Bean Tracking

The Beans feature allows you to manage your coffee bean inventory with detailed tracking of origins, varieties, and consumption.

Overview

Track your coffee beans with:

• Detailed variety information for single-origin and blends
• Automatic weight calculation based on brews
• Archive system for finished beans
• Photo attachments and ratings
• Freeze tracking for storing beans

Adding a Bean

Tap the + button in the Beans list to add a new coffee. You can enter:

Basic Information

Origin Information

For single-origin coffees, you can add detailed variety information:

Purchase Information

Multi-Bag Support

When you buy multiple identical bags (same roast date), enter the number of bags and the weight per bag. The app calculates your total inventory automatically.

Additional Fields

• Tasting Notes: Flavor descriptors
• Personal Notes: Your observations
• Rating: 0-5 star rating
• SCA Score: Cupping score (0-100)
• Photo: Attach an image of the bag or beans

Single-Origin vs. Blend

Toggle Is Blend to switch between modes:

Single-Origin

• One variety with detailed origin information
• Full origin details shown in the detail view

Blend

• Multiple varieties, each with their own origin info
• Enter percentage for each component (e.g., 60% Ethiopian, 40% Colombian)
• If no percentages are entered, they’re distributed equally

Weight Tracking

Your remaining coffee weight is calculated automatically:

Remaining = Initial Weight - Weight Used in Brews - Frozen Weight

Each time you log a brew, the coffee weight is deducted from your inventory. The bean list shows remaining weight with color indicators:

Archiving Beans

When you finish a bag of coffee:

1. Swipe left on the bean and tap Archive
2. Or wait for the prompt when your last brew depletes the bag

Archived beans are hidden from the default list but preserved for your history. Toggle Show Archived to view them again.

Duplicating Beans

When you buy the same coffee again:

1. Swipe left on the bean and tap Duplicate
2. A new entry is created with today’s purchase date
3. Weight resets to the original amount
4. All brews stay with the original bean

Freeze Tracking

For beans you want to freeze for later:

1. Open a bean’s detail view
2. Navigate to the Freezer section
3. Tap Freeze Some Beans
4. Enter the weight and container type

Each freeze entry gets a unique 5-character tag (e.g., “7HK3N”) that you can write on your container for easy identification.

Container Types

• Vacuum Bag
• Tube
• Ziploc Bag
• Container
• Original Bag
• Mason Jar
• Other

Thawing

When you’re ready to use frozen beans:

1. Open the freeze entry
2. Tap Thaw
3. Enter the weight to thaw

You can partially thaw - the remaining frozen amount stays tracked.

Thaw All & Start Brew

For single-dose frozen portions, you can quickly thaw and start brewing:

1. Open the thaw form for a freeze entry
2. Tap Thaw All & Start Brew
3. The brew form opens with the bean pre-selected and the thawed weight pre-filled
4. Complete your brew and save

This streamlines the workflow for frozen single-dose portions.

NFC Tags

If your device supports NFC, you can write the freeze entry to an NFC tag:

1. Open the thaw form for a freeze entry
2. Tap Write to NFC Tag
3. Hold your phone near an NFC tag

Scanning the tag later opens the thaw form directly.

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