For people who never buy the same bag twice

The recipeat home. The café on the go.

Scan your bag. Cupd writes the recipe for your grinder and walks you through every step.

Free in your browser and in the iPhone beta. With an account, 4 bag scans and 12 recipes or questions every month. Cafés and coffees shown are examples.

See ahead of time what a café brews with and which beans are in the Hopper.

✕Your suggestion
Colombia Huila · The Barn · V60
WHY THIS RECIPEWashed Pink Bourbon at day 24 wants a touch finer than your last Huila. 24 clicks on your C40 and 93 °C keep the stone fruit bright without turning sharp.
DOSE15 g
WATER250 ml
TEMP93 °C
GRIND24 clicks
RATIO1:16.7
TOTAL3:00
FILTER PAPERV60 paper, bleached
STEPS
0:00Bloom with 45 g
0:35Pour to 150 g
1:15Pour to 250 g
2:00Swirl, let it draw down
Save to Stash
AdjustSuggest another
✕STEP PROGRESS
STEP 2 OF 4
0:28LEFT IN THIS STEP
Pour to 150 g
0:35 · 1:15 · 150 g
❙❙ Pause
Hold to finish early
City, street or country…
AllCafésRoasters
92 %87 %79 %74 %68 %
TellerrandKreuzberg · 0,6 km
92%MATCH
RouteView Café
Brewing
V60 · Kalita Wave · Batch Brew
Spotted in the Hopper
Five Elephant 🇩🇪Seen today
Verified
Why Cupd exists

I try new coffees all the time. That's why Cupd exists.

Every bag dials in differently. The roaster's recipe is a great place to start, and I like to try others too, for every method I brew with at home.

At a café, I wanted to know beforehand what they brew with and which beans are on, with roaster and country. That was missing. So I built Cupd.

MaximilianFounder of Cupd · Berlin

A day with one bag
07:30At home

Point the camera at the bag.

Cupd reads the label: roaster, origin, variety, process, roast date. Whatever the catalog already knows gets filled in.

A recipe for exactly these beans.

The grind is in your grinder's own setting, the filter paper is yours, and the recipe tells you why it looks the way it does.

It knows your setupComandante C40 · clicksV60 · paper, bleachedAeroPress

Guided Brew calls every step.

Bloom, pours, drawdown: the timer keeps the times, you keep the kettle. Afterwards you say how the cup was.

Too sour? Ask.

“Ask about this bag” uses your setup and your last five brews and tells you what to change next.

Every coffee you've had.

The Stash keeps every bag you scan and every coffee you save from a café's Hopper. “Your Journey” shows where your taste is moving.

The café on the go.

The roasters in your Stash count in Taste Match whenever Cupd knows them. So you see which café is pouring coffee that fits you right now.

Example data
‹Add coffee
SCANNED
Label read. Fields filled in.Reading the label · Spotting the roaster · Matching the flavor notes
Already in the cataloglogged by 12 · fill in what you left blankFill in
ROASTERThe Barn✓ IN CUPD
COFFEEColombia Huila
ORIGINColombia
VARIETYPink Bourbon
PROCESSWashed
ROASTED2026-08-12DAY 24
FLAVOR NOTES · UP TO 5
Stone fruitHoneyBlack teaFloral
Save
✕Your suggestion
Colombia Huila · The Barn · V60
WHY THIS RECIPEWashed Pink Bourbon at day 24 wants a touch finer than your last Huila. 24 clicks on your C40 and 93 °C keep the stone fruit bright without turning sharp.
DOSE15 g
WATER250 ml
TEMP93 °C
GRIND24 clicks
RATIO1:16.7
TOTAL3:00
FILTER PAPERV60 paper, bleached
STEPS
0:00Bloom with 45 g
0:35Pour to 150 g
1:15Pour to 250 g
2:00Swirl, let it draw down
Save to Stash
AdjustSuggest another
✕STEP PROGRESS
STEP 2 OF 4
0:28LEFT IN THIS STEP
Pour to 150 g
0:35 · 1:15 · 150 g
❙❙ Pause
Hold to finish early
AI Brew AssistantAsk about this bag
✕
Colombia Huila · The Barn · V60
Where do I start with this bag? Why does it taste sour? Is this bag still fresh?
Why does it taste sour?

