Steep by steep,
know your tea.
A gongfu timer that paces every infusion, a catalogue for your whole collection, and a map of where each leaf was grown. One quiet app.
Made for iPhone. A little more presence in every cup.
Kiri / 霧 - named for the mist above the tea gardens.
kiri / きり /
noun, Japanese - mist; the low cloud that settles over high tea gardens.
The best leaves grow where the clouds sit - fog-fed gardens in Yunnan, shaded terraces above Uji. Kiri is built on the idea that tea is a place before it is a drink.
It keeps your collection in order, times each steep the way it deserves, and remembers where everything came from. No feed, no streaks shouting at you - just you, the kettle, and a well-kept record of what you love.
The catalogue - six families of tea
Green
Pan-fired or steamed; grassy, sweet, bright.
White
Barely touched; soft, honeyed, quiet.
Yellow
The rare one; mellowed by a slow smother.
Oolong
Part-oxidized; orchid through roast.
Black
Fully oxidized; malt, cocoa, warmth.
Dark & puerh
Aged, fermented; earth, camphor, time.
Every family in Kiri's catalogue carries its own brewing defaults - so a delicate gyokuro is never treated like a brick of shou.
A gongfu tea timer that thinks in steeps
Western brewing needs one good timer. Gongfu needs a dozen - each infusion a little longer than the last. Kiri paces the whole session: set the leaf, water and temperature once, then just pour.
- Gongfu & western presets Switch styles per tea - steep times, ratios and temperature adjust with you.
- Adaptive steep timing Each infusion extends automatically; nudge it by seconds as the leaves open.
- Brewing guidance 85°C, 6g per 100ml, five steeps - the numbers are there while the water heats.
- Session history Every past steep is saved, so tomorrow's session starts where today's ended.
15sFirst steep
85°CWater
6g/100mlLeaf to
water
+2sEach steep after
An example session for Xihu Long Jing. Adjust the parameters to suit your leaves.
A tea catalogue that keeps your collection honest
Cakes in a drawer, tins on a shelf, samples in a shoebox - every collection ends up in pieces. Kiri puts it back in one place: searchable, rated, and sorted into what you want, what you have, and what you've already been through.
- Want / have / tried Three shelves that mirror how tea people actually think about their stash.
- Ratings & tasting notes Score each tea, keep notes, and stop re-buying the ones that disappointed you.
- Label scanning Point the camera at a wrapper - Kiri reads it and fills in the details.
- Search & filters Find anything by type, region, oxidation, or your own ratings.
Tea is a place
before it is a taste. - the idea behind Kiri
Five quiet minutes, kept for good
- 壱 Choose the leaf Pick from your shelf - Kiri sets the water, heat and timing to match the tea.
- 弐 Steep, pour, repeat The ring counts each infusion; you stay with the gaiwan, not the clock.
- 参 It's remembered Steeps, notes and ratings file themselves into your tea passport.
An origin map for every leaf on your shelf
Yunnan's ancient tea forests. The Wuyi cliffs. A shaded field outside Uji. Kiri's interactive map ties the teas you drink to the regions that grew them - and fills in your own map with every cup.
- Interactive world map Browse every major growing region, country by country, terroir by terroir.
- Region guides What makes Darjeeling bright and Wuyi dark - with the teas to prove it.
- My Origins A personal tea passport that fills in as you drink your way around the world.
- Flavor fingerprint Your palate, drawn from your own tasting notes.
Yunnan
Old-forest puerh - earth, orchids, and trees a thousand years old.
Uji
Shaded gyokuro and matcha - the deep-umami heart of Japan.
Darjeeling
First-flush muscatel from the Himalayan foothills.
Wuyi
Cliff-grown yancha - mineral, dark, and slow to give in.
A few of the regions waiting on the map
The water is almost ready.
Kiri for iPhone - gongfu timer, tea catalogue and origin map in one app.
Download on the App StoreAlso brews western style. No account required to start.