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A coffee app for curious people

Coffee, from the plant to the cup.

Explore where coffee grows, see what roasting changes, learn every brewing method by doing it, and find the words for what you taste. Your daily cup, understood.

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  • Google Play

Coming soon to iPhone and Android · Explore without an account

Thursday, the quiet hourWelcome in.Everything on the counter opens a part of the coffee world.
Today’s coffeeKochere, washedJasmineLemonHoney
Watercolour of a small cafe front with The Quiet Hour on its sign, olive green panels, warm light in the windows and a bicycle resting outside

Come in, slow down

A corner café in your pocket

Unhurried lessons, honest brewing guides and a quiet place to note what you taste. Open whenever you are.

Learn

Everything between the tree and your table

Seven areas of the library, from origins and processing to famous coffees and why some cost so much. Each one ends in something you can brew.

  1. 01

    Grow

    Species, varieties and the farms that grow them.

  2. 02

    Origins

    Countries, regions and why altitude matters.

  3. 03

    Roast

    What happens to a bean from green to dark.

  4. 04

    Roasters

    Who roasts your coffee, and how they think.

  5. 05

    Choose

    Read a bag and pick beans you will love.

  6. 06

    Taste

    Put words to what is in your cup.

Inside the app

  1. 01

    Home

    An illustrated counter where every object opens something: the bag, the grinder, the kettle, the cup, the view out of the window.

  2. 02

    Learn

    Origins, processing, roasting, roasters, tasting, choosing beans and famous coffees, each page built for its subject.

  3. 03

    Brew

    Every major method with recipes, technique practice and a guided timer that keeps your hands free.

  4. 04

    My Coffee

    Saved coffees and recipes, your tasting notes and everything you have learned so far.

Map of the coffee belt around East Africa and Arabia, with origins marked
EthiopiaAltitude 1,500–2,200 m · harvest Oct–Jan · washed and natural

Coffee Atlas

Travel the coffee belt

Drag along the band between the tropics and tap a pin. Each country opens its altitude, harvest season, processing styles, growing regions and coffees to try. Prefer lists? Every origin is one tap away in list view.

  • 13 origins to start, with more as the library grows
  • Regions, varieties and farms where the information is reliable
  • Links straight to lessons and brewing
  • Green
  • Drying
  • Browning
  • First crack
  • Medium
  • Dark

Roast Playground

Watch one bean roast

Scrub from green to dark and see colour, size and sheen change through drying, browning, first crack and beyond. Flavour tendencies, freshness and brewing advice update as you go.

Roast is one ingredient, not the whole recipe. Origin, variety, process and your brewing shape the cup too.

Scale45 gbloom · 32 s

Brew

Practise the pour before you pour

Hold to pour into a practice dripper, watch the bloom rise, and get gentle feedback if you overshoot. When you are ready, a guided timer walks you through the real thing, including Tetsu Kasuya’s 4:6 method with pours you can tune.

  • Pour-over (V60)
  • AeroPress
  • French press
  • Espresso
  • Moka pot
  • Chemex
  • Clever Dripper
  • Cold brew
  • Turkish coffee
  • Siphon
  • Kalita Wave
FruityFloralSweetNuttySpiceRoastedEarthySourStart here

Tasting wheel

Find the word on the tip of your tongue

Start broad, then zoom in: fruity, then berry, then blackcurrant. Each of the 68 words comes with a plain definition and something from your kitchen to compare it with.

  • Save impressions against a coffee and a brew
  • A text list for anyone who prefers it to the wheel

Choosing coffee

Not sure which bag to buy?

Answer up to five questions about how you brew and what you like. Skip any of them. Every suggestion explains why it might suit you.

Find your coffee

Questions

Good to know

More answers on the support page.

Do I need an account?

No. You can read, explore the Atlas, use the tasting wheel and brew without signing in. An account only syncs your notes across devices.

I am new to coffee. Is it for me?

Yes. Every lesson starts from the basics, and the hands-on practice (pouring, roasting, tasting) lets you learn by doing instead of memorising.

Which brewing methods are covered?

Pour-over, AeroPress, French press, espresso, moka pot, Chemex, Clever Dripper, cold brew, Turkish coffee and siphon, each with recipes, a technique guide and troubleshooting.

Does it work offline?

Saved recipes, coffees and downloaded lessons work without a connection, and the brewing timer never needs one.

Make tomorrow’s cup the one you understand.

  • App Store
  • Google Play

Coming soon to iPhone and Android · Explore without an account