diff --git a/carbon/carbon.go b/carbon/carbon.go
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+++ b/carbon/carbon.go
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+package carbon
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"strconv"
+)
+
+var (
+	nextPart      = []byte(" ")
+	nextNode      = []byte(".")
+	nextTag       = []byte(";")
+	nextTagValue  = []byte("=")
+	nextDatapoint = []byte("\n")
+)
+
+// Metric is a Graphite metric builder
+type Metric struct {
+	path *bytes.Buffer
+	tags *bytes.Buffer
+}
+
+// NewMetric returns new Metric
+func NewMetric(name string) *Metric {
+	metric := &Metric{
+		path: &bytes.Buffer{},
+		tags: &bytes.Buffer{},
+	}
+	metric.path.WriteString(name)
+	return metric
+}
+
+// AddNode adds a given node to the metric path
+// For example NewMetric("first").AddNode("second")
+// builds metric with path equal to "first.second"
+func (m *Metric) AddNode(node string) *Metric {
+	m.path.Write(nextNode)
+	m.path.WriteString(node)
+	return m
+}
+
+// AddTag puts given tag=value pair into metric tags
+// For example NewMetric("first").AddNode("second").AddTag("tag1","tag1Value")
+// builds metric with path "first.second" and tags ";tag1=tag1Value"
+func (m *Metric) AddTag(name, value string) *Metric {
+	m.tags.Write(nextTag)
+	m.tags.WriteString(name)
+	m.tags.Write(nextTagValue)
+	m.tags.WriteString(value)
+	return m
+}
+
+// Bytes returns byte representation of Graphite metric
+func (m *Metric) Bytes() []byte {
+	if m.tags.Len() == 0 {
+		return m.path.Bytes()
+	}
+	return join(m.path.Bytes(), m.tags.Bytes())
+}
+
+// GetName returns full metric name
+func (m *Metric) GetName() string {
+	return m.path.String()
+}
+
+// NewDatapoint returns Graphite Plaintext record form of datapoint
+// Datapoint is a value stored at a timestamp bucket
+// If no value is recorded at a particular timestamp bucket in a series,
+// the value will be None (null)
+// Doc: https://graphite.readthedocs.io/en/latest/terminology.html
+func NewDatapoint(metric *Metric, value float64, timestamp int64) []byte {
+	var (
+		valueStr     = strconv.FormatFloat(value, 'f', -1, 64)
+		timestampStr = strconv.FormatInt(timestamp, 10)
+	)
+	return join(metric.Bytes(), nextPart, []byte(valueStr), nextPart, []byte(timestampStr), nextDatapoint)
+}
+
+func join(s ...[]byte) []byte {
+	n := 0
+	for _, v := range s {
+		n += len(v)
+	}
+	b, i := make([]byte, n), 0
+	for _, v := range s {
+		i += copy(b[i:], v)
+	}
+	return b
+}
diff --git a/carbon/carbon_test.go b/carbon/carbon_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3800265
--- /dev/null
+++ b/carbon/carbon_test.go
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+package carbon
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func Test_NewMetric(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		actual            *Metric
+		expectedName      string
+		expectedBytes     []byte
+		expectedDatapoint []byte
+	}{
+		{
+			actual:            NewMetric("metric1"),
+			expectedName:      "metric1",
+			expectedBytes:     []byte("metric1"),
+			expectedDatapoint: []byte("metric1 3.14159265359 1552503600\n"),
+		},
+		{
+			actual:            NewMetric("metric1").AddNode("foo"),
+			expectedName:      "metric1.foo",
+			expectedBytes:     []byte("metric1.foo"),
