Chasing the perfect cup
Good coffee.
Worth remembering.
A specialty coffee community and a personal brew journal. Discover roasters and varieties you love, record and tweak recipes to chase the perfect cup.
Public catalogue liveWebsite in beta · Browse only
The community catalogue is open to everyone. This beta website is browse-only; accounts and personal journals are available in the iPhone app.
70 brews logged
28 coffees to discover
Member journals and the published catalogue · Verified 28 Oct 2026
Morning pour-over
Washed Ethiopian coffee · Filter
- Coffee
- 15 g
- Water
- 250 g
- Brew time
- 3:10
- Bergamot
- Apricot
- Honey
“A little finer today. Sweeter finish, with the same bright citrus.”
A whole world behind your cup
Start with a little discovery.
Explore a growing catalogue with 149 discoveries and counting.
Coffees
Find your next bag. Explore origins, processes and tasting notes.
Roasters
Get to know the people bringing each coffee to life.
Farms & producers
Follow a coffee back to the people and places that grow it.
Cafés
Discover places to stop for a good cup.
Recipes
Explore brew methods and step-by-step pour schedules.
Gear
Explore the brewers, grinders and tools behind the cup.
Built from community contributions, with catalogue submissions reviewed before publication. Explore farms
Your coffee, with a little more context
Turn “that was good”
into reproducible success.
A great cup is a collection of small decisions. Your journal connects the coffee in your cupboard with the recipe, the brew and what you actually tasted.
iPhone appCreate an account or sign in through the iPhone app. Website account access is not available yet.
- 01
Know what’s in your cupboard.
Keep track of your coffees, roast dates and open bags. See your remaining coffee update as you brew.
- 02
Keep the useful details.
Record dose, water, grind, temperature and time. Save recipes and pour schedules you can return to and refine.
- 03
Find the words for what you taste.
Add ratings and tasting notes with a shared vocabulary. Build a history of what worked, and what you’d change next time.
Roadmap
Exploring brew recommendations.
We may introduce brew recommendations in the future. If introduced, selected coffee details, brewing measurements, methods, equipment, sensory scores and tasting descriptors could help suggest adjustments. Individual logs will not be shown to others. Contributing is optional; opting out will not affect access to features available to your account. We will tell you before this use starts.
Before your first cup
A few good questions.
Can I explore without an account?
Yes. The public catalogue of coffees, roasters, producers, farms, cafés, recipes and gear is open to browse. Start with the coffees.
How do I start a personal journal?
Use the iPhone app to create an account or sign in and keep your personal journal. This beta website is for public browsing only. Learn about the iPhone app.
Is Cup & Dial available on iPhone?
Account creation and sign-in are available through the iPhone app. The App Store link will appear here when the app is available. You can explore the community catalogue in your browser today.
Follow your curiosity