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No. 009On Github (Live on iOS soon!)

Next Cup

A brew journal for your Next Cup

How dialing in works Source on GitHub
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The Brew tab in the dark look: Explore by method with the cone, flat-bed and switchable drippers, and your recipes below with a photo of a pour-over

Journal

Every cup, written down.

Coffee people keep notebooks. Next Cup is the notebook.

The Journal in the dark look: a cone dripper brew under Past Brews with its dose, water, ratio and bean, and two Unsaved Brews waiting to be finished

Brew

Start brewing.

Pick a brew method, from a cone dripper or AeroPress, and find a recipe (or build your own!).

The timer walks you through every pour, with quiet café jazz or piano playing in the background.

Ships with 48 recipes, including many methods made popular by baristas and roasters.

The brew timer in the dark look: a countdown ring at 0:41 until the next step, Pour to 45 g, the next step Pour to 150 g, music playing at the top and a Pause button

Taste

Brew away.

Take notes in the journal. Have AI review it and improve it. Simple.

The brew timer when the brew is done in the dark look: Brew finished at 3:26, all four steps done, Rate it after this cup, or while you sip, with Rate after this cup and Rate while sippin’ buttons finer. trust me.

Beans

Beans, beans, beans.

Adding a bag is quick. Scan its barcode, or snap a photo of the label and let AI fill in the form. You check everything before it saves. Easy.

The Beans list in the dark look: Monarch, Kenya Rukira, Hair Bender and Counter Culture 46 as rounded cards, each with its roaster, origin, days since roast, grams left and best grade

Explore

What should I brew next?

Explore looks at the beans you have and suggests a brewer and starting recipe for each, then sharpens it as you grade similar brews.

Browse a small catalog of roasters and their coffees, find roasters near you with Apple Maps, or wander the flavor explorer: origins, processes and tasting words, all tied together.

Explore in the dark look under For your next cup: two starting recipes for a dark roast called Southern Weather on the switchable immersion dripper, each with dose, water, temperature and time

AI, if you want it

Your key, your call.

Next Cup works fully offline with no AI at all. If you want help reading a bag, a handwritten journal page or a puzzling brew, bring your own OpenAI or Anthropic key, or use Apple’s on-device model where Apple Intelligence is available.

  • NeverAccounts, sign ups or subscriptions
  • NeverAds, analytics or social feeds
  • NeverChanges your recipe without a tap
  • YesExport everything as CSV or JSON

No. 009 · Next Cup · Updated 2 November 2026

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