A rolled green leaf study
Jade Fold
- Flavour
- Green pear · warm grain · orchid
- Leaf
- Tightly rolled, olive-green leaves
- Preparation focus
- Give the rolled leaf room to unfold. In this imagined cup, look for the way a soft floral finish develops.
A little leaf. A wider world.
Tea rewards a closer look. Explore three leaf studies, make a cup your own, and find the words for what you notice.
Explore the tea studies
The tasting sheet
Three leaves. Three ways to linger.
Not a catalogue. A collection of curiosities.
Choose a fictional study to look a little closer.
A rolled green leaf study
Jade Fold
Green pear · warm grain · orchid
A small, folded leaf with a generous imagination. Pear at the first sip, the warmth of grain in the middle, a quiet floral thought at the end.
- Dry leaf
- Tightly rolled, olive-green leaves
- In the cup
- Pale straw gold
- Character
- Round, soft, gently floral
Give the rolled leaf room to unfold. In this imagined cup, look for the way a soft floral finish develops.
Find your way to a cupA little comparison.
All three imagined profiles, together. Flavour notes describe associations, not ingredients.
A dark twisted leaf study
Copper Dusk
- Flavour
- Cocoa · dried fig · toasted wood
- Leaf
- Long dark twists with golden tips
- Preparation focus
- Observe the amber colour against a light cup. Compare the fruit-like beginning with the imagined dry finish.
A silver bud leaf study
Silver Mist
- Flavour
- Meadow · pale melon · hay
- Leaf
- Fine silver-green buds and pale leaves
- Preparation focus
- Look closely at the pale infusion. For this study, describe texture before reaching for a flavour word.
The atelier, imagined
Good tea asks for attention. Not ceremony.
Our imagined atelier begins with the smallest thing on the table: the leaf. We look at its shape, imagine how it might open, then let the cup tell the rest. An unhurried approach to a very ordinary pleasure.
There is no wrong word
for what you notice.
From leaf to languageA small art
A small art
of paying attention.
Leave a little space between making
a cup and deciding what it tastes like.
Look at the leaf.
Shape, colour, a curl or a fold. Begin with what is in front of you, before the water changes it.
Watch it open.
A leaf makes its own small movement. Notice the colour in the cup and the fragrance above it.
Give it a word.
A familiar fruit. A texture. A memory. Your first association is a useful place to begin.
A few words to begin withMore than
More than
a flavour.
You do not need a tasting wheel.
Just a place to begin.
Aroma
What comes to mind before the first sip? Let the fragrance suggest a familiar place or ingredient.
Texture
Light or rounded? Soft or drying? Describe the feeling in your own words.
Finish
What stays with you after a sip? Notice whether the last impression differs from the first.
Preparation, with room to playA cup is
A cup is
a starting point.
Choose how you would like to observe.
For real tea, follow the instructions
that come with your leaves.
Your starting thought
Take it to your note Jade Fold: round, soft, gently floral. What changes as this cup cools?
A few good questionsRoom for
Room for
curiosity.
Can I buy these teas?
TEA MEASURE is a fictional loose-leaf tea atelier. Jade Fold, Copper Dusk and Silver Mist are creative studies, with no products for sale, stock or delivery service.
Are the flavour notes ingredients?
No. Pear, cocoa and meadow are imagined tasting associations. They are not an ingredient list or an allergy statement for any real tea.
How should I prepare a real tea?
Use the preparation instructions that accompany your actual tea. The approaches here are ways to organise an observation, not recipes for a particular product.
Do I need to know the right tasting words?
No. A useful note is one you recognise later. Start with something familiar, and let your description change as you take another sip.
Where is my tasting note saved?
It is only displayed on this page while it remains open. Nothing is sent or stored. Copy it yourself if you would like to keep it; refreshing the page clears it.
A page for your palateLeave yourself
Leave yourself
a little note.
A detail worth returning to.
A word you want to remember.
A question for the next cup.
TEA MEASURE is a fictional atelier. This note stays on this page only. Nothing is sent or saved; refreshing clears it.