The James Hoffmann V60
A 2:1 bloom, two main pours, and a gentle stir-and-swirl finish. The benchmark to come back to whenever you change beans.
Coffee30 g
Water500 g
Ratio1:16.7
Built for iPhone & Apple Watch
Brew better coffee, every single time.
21 expert recipes across 7 brew methods — V60, AeroPress, Chemex, French Press, Kalita Wave, Clever Dripper, and Espresso. Phase-by-phase guidance, on-device Apple Intelligence insights, and a Watch app that actually keeps up.
Why coffee people love it
The fundamentals, sweated.
Four pillars hold up every brew: a precise timer, an honest journal, on-device intelligence, and a wrist that's in sync with your kettle.
Phase-based timer
Bloom, pour, drawdown — each phase narrated with target weights and gentle haptics. Never lose your place mid-pour again.
Brew journal
Every brew auto-logged with method, ratio, temp, and time. Add a rating, a photo, and notes — export the whole thing to CSV whenever you like.
Apple Intelligence
On-device AI watches your patterns and suggests tweaks — once you've logged a few brews. Nothing leaves the phone. No accounts, no analytics.
Apple Watch
Full timer sync from the iPhone, Digital Crown for coffee weight, sound alerts with a mute toggle, complications, and offline brewing.
Seven methods · 21 expert recipes
From a quick V60 to a competition AeroPress.
Each method ships with three carefully chosen default recipes — including the world-famous ones that actually deserve the hype.
3 expert recipes
V60
Clean, bright, articulate. Hoffmann, Tetsu Kasuya 4:6, and a Quick V60.
3 recipes
AeroPress
Standard, Inverted, Competition.
3 recipes
Chemex
Classic, Quick, and an iced Japanese pour.
3 recipes
French Press
Traditional, Hoffmann no-plunge, Concentrated.
3 recipes
Kalita Wave
Standard, Quick, Strong.
3 recipes
Clever Dripper
Standard, Long Steep, Quick.
New · 3 expert recipes
Espresso
Standard double 18→36g, Ristretto 1:1.5, Lungo 1:3. Track yield and time.
See it in action
Watch it work.
Dial in your ratio, pour, and let the phased timer walk you through every step — with haptic nudges at each phase.
- Phase-by-phase guidance
- Haptic + audio cues
- Syncs to Apple Watch
Recipe spotlight
The recipes the rest of the internet keeps recommending — already loaded.
Three picks from the 21 defaults. Tap into the app for the full step-by-step.
Tetsu Kasuya 4:6
Authentic five pours: 50 g, 70 g, then 3× 60 g. Tune the first 40% for sweetness vs. acidity, the last 60% for strength.
Coffee20 g
Water300 g
Ratio1:15
Hoffmann French Press
Stir at four minutes, skim the crust, wait, then decant gently without pressing the plunger. Improbably clean for an immersion brew.
Coffee30 g
Water500 g
Ratio1:16.7
Bean library
Every bag, properly catalogued.
Track beans by roaster, origin, and process — washed, natural, honey, anaerobic, wet-hulled. Five roast levels, 29 flavor notes across six categories, and freshness tracking that knows the difference between resting, peak, good, and past prime.
- Purchase & roast date with peak-window indicators
- Snap a photo of the bag, or use the hand-drawn bean illustrations
- Linked to brews so you actually learn what you like
Grinder library
Click settings that follow you across methods.
Save your Comandante, Niche Zero, 1Zpresso — or anything else — by brand, type, burr, and size. Each grinder remembers separate click counts for filter and espresso, so you stop hunting for that scrap of paper next to the kettle.
- Manual or electric, conical / flat / blade
- Per-grinder espresso vs. filter click memory
- Recalled into every brew, attached to every journal entry
Apple Watch
A timer on your wrist that actually keeps up.
Rebuilt from scratch with a simplified architecture so it stays in lockstep with the kettle. Brew offline, glance at complications, and get sound alerts when a phase ends — with a mute button when the kitchen's quiet.
- Live timer sync from the iPhone
- Digital Crown for coffee weight
- Offline brewing without the phone
- Sound alerts with mute toggle
- Watch-face complications
- Brew history right on the wrist
A thoughtful coach. None of your data leaves the phone.
Apple Intelligence works through your brew journal once you've logged three brews — looking for patterns in your ratios, ratings, and notes, and offering specific tweaks. It runs entirely on device. There's no account, no analytics, no upload.
- Pattern analysis across your real brewing history
- Personalised tips tied to your tasting notes
- Recipe suggestions for the methods you actually use
- Glossary tooltips for bloom, drawdown, ratio, extraction, grind & temp
Brew journal
Every brew, automatically.
Date, method, recipe, weights, ratio, water temp, and brew time — all logged the moment you finish. Add a 1–5 star rating, mark the extraction (under, balanced, over), drop in tasting notes, attach a photo. Once you have a few brews on file, the AI starts to chime in.
- Streaks and weekly / monthly stats
- Time-of-day brewing patterns
- CSV export for spreadsheet enthusiasts
21
Expert recipes built in
7
Brew methods supported
100%
On-device, private
5
Languages: EN · DE · ES · FR · PL
Make the next cup the best one yet.
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