Barista Lab: Coffee Recipes

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About this app

Barista Lab is your ultimate specialty coffee companion — the best app for home baristas looking to perfect every cup, manage their coffee bean inventory, and brew with precision.

Whether you brew pour over coffee, espresso, french press, or cold brew, Barista Lab gives you the recipes, timer, and tools to make great coffee every time.

☕ BREWING RECIPES & GUIDED TIMER
Follow step-by-step coffee recipes for Hario V60, Chemex, Aeropress, Espresso, Moka Pot, Cold Brew, French Press, Siphon, and 11+ additional manual brewing methods. Each recipe includes precise coffee-to-water ratios, water temperature, grind size recommendations, and tasting notes. The built-in brew timer guides you through every pour and bloom stage with visual progress tracking.

⚖️ COFFEE RATIO CALCULATOR & SCALABLE RECIPES
Adjust your coffee dose and Barista Lab automatically recalculates water volume, pour weights, and timing for each step — a built-in coffee ratio calculator for dialing in your ideal strength.

📷 AI-POWERED COFFEE BEAN SCANNER
Snap a photo of any coffee bag label and our AI scanner instantly extracts origin, variety, process, altitude, roaster, tasting notes, and SCA score. Photos are automatically saved alongside the bean for visual reference.

🎯 ESPRESSO DIAL-IN ASSISTANT
Calibrate your espresso with the dial-in assistant. Log dose, yield, extraction time, and taste feedback. Get diagnostics and adjustment recommendations for each shot — perfect for home espresso beginners and experienced baristas alike.

☕ COFFEE BEAN INVENTORY & JOURNAL
Log every specialty coffee bag you buy. Save roaster, country and region of origin, variety, processing method, altitude, and tasting notes. Add photos from camera or gallery. Link beans to your favorite recipes and grind settings — your personal coffee journal.

⚙️ GRINDER CATALOG & GRIND SIZE GUIDE
Browse a comprehensive grinder catalog with 80+ brands and 1700+ settings (1Zpresso, Comandante, Mahlkönig, Niche, Baratza, and more). Save your preferred grinder and log the exact grind setting for each recipe and bean — a grind chart always in your pocket.

📚 COFFEE KNOWLEDGE BASE & FLAVOR WHEEL
Explore an encyclopedia of coffee origins with 170+ producing regions, bean varieties, processing methods, and SCA flavor wheel descriptors. Learn the science behind third wave specialty coffee.

🔄 EXPORT, IMPORT & SHARE RECIPES
Share your coffee recipes with friends or create backups. Copy, export, and import recipes between devices with ease.

👤 WHO IS BARISTA LAB FOR?
• Home baristas perfecting their V60 or Chemex pour over technique
• Espresso enthusiasts dialing in shots and tracking extractions
• Coffee lovers building a log of every specialty bag they try
• Beginners learning about coffee origins, varieties, and grind sizes
• Anyone who wants a coffee timer, recipe guide, and bean tracker in one app

Download Barista Lab and turn your kitchen into a coffee lab.