diff --git a/tensorly/tenalg/einsum_tenalg/caching.py b/tensorly/tenalg/einsum_tenalg/caching.py
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+EINSUM_PATH_CACHE = dict()
+
+
+def einsum_path_cached(fun):
+    def wrapped(key, *args, **kwargs):
+        name = fun.__name__
+        try:
+            cache = EINSUM_PATH_CACHE[name]
+        except KeyError:
+            EINSUM_PATH_CACHE[name] = dict()
+            cache = EINSUM_PATH_CACHE[name]
+        try:
+            equation = cache[key]
+        except KeyError:
+            equation = fun(*args, **kwargs)
+            cache[key] = equation
+
+        return equation
+
+    return wrapped