With light roasts, sour usually means under-extracted. At day 24 the bag has degassed well, so freshness isn't the issue.

Next cupTwo clicks finer: 22 instead of 24. Keep 93 °C.
Suggested recipe
22 clicks93 °C15 g250 ml
Save as new recipe
Ask anything about this bag
Uses your setup and your last 5 brews.
M
Brew Lab
NowThe Stash
My coffees
Search beans or roasters
Open bags only · 6 of 8Show all
Tim WendelboeKenya NyeriNewDay 5
The BarnColombia HuilaPeak
Coffee CollectiveEthiopia GujiPeak
FriedhatsRwanda HuyePast peak ·28 g
F Five ElephantBrazil Mogiana
Drop CoffeeHonduras Santa BárbaraPast peak
Home Explore Brew Lab Favorites
‹TASTE MATCH
Tellerrand
92%
STRONG MATCH
BREAKDOWN
Roasters93 %
Processing100 %
Brewing Methods95 %
Origin88 %
Flavor Notes81 %
When you're out

You decide what's right for you.

Cupd shows you which roasters cafés pour and how they brew, and measures every café against your taste. Stars are a side note.

In the appExplore or map›Tap a café›Café page

  1. 1

    Spotted in the Hopper

    Which roasters the café is pouring right now, with origin and process. Tap one to see the beans.

  2. 2

    Add a roaster

    See a bag that isn't listed yet? Report it and you get three points. Confirm someone else's find for two more.

BERLIN · KREUZBERG · 0.6 KM
Tellerrand
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Spotted in the Hopper
The beans running here right now
F
Five Elephant🇩🇪
Filter coffeeToday
Ethiopia · Washed
L
La Cabra🇩🇰
Espresso2d ago
Colombia · Washed
D
DAK🇳🇱
Regular roaster5d ago
Kenya · Natural
Add a roaster
The Setup
What's on right now
Brew Bar
V60Owner
Kalita Wave · Batch Brew  +1 more
92%MATCH
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  1. 3

    The Setup · Brew Bar

    What the café brews with, from V60 to batch brew. The café adds it, guests fill in the rest.

  2. 4

    Taste Match

    With an account you see how well the café fits your taste right now: Roasters, Processing, Brewing Methods, Origin and Flavor Notes.

Example. The café is made up, the roasters are real.
My Palate · Taste Match

Five things decideif a café fits.

My Palate holds everything Taste Match weighs, and it's the only source you control. Change anything here, and every café's score updates: one honest number, every dimension one tap away.

RoastersProcessingBrewing MethodsOriginFlavor Notes
My palate
ROAST DNAConfident
48%Bright & Clean
42% Clean & Balanced · 10% Deep & Comforting
FLAVOR NOTES4 notes
Chocolate, Caramel, Honey, Brown Sugar
PROCESSING
Washed
ORIGIN4/5
🇨🇴🇵🇦🇨🇷🇸🇻
MY ROASTERSRanked
1Tim Wendelboe
2The Barn
3Coffee Collective
DRINKS
Espresso, Filter / Pour Over
BREWING METHODS
V60, AeroPress
+1 more
COFFEE LEVEL
Getting Nerdy
My Roasters

Ranked. The ones you pin up top count more toward your match.

1Tim Wendelboe
2The Barn
3Coffee Collective

Hold & drag to reorder · #1 = most important

+Add Roaster
3 roastersDone
Brewing Methods

Your gear, ranked. The one on top counts most in your Taste Match.

1V60
2AeroPress
3Chemex
4Moka Pot
Kalita WaveOrigamiSiphonBatch BrewEspressoFrench PressMoka Pot
3 selectedDone
Taste
Pick your Flavor Notes, Processing and Origin.

