A5 tea journal inserts with tasting log, brewing chart and flavor wheel

A5 tea journal inserts to print at home: 28 undated pages sized for A5 rings, Half Letter rings and discbound systems, with a facing-page tasting record, a chart for brewing, a flavor wheel drawn from scratch, a list of the teas you own, recipes for your own blends and food pairing pages. You receive an A5 PDF and a Half Letter PDF, and print-and-cut A4 and Letter files are included with two pages per sheet. Instant download; nothing is mailed.

A slow, cozy ritual for noticing what is in your cup.

How the A5 tea journal deepens every cup

The tasting spread keeps all of a tea's facts in one spot: its name and number, where it was grown, the type, water heat, steeping time and how much leaf and water you used. Beside those go your notes on the dry leaf, the color of the cup, the wet leaf, aroma, flavor and finish, plus sliders for body, astringency, sweetness and bitterness, a five star score and whether you would buy it again.

For ten tea styles, the chart suggests where to start: water heat in both Fahrenheit and Celsius, a measure of leaf, a steeping time and how many rounds the leaves will give. A wheel of 12 families and 36 notes helps you name what you taste. The index, collection, wishlist and tea shop pages become a small record of your whole shelf, so you always know what to brew next and what to buy again.

Who this tea log is for

• Owners of an A5 six-ring binder, a Half Letter binder or a junior discbound planner who want a section for tea
• Tea lovers who want to remember which cups they enjoyed and how they made them
• Newcomers figuring out how green, oolong, black and herbal teas differ
• Loose leaf collectors and home blenders who want their shelf, wishlist and recipes together

Design and printing

• Elegant, minimal pages: white with soft blush pink details that use little ink
• Wide margins, so nothing is trimmed on a home printer
• Two portrait insert sizes, A5 at 148 by 210 mm and Half Letter at 5.5 by 8.5 inches, plus sheets for A4 or US Letter paper that you print and cut
• Undated, so you can begin any day and print more tasting spreads as your collection grows
• Mirrored margins: 14 mm on the binding side (left on odd pages, right on even pages) and 8 mm on the outer edge
• A dashed guide down the middle of each print-and-cut sheet, with ticks at the edges, so one cut makes two pages
• Print at full size (100%) in portrait. With only A4 or Letter paper, print the print-and-cut version in landscape at full size and cut once on the dashed guide. For facing spreads, print the A5 or Half Letter file on both sides, turning on the long edge
• Use it in a binder or on a clipboard, or have it spiral bound at a print shop

Inside the A5 tea journal: 28 pages

1. 1Cover listing every spread, with your name and a start date
2. 2Tasting tea in six steps (look, smell, brew, sip, finish, write) plus five tips
3. 3Me and tea: your tea story, how you take your tea, the teaware you own, types you have tasted, your everyday teas and your tea goals
4. 4 and 5Tea types at a glance covering white, green, yellow, oolong, black, dark and herbal, with usual flavors, how each is produced, oxidation and which you have tried, plus your own notes
5. 6Brewing chart for ten styles of tea showing water temperature in °F and °C, leaf per 8 oz cup, steeping time and number of infusions
6. 7Brewing tips for small pot brewing, brewing with no thermometer, iced tea and cold brew, plus a table of your perfect brews
7. 8An original flavor wheel with 12 families and 36 notes, plus the notes you pick up most
8. 9A glossary of 14 tasting terms, starting with astringency and ending with wet leaf, plus room for vocabulary you collect
9. 10 and 11Index of 42 numbered teas with name, type, rating and page
10. 12Tea tasting log (left side): name, number, origin, where you bought it and price, 8 tea types to circle, water temperature, steeping time, leaf, water amount, teapot or cup, plus the dry leaf, the color of the brewed tea and the wet leaf
11. 13Tea tasting log (right side): aroma, flavor notes, the 12 flavor families, scales for body, astringency, sweetness and bitterness, the finish, a star rating, buy again and what to try next time
12. 14Multi-steep session with the tea, type, leaf, vessel size, water temperature, a table for 8 steeps, the best steep and why, a rating and buy again
13. 15Quick tasting notes, two short cards for everyday cups
14. 16Tasting flight comparing three teas on nine points, with your favorite and why and what you learned
15. 17Your best loved cup in each category (white, green, oolong, black, dark, herbal), the one you would choose above all others and teas worth gifting
16. 18 and 19Tea collection inventory, 32 rows for tea, type, purchase date, amount and drink by date, with storage tips and a running low list
17. 20Wishlist of 11 teas, styles you want to explore and who recommended each one
18. 21Tea shop notes: name, date visited, address or website, what the shop feels like, scores for range, prices and freshness, teas sampled, what you bought and whether you would return
19. 22Blend recipe (left side): blend name, batch size, base tea, blending basics and 7 rows of ingredients with amount, parts and reason
20. 23Blend recipe (right side): water temperature, steeping time, amount per cup, the idea behind the blend, tasting notes, tweaks for next time and a table of versions
21. 24Pairing ideas, with a starting suggestion for six kinds of tea, three pairing approaches (echo, contrast, balance) and combinations to test
22. 25Tea pairing notes, 14 rows for tea, food, how it went and a rating, plus the best pairing so far
23. 26Monthly tea log with a line for each day, the tea of the month and what you want to try next month
24. 27Lined page for notes
25. 28Dot grid page for notes

Files in your download

• The journal as an A5 PDF, 148 by 210 mm, 28 pages
• The journal as a Half Letter PDF, 5.5 by 8.5 inches, 28 pages
• Print-and-cut A4 PDF: 14 landscape A4 sheets, two A5 pages on each
• Print-and-cut US Letter PDF: 14 landscape Letter sheets, two Half Letter pages on each
• Read Me First (PDF) with printing, cutting and hole punching guidance and a page finder

How to download and print

• Check out with PayPal, a debit or credit card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. Your download page opens as soon as the payment goes through.
• We email the same private download links to you, so you can download your files again later.
• Open the PDF in a free reader such as Adobe Acrobat Reader and print at 100% or Actual size.
• Print only the pages you need, as often as you like, for your own personal use.

Good to know

• These are PDFs for printing, not a hyperlinked digital planner. You can still import them into most note taking apps and write on them.
• You are buying a digital download, so nothing physical is sent.
• Colors on paper may differ slightly from your screen.
• For your own use only. Please keep the files private and do not resell or pass them on.
• Digital files cannot be returned. If a file does not open or print correctly, email us and we will help right away.
• Ring spacing differs from brand to brand, so no holes are marked. Punch the roomy inside edge with an A5 six-hole, junior or disc punch you own.
• The brewing chart is general guidance. Times and temperatures are approximate, so follow the advice of the seller you bought from and adjust to taste.
• Every guide, flavor word and pairing idea is original, and no brands or tea companies are named.

How this was made

Designed and written by PetiteDiary. AI tools helped draft parts of the text, and some background scenes in the preview images were created with AI. Every page was designed, reviewed and checked before release.

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