Yearly | $39.99 | per year |
| Steep Pro Monthly | $4.99 | per month |
| Steep Pro Yearly - Intro Offer | $39.99 | per year |



## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.0.5 — 2026-08-21

Single Infusion now really is a single infusion. It was still running three steeps and moving on by itself after the timer — now the session ends when your one steep is done, and the screen says Single instead of counting infusions.

Brewing a tea now subtracts the leaf you used from your collection. Before this, the amount remaining never changed no matter how much you brewed.

### 1.0.4 — 2026-08-19

Two things a reader asked for.

Single Infusion: brewing one cup with the timer is now an option you can pick, instead of a session you have to remember to end. Turn it on when you start a brew.

Adjust Amount: if you use tea outside a brewing session - shared a pot, spilled some, or just typed the wrong number - you can now correct the amount from the tea's own screen. It used to be buried in a menu.

### 1.0.3 — 2026-08-18

Readable in the dark.

Steep now has a proper dark theme. If your phone is set to dark mode, or you pick Dark under Profile, the whole app follows - and the App Theme setting actually works now, which it did not before. Thank you to the reader who sent screenshots.

Also new: the Tea Advisor. Steep Pro members can ask about brewing, storage or flavour and get answers based on the teas actually in their collection.

Fixed: Restore Purchases could tell existing subscribers that no purchases were found.

### 1.0.2 — 2026-08-03

Under-the-hood improvements. Same features you know and use -- thank you for using Steep!

### 1.0 — 2026-04-29

No release notes.

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