+			expectedDatapoint: []byte("metric1.foo 3.14159265359 1552503600\n"),
+		},
+		{
+			actual:            NewMetric("metric1").AddNode("foo").AddNode("bar"),
+			expectedName:      "metric1.foo.bar",
+			expectedBytes:     []byte("metric1.foo.bar"),
+			expectedDatapoint: []byte("metric1.foo.bar 3.14159265359 1552503600\n"),
+		},
+		{
+			actual:            NewMetric("metric1").AddNode("foo").AddNode("bar").AddTag("cpu", "cpu1"),
+			expectedName:      "metric1.foo.bar",
+			expectedBytes:     []byte("metric1.foo.bar;cpu=cpu1"),
+			expectedDatapoint: []byte("metric1.foo.bar;cpu=cpu1 3.14159265359 1552503600\n"),
+		},
+		{
+			actual:            NewMetric("metric1").AddTag("cpu", "cpu1").AddNode("foo").AddNode("bar"),
+			expectedName:      "metric1.foo.bar",
+			expectedBytes:     []byte("metric1.foo.bar;cpu=cpu1"),
+			expectedDatapoint: []byte("metric1.foo.bar;cpu=cpu1 3.14159265359 1552503600\n"),
+		},
+		{
+			actual:            NewMetric("metric1").AddNode("foo").AddNode("bar").AddTag("cpu", "cpu1").AddTag("dc", "dc1"),
+			expectedName:      "metric1.foo.bar",
+			expectedBytes:     []byte("metric1.foo.bar;cpu=cpu1;dc=dc1"),
+			expectedDatapoint: []byte("metric1.foo.bar;cpu=cpu1;dc=dc1 3.14159265359 1552503600\n"),
+		},
+		{
+			actual:            NewMetric("metric1").AddTag("cpu", "cpu1").AddTag("dc", "dc1").AddNode("foo").AddNode("bar"),
+			expectedName:      "metric1.foo.bar",
+			expectedBytes:     []byte("metric1.foo.bar;cpu=cpu1;dc=dc1"),
+			expectedDatapoint: []byte("metric1.foo.bar;cpu=cpu1;dc=dc1 3.14159265359 1552503600\n"),
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, testCase := range testCases {
+		const (
+			value     = 3.14159265359
+			timestamp = 1552503600
+		)
+		var (
+			actualName      = testCase.actual.GetName()
+			actualBytes     = testCase.actual.Bytes()
+			actualDatapoint = NewDatapoint(testCase.actual, value, timestamp)
+		)
+		if actualName != testCase.expectedName {
+			t.Fatalf("expected name: %s\nactual name: %s", testCase.expectedName, actualName)
+		}
+		if bytes.Compare(actualBytes, testCase.expectedBytes) != 0 {
+			t.Fatalf("expected bytes: %s\nactual bytes: %s", testCase.expectedBytes, actualBytes)
+		}
+		if bytes.Compare(actualDatapoint, testCase.expectedDatapoint) != 0 {
+			t.Fatalf("expected datapoint: %s\nactual datapoint: %s", testCase.expectedDatapoint, actualDatapoint)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func Benchmark_NewDatapointPreCreated(b *testing.B) {
+	metric := NewMetric("metric1").
+		AddNode("foo").
+		AddNode("bar").
+		AddTag("cpu", "cpu1").
+		AddTag("dc", "dc1").
+		AddTag("env", "stage").
+		AddTag("service", "exporter").
+		AddTag("version", "v0.0.1").
+		AddTag("git-commit", "0b1a09c")
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		NewDatapoint(metric, 3.14159265359, 1552503600)
+	}
+}
+
+func Benchmark_NewDatapointOnTheFly(b *testing.B) {
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		metric := NewMetric("metric1").
+			AddNode("foo").
+			AddNode("bar").
+			AddTag("cpu", "cpu1").
+			AddTag("dc", "dc1").
+			AddTag("env", "stage").
+			AddTag("service", "exporter").
+			AddTag("version", "v0.0.1").
+			AddTag("git-commit", "0b1a09c")
+		NewDatapoint(metric, 3.14159265359, 1552503600)
+	}
+}