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  1. v1.9.3-tools

    Direct-use tools, with learning and references separate

    • The hub separates practical tasks, interactive learning and reference lookup, with actions that describe each destination.
    • A new brewing planner calculates leaf from water volume and offers temperature, first-infusion guidance and copyable parameters.
    • Open the flavour wheel directly, then follow links for explanation; expand reference cards when needed. Both languages are supported.
  2. v1.9.2-editorial

    Individually revised guides across all articles

    • Introductions, three key points and context passages have been rewritten for all 57 topics in both languages, covering 114 articles.
    • Openings explain the topic’s specific features and the article’s scope, using questions where helpful and length suited to the content.
    • Key points offer concrete knowledge; context passages connect it with tea, everyday practice or history before the full explanation.
  3. v1.9.1-reading

    A clearer frame before deeper reading

    • Introductions establish connections between core ideas, with length and paragraph count suited to the topic.
    • Three key points remain; the next heading reflects the topic, from a historical thread to tasting or everyday practice.
    • English and Chinese guides are updated together, with the full explanation in the deeper layer.
  4. v1.9.0-content

    Consistent reading guides and everyday tea practice

    • All 56 topics and their English versions begin with a short explanation, three points and an observation exercise before deeper content.
    • New guides cover home storage, package labels and brewing troubleshooting, with paired-cup and paired-vessel comparisons.
    • Revised conditions for health, myths, cold infusion, aging and teaware; brewing tables and share graphics use shared parameters and source checks state their scope.
  5. v1.5.0

    Interactive component architecture refactoring and comprehensive visual upgrade across 48 simulators

    • Unified interactive architecture: All 48 interactive simulators and craft animations integrated into a unified interactive framework (InteractiveFrame, StageStepper, MetricTrend, RangeControl), standardizing accessible touch targets (≥44px), responsive breakpoints, and keyboard navigation.
    • Scientific and thermal modeling upgrades: Upgraded fixation thermodynamics with condition-bound pan/leaf temperature kinetics (200–240°C wok, 80–95°C leaf), teaware relative heat-dissipation differential model, water quality calcium-polyphenol complex kinetics, and Song whisking foam mechanics, eliminating pseudoscience claims.
    • High-fidelity physical and craft scenes: Overhauled all 41 tea science SVG scenes to eliminate synthetic plastic and neon aesthetics, accurately rendering authentic Zhuni clay, cast-iron pans, woven bamboo sieves, charcoal embers, and micro-textures.
    • Six-tea-category liquor and leaf morphology palette: Calibrated authentic liquor optical gradients and transparencies across all six tea classes based on polyphenol/theaflavin/thearubigin ratios, added golden rings and interference film tokens, and decoupled all 43 interactive data files from presentation colors (zero hex values).
    • Flagship Journey of a Leaf page (/journey/) refined: Overhauled the fresh leaf SVG with botanical fidelity (curved looping lateral veins, acute apex, serrated margins, and microscopic cellular aperture), embedded pure white porcelain tasting bowls for sensory evaluation, enabled real-time dynamic extraction rate readouts on the water temperature slider, and added academic methodology notes.
    • Streamlined interface flow: Removed redundant non-interactive visual containers in myth-busting and related modules, allowing direct visual flow from topic steppers into biochemical markers and practical guidance.
  6. v1.4.7

    Nine-chapter reading structure and scientific framing corrected

    • The nine chapters remain the content backbone, now grouped on the front end into five reading domains: knowing tea, tea science, flavour in practice, tea and culture, and contemporary issues.
    • Chapter landing pages no longer list unpublished articles; published material, status language and module names are aligned.
    • The British afternoon-tea serving order and Sri Lanka chronology were corrected, while overly singular or pseudo-precise claims about yan yun, zuoqing and tea-type transformations were narrowed.
    • Article citations now use the local bibliography numbering, and bilingual historical articles with different filenames now link to their proper counterpart.
  7. v1.4.6

    Attribution, share resources and data framing updated

    • The flavour wheel, oxidation spectrum, world map, process comparison and brewing guide now carry restrained bilingual attribution without obscuring content or controls.
    • The home page and four representative topics now use dedicated social images, with downloadable quick-reference cards for tea categories, brewing parameters and tasting vocabulary.
    • A source audit removed mixed-basis production rankings and tonnages, undefined oxidation percentages, and overly absolute brewing or flavour-chemistry claims.
  8. v1.4.3

    Home-screen launch experience refined

    • Android desktop PWAs and iPhone home-screen web apps now receive a brief once-per-session launch screen without affecting ordinary browser visits or in-site navigation.
    • A fixed deep-tea-green palette, warm ivory type and serif title prevent low-contrast system dark-mode combinations.
    • The PWA system name is shortened to Camellia Tea, with a rounded standard icon and a separate safe maskable icon.
  9. v1.4.2

    Site-wide brand mark updated

    • Navigation, footer and article credits now share the new one-bud-two-leaves mark with light and dark theme support.
    • The favicon, Apple touch icon and PWA icons now use coordinated reversed variants.
    • Publisher structured data now points to the dedicated brand icon rather than the social sharing image.
  10. v1.4.1

    Editorial policy, corrections and public updates published

    • The About page now explains the principal author’s working method, independence and review boundaries.
    • A bilingual editorial policy publishes source priority, health-content rules and the limits of AI assistance.
    • Articles can carry their current URL into a local correction template before the reader sends it through WeChat.
    • A public update record now discloses material changes to facts, citations and features.
  11. v1.4.0

    Article credits and content-use notice published

    • Articles now show authorship, publication and revision dates, review status and a copyable citation.
    • The principal author identity 茶食新知 is distinguished from the publishing project Camellia Tea Knowledge Base.
    • A bilingual content-use notice now explains the boundary between original and third-party material.
  12. v1.3.5

    Mobile tea directory redesigned

    • The ambiguous three-dot control became a labelled directory button with a clearer search icon.
    • All nine chapters and tools are visible in an app-like side directory rather than hidden accordions.
  13. v1.3.3

    Nine-chapter homepage atlas redesigned

    • Nine equal cards were replaced by a continuous editorial chapter index.
    • Every topic and link remains available with a clearer reading sequence.
  14. v1.3.0

    Brand, homepage and WeChat journey updated

    • The site identity was unified as Camellia Tea Knowledge Base by 茶食新知.
    • Professional and enthusiast paths, latest content, editor’s picks and a WeChat follow page were added.
    • A cookieless anonymous event layer was prepared for audience measurement.
  15. v1.1.7

    Six processing-science features expanded

    • The bilingual processing articles gained deeper biochemistry, parameters, defects and cross-process comparisons.
    • The glossary and reference library were expanded in parallel.