Brew Lab · Extraction Simulator

Turn the knobs, taste the cup.

Move the sliders to see how grind, temperature, ratio, time, and agitation push your coffee toward sour, sweet, or bitter. Pick a brewer to bring its shape and bypass behavior into the model too — bypass water skips the coffee bed and dilutes your cup, shown as the gap between the two dots on the chart.

Controls

Start from a method preset, then fine-tune.

Cone · Bypass 12%
Grind sizeMedium
FineCoarse
Water temperature92°C
80°C96°C
Water mineral content (TDS)150 ppm
0 (distilled)400 (very hard)
Ratio (coffee:water)1:15
1:12 strong1:18 light
Roast levelMedium
LightDark
Brew / contact time2:30
1:005:00
Stirring / pour turbulenceModerate
Still, gentle pourHard stirring
Bypass12%
Zero-bypassHigh bypass

Strength / Extraction chart

Where your cup lands — same logic as the SCA brewing control chart.

Adjust the controls to see your cup's profile.
Extraction Yield
20.0%
ideal 18–22%
TDS (strength)
1.30%
ideal 1.15–1.45%
Bypass dilution
−0.00%
TDS lost to skipped water
In your cup At the coffee bed (no dilution)

Taste profile

Modeled from your current settings.

Sourness0
Sweetness0
Bitterness0
Body / Strength0
Clarity / Consistency0
Modeled approximation for learning brew adjustments, not a lab-calibrated refractometer reading — actual results vary by bean and roast.

My Lab

Enter the coffee and settings you actually used, then rate how the cup tasted. Saved entries are visible to everyone using this tool.

Coffee

What you brewed.

Origin / name
Process (optional)
Roast levelMedium
LightDark

Method & settings

What you actually used to brew it.

Brewer
Grind sizeMedium
Water temp92°C
Water TDS150 ppm
Ratio1:15
Time2:30
StirringModerate
Bypass10%

Predicted profile

What the model expects from these settings.

Extraction: 20.0% TDS: 1.30%
Sourness0
Sweetness0
Bitterness0
Body0

Your actual cup

How it really tasted to you.

Overall rating
Sourness (as tasted)0
Sweetness (as tasted)0
Bitterness (as tasted)0
Body (as tasted)0
Notes (optional)
Saved — check the History tab.

Brewing Community

See what everyone's brewing — try a recipe yourself, or check out the highest-rated cups.