This is not a quiz with invented personality buckets. The picker filters the same tea profiles used by the guides and brewing tools, so a result points to real site data: caffeine level, best time of day, flavour notes, and whether the tea has a mug or gaiwan path.
How the filter actually works
Within one facet, choices are flexible: "morning" or "afternoon" can both match. Across facets, the picker is strict: if you choose evening + low caffeine + mug, the tea has to satisfy all three.
The current catalogue has eight tea profiles:
| Need | Likely matches from the current catalogue |
|---|---|
| Evening with no caffeine | Herbal |
| Evening with low caffeine | White |
| Gaiwan / gongfu practice | Black, green, oolong, sheng puerh, shu puerh |
| Earthy and smooth | Shu puerh |
| Fresh and green | Green, matcha, white |
Every result links to its full profile and, when possible, to the right tool preset: gongfu-ready teas jump to the brewing timer; simpler mug paths jump to the grams calculator with the tea preset already selected.
The catalogue is small and honest on purpose — it grows as new, properly written tea profiles are added, and the picker picks them up automatically.
New to loose-leaf? Start with tea for beginners at home, or browse every tea type to see what each one tastes like before you pick.