Your Flavor Notes and Processing shape your Roast DNA.

Roasters
Choose your favorite roasters yourself, and rank them.

The ones you pin up top count more toward your match.

Brewing Methods
Add the gear you brew with, and rank it.

The one on top counts most in your Taste Match.

Brew guides · free in your browser

Six recipes.A timer for each.

You don't need the app to start. Pick a method, set the amount, and the timer calls each step when it's due.

All brew guides
Waitlist · iOS · Europe

Order ahead. We're still brewing.

Give us your name and save your spot. We'll call it out the moment Cupd lands in the App Store.

One email when we open, plus your TestFlight invite if you asked. No newsletter. See the privacy policy.

Rather not wait? Cupd already runs in any browser.Until then: Cupd already runs in any browser.

Open the web app

Run a café or roastery? Claim it or apply

Build your palate in ninety seconds.

Your first match is close by.

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How Cupd works

Questions we actually get asked.

What is Cupd?

Cupd is a specialty coffee app from Berlin for people who keep trying new coffees. At home it turns your bag into a recipe for your grinder and walks you through the brew step by step. When you're out, it shows you which cafés are pouring coffee that fits your taste right now. It runs in your browser today at my.cupd.app. You can look around without an account; scanning and recipes need one. The iPhone app is in a private beta. Join the waitlist and you'll hear from us when it opens.

How does Taste Match work?

Taste Match scores every café against five weighted dimensions of your palate: Roasters (31 %), Processing (21 %), Brewing Methods (17 %), Origin (17 %) and Flavor Notes (14 %). Four of the five read the beans a café actually has in the hopper right now, so the score moves when the coffee does. Your drinks decide which of those beans count for you.

Does Cupd cost anything?

For coffee drinkers Cupd is free. The AI features come with a monthly allowance: with an account you get 4 bag scans and 12 recipe suggestions or questions each month, renewed on the 1st. Per coffee you can keep up to 3 AI recipes and adjust them with AI up to 3 times. Recipes you have saved you can brew as often as you like. For cafés every feature is free during the test phase, and sponsored placements are available on request. They are clearly labelled, sit beside the organic list and never touch your Taste Match ranking.

How can I make my Taste Match better?

Report what you see: the bag on the shelf, the machine or the grinder behind the counter. Logged into the hopper in a few taps, and you get three points on the spot. Two more whenever you confirm someone else's find. Once a second guest reports the same bag, it starts counting toward the Taste Match and earns you seven more.

What is the Brew Lab?

Scan the bag on your counter and the Brew Lab turns it into a recipe tuned to your grinder and gear. Guided Brew then walks you through it step by step with a timer, so the good cup is repeatable instead of lucky. Want a taste now? The free brew guides on this site come with a step timer that runs in your browser.

What is specialty coffee?

Coffee that scores at least 80 of 100 points when trained tasters cup it under the rules of the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA), with no major defects in the green beans: traceable, processed with care and roasted so you can taste where it comes from. In a specialty café you taste fruit, florals or chocolate instead of plain bitterness, and the menu often names the roaster and the farm.

How is Cupd different from other coffee apps?

Most coffee apps do one of two things: recipes for home, or a list of cafés with stars. Cupd connects them. The bag you scan at home lands in your Stash, and its roaster counts in Taste Match when Cupd suggests cafés while you're out, as long as Cupd knows the roaster. So instead of “good café, 4.6 stars” you get “this café fits you 92 % right now”. There is no subscription, and in the browser Cupd runs without an install.

Where can I use Cupd?

Cupd runs in any browser at my.cupd.app, so on Android phones and laptops too, and on iPhone in a private beta. Brew Lab works wherever you brew. The cafés started in Berlin; today the app lists 1,471 specialty cafés in 350 cities, most of them in Europe, North America and Japan, and 11 cities have a page of their own. Matches everywhere get more precise as cafés claim their profiles and guests report what's in the Hopper.

Questions or bugs? We read every message ourselves.

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