Coffee journal & coach
A journal for every bag.
A coach for every shot.
Scan the label and bean files the coffee in its own colour. Rate each cup, keep every bag in a journal, and let the coach tell you what to change on the next shot.
Free on iPhone.
bean+ is £29 a year.
Ethiopia · Natural
Guji Hambela
Ethiopia · Light
Halo Beriti
How it works
Point it at the bag.
bean reads the rest.
No copying tasting notes off the side of a bag. bean reads the label, fills in what it found and gives the coffee its colour.
Scan the label
Point the camera at the bag. bean reads the origin, process and roast date in a few seconds.
Check what it found
Fix anything it misread. The process picks the bag’s colour, and the colour follows it everywhere.
Rate the cup
Stars, a taste and a line of notes. Ten seconds once the cup’s finished.
Keep the journal
Every cup lands on a calendar, stamped in its bag’s colour.
Coach · bean+
Sour and fast?
Go finer.
Log a shot’s dose, yield and time. The coach checks it against the window you’re aiming for and tells you which way to turn the grinder, and how far.
Last shot · Guji Hambela
Two steps finer.
It ran six seconds under the window and tasted sour. A finer grind slows the shot down and brings the sweetness back.
Recent shots · target 28–32 s
Speaks your grinder.
Over forty home grinders, hand and electric, so the call is “two clicks finer”, not “a bit finer”.
Your palate · bean+
You like naturals.
Now you know why.
After three bags, bean shows what you score above your own average, by process and origin, and names the kind of coffee to try next.
By process
Naturals score half a star above your average.
Stars against your own average, from 11 bags.
Journal · free
Every cup, stamped.
In its bag’s colour.
Each cup goes on a month calendar as a star in its bag’s colour, so a month of coffee reads at a glance. Free, for good.
October
14 cups · each star is a cupThis week
Guji Hambela
“Chocolate all the way down”
4.0
Kiamabara AA
“Blackcurrant, really juicy”
5.0
Kiamabara AA
“Too sharp as espresso”
3.0
Finca Sophia
“Strawberry jam, boozy finish”
4.5
Guji Hambela
“Blueberry, a bit muddy”
3.5
Pricing
Free logs it.
bean+ tells you what it means.
Free
The journal, for good.
£0 forever
- Scan any bag
- Rate every cup
- The star-calendar journal
- Log every shot
bean+
The coach, and what your cups mean.
£29 / year
- Everything in Free
- The coach: which way to turn the grinder
- Your palate, by process and origin
- A verdict on every bag
- Your next bag, from your own leans
bean+ will be a yearly subscription in the app. Logging is always free.
FAQ
Questions,
answered.
Does it work with any coffee?
Any bag with a label. bean reads specialty labels best; if it can’t read yours, type the details in. It takes a minute.
What does the coach actually do?
It reads your last shot, dose, yield and time, against the window you’re aiming for, and tells you which way to turn your grinder and roughly how far. When the time is right, it goes by how the shot tasted.
What’s in bean+?
The coach, your palate by process and origin, a verdict on each bag and a suggestion for your next one. Logging coffees, cups and shots is always free.
Which grinders does it know?
Over forty home grinders, hand and electric, so it can say “two clicks finer” instead of “a bit finer”. If yours isn’t listed, type it in.
Where is my journal kept?
On your iPhone. Your account lives with our backend, and shots are only shared if you say yes. The privacy policy has the details.
Is there an Android version?
Not yet. bean is iPhone only for now.
Your first bag is waiting.
Scan it.
Free on iPhone. Join the beta and put the bag you’re drinking on the shelf.
Ethiopia · Natural
Guji Hambela
Kenya · Washed
Kiamabara AA
Colombia · Honey
El Paraíso
Panama · Anaerobic
Finca Sophia
Ethiopia · Light
Halo Beriti