Coffee guides for better beans and better cups

Plain-English coffee advice for choosing, brewing, and enjoying coffee.

Why I Built Beanly: A Personal Coffee Guide for Finding Coffee You’ll Love

Why I built Beanly, an iPhone coffee app that scans coffee bags, learns what you like, and helps you find a better-fitting bag next time.

Learn how Beanly scans a coffee bag, compares it with your taste profile, and improves personal coffee Matches as you rate more coffees.

Learn how to choose coffee based on roast level, flavor notes, and personal taste so you can find coffee you actually enjoy.

Learn the difference between light, medium, and dark roast coffee so you can choose the right roast for your taste.

Coffee tasting notes like chocolate, berry, citrus, and caramel can be confusing. Here is what they actually mean.

New to coffee? Learn what to look for on a coffee bag, including roast level, flavor notes, origin, freshness, and grind type.

Bitter coffee can come from roast level, grind size, brew time, water temperature, or stale beans. Here is how to fix it.

Use a simple coffee-to-water ratio to measure coffee for one cup, a full pot, or any brewer, then adjust it to match your taste.

Learn which coffee grind size works for French press, drip, pour-over, AeroPress, moka pot, espresso, and cold brew.

Keep coffee fresher by protecting beans from air, moisture, heat, and light. Learn when the pantry or freezer makes sense.

Compare cold brew and iced coffee by brewing method, flavor, time, and strength, with an easy way to make each drink at home.

Sour coffee often points to under-extraction, a coarse grind, short brew time, or cool water. Learn which adjustment to try first.

Learn how to clean a coffee maker, remove old coffee oils, descale mineral buildup, and avoid the residue that can spoil a fresh brew.