Brew Logging
The Brews feature tracks your coffee brewing sessions, supporting both home brews with detailed parameters and cafe brews with location data.
Brew Types
Home Brews
For coffee made at home with full recipe tracking. Two brewing styles are supported:
Manual Style (Pour Over, Immersion, Percolation)
Covers V60, Chemex, French Press, AeroPress, Moka Pot, and similar methods:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Coffee Weight | Your coffee dose in grams |
| Water Weight | Total water used |
| Grind Size | Your grinder setting |
| Water Temperature | Brewing temperature |
| Brew Time | Total brew duration (minutes:seconds) |
| Bloom Time | Optional bloom/pre-wet duration |
Espresso Style
For espresso machines with pressure extraction:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Dose | Coffee weight in grams |
| Yield | Output weight in the cup |
| Grind Size | Your grinder setting |
| Extraction Time | Shot duration (seconds) |
| Pressure | Machine pressure in bars (optional) |
| Pre-infusion | Pre-infusion duration (optional) |
Cafe Brews
For coffee enjoyed at cafes:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Cafe Name | Name of the cafe |
| Location | Map location (optional) |
| Coffee Style | Type of drink (Espresso, Cappuccino, Pour Over, etc.) |
| Bean Variety | Information about the coffee served (optional) |
Logging a Home Brew
- Navigate to Brews and tap +
- Select Home Brew
- Choose your Brewing Style (Filter or Espresso)
- Select the Coffee Bean you’re using
- Enter your recipe parameters
- Use the Timer for accurate timing
- Add a rating and notes
- Tap Save
Using the Timer
The brew form includes a built-in timer:
- Tap Start Brew (or Open Extraction for espresso)
- A full-screen timer overlay appears
- For pour over: tap Mark Bloom after your bloom phase
- Tap Done when finished
- The brew time is automatically recorded
When a scale is connected, the timer overlay also shows:
- Live weight reading
- Real-time flow rate
- Weight-over-time chart
iPad Landscape Layout
On iPad in landscape orientation with a scale connected, the timer overlay uses a two-column layout:
| Left Column | Right Column |
|---|---|
| Scale weight & tare | Flow rate display |
| Large timer display | Flow rate chart |
| Timer controls | Weight-over-time chart |
| Mark Bloom / Done |
This layout provides more space for the live charts while keeping timer controls easily accessible.
Scale Integration
If you have a paired Bluetooth scale, the brew form shows:
- Scale Connection Banner: Current weight and stability
- Capture Buttons: Tap to capture the current weight into a field
- Scale Timer: Uses the scale’s built-in timer when available
See Scale Integration for more details.
Brew Ratios
The app automatically calculates your brew ratio:
| Style | Calculation | Typical Range |
|---|---|---|
| Manual | Water ÷ Coffee | 1:12 to 1:17 |
| Espresso | Yield ÷ Dose | 1:2 to 1:2.5 |
Weight Deduction
When you save a home brew:
- The coffee weight is deducted from your bean inventory
- If the bean is depleted, you’ll be prompted to archive it. This will use your recent brew ratings to suggest a bean rating
Deleting a brew restores the weight to the bean.
Repeat Brew
Easily recreate a previous brew with the same parameters.
How to Repeat
There are three ways to repeat a brew:
- Swipe right on a home brew in the list
- Long-press a brew and select Repeat from the context menu
- Tap the menu in a brew’s detail view and select Repeat Brew
What Gets Copied
| Copied | Not Copied |
|---|---|
| Coffee bean | Timestamp (set to now) |
| Brewing style | Rating |
| Brew method | Notes |
| Coffee weight (dose) | |
| Water weight / Yield | |
| Grind size | |
| Water temperature | |
| Equipment | |
| Pressure (espresso) | |
| Pre-infusion time (espresso) |
Reference Line (Scale Mode)
When repeating a brew that has scale data, the timer overlay displays the previous brew’s weight curve as a reference:
- Dotted gray line showing the original weight progression
- Helps you match timing and pour rate
- Axes auto-scale to fit both curves
This is useful for dialing in a recipe and maintaining consistency across brews.
Filtering Brews
The brew list supports filtering by:
| Filter | Description |
|---|---|
| Type | All, Home, or Cafe brews |
| Style | Filter, espresso, or both |
| Roaster | Brews using beans from a specific roaster |
| Brew method | Filter by brew method |
| Variety | Filter by coffee variety |
| Processing | Filter by processing method |
| Rating | Hide brews below a certain rating |
| Date | Apply a date filter |
| Show Archived | Include brews from archived beans |
Brew Details
Tap any brew to view its full details:
- Photo (if attached)
- Rating and date
- All brewing parameters
- Brew profile chart (if scale data was recorded)
- Notes and extraction feedback
- Method and equipment used
Brew Profile Chart
For brews with scale data, you’ll see a weight-over-time chart showing:
- Weight progression throughout the brew
- Flow rate overlay
- Pre-infusion marker (espresso only)
- Peak flow rate indicator
Logging a Cafe Brew
With Cafe Brew you can add a photo, the name of the cafe and the location. For the coffee style, choose from common styles:
- Pour Over
- Espresso
- Cappuccino
- Latte
- Flat White
- Americano
- Macchiato
- Cortado
- Mocha
- Cold Brew
- French Press
- AeroPress
- Chemex
- Siphon
- Moka Pot
- Turkish Coffee
- Other (custom)
The location can be viewed on a map, together with the rating. Tap the map preview to open a full-screen interactive map with “Open in Maps” and “Directions” buttons.
All Cafes Map
When you have cafe brews with location data, a Map button appears in the cafe brew list toolbar. The all-cafes map shows:
- All visited cafes with markers on a single map
- Cafes with multiple visits are clustered with a visit count badge
- Average rating displayed below each marker
- Fit All button to zoom out and show all cafes
- Tap a marker to see details: cafe name, visit count, average rating, and recent visits
- “Open in Maps” and “Get Directions” buttons from the detail sheet
Context Menu
Long-press a home brew to access:
- Repeat - Create a new brew with the same parameters
- Rate - Open the rating sheet
- Compare - Compare with another brew
- Share as Image - Share the brew details as an image