Independent product / Coffee journal
Remember the brew.
Repeat the good part.
A focused coffee journal that connects beans, equipment, and brew history to the next cup.
- Context
- taplabs
- Contribution
- Product · Design · Development
- Scope
- iPhone
Nine Bar
A focused coffee journal that connects beans, equipment, and brew history to the next cup.
01 / The starting point
A journal that becomes useful over time
Recording a brew is only the first step. The more useful questions are practical: which beans are on hand, whether they are ready to brew, and what worked with this bag last time.
02 / A key decision
Organize around the coffee you have
The bean library separates In Stock, Wishlist, and Finished. Freshness indicators use roast date and roast level to provide context, while search and filtering help a growing library stay manageable.
03 / Connecting the experience
Make repeating a good brew easier
The Log Again card brings the last brew and its repeat action together. Drinks You’ve Made uses actual brew history to describe how a bean has been used, rather than asking people to maintain another set of labels.
04 / Refining the workflow
Ask questions in the order people think
Equipment setup starts with the brewing method, then narrows the equipment type. Brew forms adapt to context: an iced drink does not need a milk-temperature field. These decisions keep routine logging focused.
05 / What shipped
A more connected journal
Version 1.1 introduced these refinements alongside Nine Bar Pro. The result is a product that increasingly connects the information someone records, rather than simply collecting more of it.
Product decisions summarized from the published Nine Bar 1.1 release story. Source ↗