Roadmap and Changelog
See what's new added, changed, fixed, improved or updated.
Planned features and features in progress may appear here too.
Adding a lot more teas
Aiming to 10x the number of teas by the end of the month.
Tea profile similar teas tab
I'm looking to start building a robust tea recommendation engine.
Similarity is based on tea category/type, notes, format, caffeine content, ingredients, origin, and more (roughly in that order of priority).
Aside from improving the logic directly, this is something that should get better as the database grows. The more teas are added, the more accurate the recommendations will become.
Brand profile catalog browsing tab
You can now browse a single brand's tea catalog in the brand profile.
Filters work exactly the same as they do on the main tea search page. This change comes with minor improvements to the brand profile's UI.
Mobile friendly tea search page
Pretty high priority since most platform traffic seems to come from Chrome Mobile.
The filters are hidden in a drawer that slides up from the bottom of the screen when the filters button is tapped.
Tea browsing
Search, sort, filter, and basic discovery and exploration features.
Finally! The feature we've all been waiting for!.
This is a major milestone for us, but is really just the beginning of several iterations and improvements. We'd also like to support more advanced browsing features, like a tea atlas, browse by flavor, etc. We'll also likely to build a dedicated search feature for each brand.
At some point this will likely integrate more with our landing page, but for now, all search related features are in the Search page.
- 600+ new teas from Upton and Republic of Tea!
- New tea browsing page and experience.
- New search, sort, and filter features.
- New food pairing microtip in tea profile pages.
- New country of origin stats in brand profiles.
Brand Profiles
Brand profiles to accompany the tea profiles
Tea products all belong to a brand, so it's only natural we support profiles around individual tea companies. Each company's profile lists basic information about the company, as well as the tea products they sell that we have on platform.
It's important to note that tea products may exist on platform without an associate grower/producer/company profile. This may be because we don't have that company's profile yet, the company no longer exists, the company rebranded, or any other reasons. Tea products exist independent of companies on platform. That said, there have yet to be any teas on the platform without a brand.
Eventually we aim to support physical locations, as well as differentiate between brands, vendors, and producers.
- 500+ new teas from Rishi and What Cha!
- Tea company profile pages, complete with tea type breakdown, brand specific flavor wheel, AI generated microfact, and featured teas section.
- New commerce cards in tea profiles with links to official brand online stores and Amazon.
- All mobile friendly as usual!
FAQ page
Answering some questions people may ask (and have asked).
You can have a look here.
Soft Launch
The creation of individual tea product profiles.
After making it my new year's resolution to finally build this thing I got started with the goal of getting a v1 ready and demoable before the annual Toronto Tea Festival. I went last year and was inspired by all the vendors and the community. Tea has been second fiddle to Coffee for too long. It's time for the second most consumed beverage in the world (after water) to take its rightful place.
v1 centers around the creation of individual tea product profiles. These will be the atomic units of content on this website. I intentionally avoided any features that involve any sort of user account or sign up, and aim to avoid implementing such features until the tea profiles are robust and well received. I want to do one thing really well at a time.
- 1100+ teas from TWG, Harney and Sons, and DAVIDsTEA
- Tea product pages, complete with images, flavor profiles, about cards, brewing stats, simple share center, and basic producer/company information.
- A global imperial/metric unit of measurement toggle.
- A landing page with basic explore teas sections.
- All mobile friendly!