Coffee and tea reading archive
Tasseography: coffee cup and tea leaf reading
Tasseography is the practice of interpreting shapes left by coffee grounds or tea leaves. Choose a cup to search the matching symbols and meanings.
Coffee reading
Coffee cup reading symbols
Search more than 200 coffee cup symbols by name, traditional meaning, visual family, and illustrative reference.
Search coffee symbols
Tea leaf reading
Tea leaf reading symbols
Search 864 tea leaf reading symbols and meanings from historical source books, with source notes and cup-position guidance.
Search tea symbols
What is tasseography?
Tasseography, also called cup reading, is a traditional practice of interpreting the shapes and patterns left inside a cup. Coffee reading uses settled coffee grounds; tea reading uses loose tea leaves.
Use the coffee catalog for traditional meanings and labelled visual references, or the tea archive for historical tea-leaf symbols with source notes.
Learn how to read coffee grounds or learn how to read tea leaves before opening the full symbol indexes.
Optional companion application
Read your cup faster with CoffeeTells
CoffeeTells is a separate companion application. This link opens its App Store page.