Nine Steeps Tea Brew Timer

A multi-infusion gongfu tea brewing companion for serious tea drinkers.

Built around the central truth that great tea evolves across infusions — the third steep is when a great oolong begins, the seventh when an aged sheng opens up. Nine Steeps tracks every infusion in a session, records what you taste, and respects the ritual.

FREE, FOREVER • 9 citation-grounded brewing presets: young sheng, aged sheng, shou, dancong, yancha, light oolong, green, white, and black/red teas • Multi-infusion timer with an auto-advancing ladder per tea category • Lock Screen Live Activity that auto-renders on the Apple Watch Smart Stack • Contemplative timer flow — you advance when the cup is empty, not when the timer says so

NINE STEEPS PRO (one-time unlock) • Tea Cellar: vendor, harvest year, origin, price, grams owned/remaining, storage notes and restock notes per tea • Structured tasting wheel: score body, finish, mouthfeel, bitterness, astringency and sweetness on every steep • Per-infusion tasting journal + full session history, including palate coaching from prior notes • Your own tea library: add custom teas, tune presets and export/import Nine Steeps tea profiles • QR/tin labels on iOS: scan a label to reopen the same brewing profile • Apple Watch app that mirrors your active brew from iPhone

PRIVACY • No account, no login, no cloud • All data stored locally; deleted with the app • No analytics, no tracking, no ads

PRICING Free download. One optional one-time Pro unlock — no subscription, ever. Family Sharing enabled.

SOURCES Brewing parameters draw from Mei Leaf, White2Tea, Yunnan Sourcing, Crimson Lotus, TeaDB, Tea Habitat, and other authoritative gongfu references.

For tea drinkers who prefer the gaiwan over the teabag.