Every aspect of home coffee roasting, from green bean to brewed cup.
Every aspect of home coffee roasting, from green bean to brewed cup.
Pick your approach in the welcome flow or Settings — your data never changes, only what's on screen. Stay with the approach that fits you, or switch any time to try a different one.
“I roast by smell, sight, and sound. I want to enjoy it — not babysit an app.”
The Craft roaster works the oldest way there is: reading the beans, not a screen. You follow the color as it turns, the smell as it sweetens, and the sound of first crack, trusting your senses to tell you where the roast is. Numbers feel like a distraction — what matters is the ritual, the batch in front of you, and a cup you're proud of. The Craft view stays out of the way: a starting recipe for your machine, a few simple live cues, and a record of what you did so a roast you loved is one you can repeat.
“I know what I should do. I want to get better at knowing how to do it.”
The Journey roaster knows the milestones and wants the map between them. You're curious about why one batch sang and the next fell flat — roast phases, development time, what the cup is telling you — and you want guidance you can learn from, not just data to stare at. The Journey view pairs every roast with plain-language coaching: a guided plan going in, feedback as the roast unfolds, and cupping that turns "I think I like it" into notes you can act on next batch.
“I want every data point, my own recipes, and a profile that reacts to what's actually happening in the roaster.”
The Science roaster treats every batch as an experiment. You want Rate of Rise on screen, development-time ratio to the second, and the quiet variables — room temperature, humidity, line voltage, bean density — folded into the plan instead of ignored. Suggestions are welcome; decisions are yours. The Science view puts every metric, chart, and cupping form on screen live, and lets you author your own recipes prompt-by-prompt.
Every roast earns a score on a 100-point scale — graded against your targets, not someone else's ideal.
The score weighs how the roast actually went — roast level versus target, development time ratio, rate of rise, weight loss, and evenness — and adapts to how you roast, so hand-loggers and air-roasters get fair feedback too. Set per-coffee roast targets and consistency tolerances, and the score grades against your numbers.
Work the other direction: tell it your bean, your roaster, and the cup you're after, and it plans a starting profile built to score well. Moisture or density readings add precision — totally optional.
After first crack, a drop window anchored to your actual crack time counts down on screen in both roasting modes — so you drop in the zone instead of guessing.
Each score comes with per-metric target ranges and a plain-English "where to focus" read-out. The Reporting module tracks your quality trend over time, with a deep view into any single roast.
The roast you loved shouldn't be a one-off. Save it, name it, run it again.
Save any roast as a recipe scoped to your roaster — heat, fan, timing, and dose — then run it again with one tap. Recipes grow into a library you refine as you learn what works, and you can start a new roast from any past roast or favorite.
Give each bean its own roast targets and consistency tolerances. Quick Roast starts where you like it, and the Roast Quality Score grades against your numbers.
Mark up to two favorite roast levels per bean — the levels you actually drink — and the app defaults to them every time you roast that coffee.
Recipes are tied to the machine they were built on, so a Fresh Roast recipe never masquerades as a Behmor one. Every profile speaks your roaster's controls.
Coming soon: import your history from Artisan (.alog), RoasTime, Cropster & any CSV — curves and milestones intact, auto-matched to your inventory. Included with Home when it lands.
Real examples of the choices and pages you'll use. Watch each flow auto-advance, or click the indicators to navigate.
Adaptive profiles generated for your specific equipment. Not a generic "one size fits all."
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