Capture the brew
Use quick log, method-specific fields, guided timers and offline capture. Add a grind analysis when it helps; the original photo stays on your device.
BREW VERO
Remember every cup.
Brew the next one better.
Brew Vero is a free private coffee system for home brewers, made by Barista in Pajamas. Quickly log a cup, guide the brew with a method-aware timer, save recipes, track fresh coffee, measure grind particles from a photo, run controlled experiments, and receive recommendations that explain their confidence. Import your history, connect supported devices, or share a recipe only when you choose. Sign in with Google to keep your private workspace synced across devices.
Analyze a grindOpen the Grind Lab
Log a brewCoffee Journal · sign in
Download the matPrint at 100% · Letter & A4
My librarySaved analyses
ONE CONNECTED COFFEE SYSTEM
The whole coffee loop, in one private workspace.
Brew Vero connects the coffee you opened, the recipe you followed, what your grinder produced, how the cup tasted, and what you should test next. Your records become practical context—not a pile of isolated notes.
Build your library
Keep reusable recipes, coffee-lot freshness, water profiles, equipment, tasting notes and grind reports together. Search, filter, compare, edit or brew again.
Learn from evidence
Use Brew IQ, controlled experiments, best-recipe baselines, water context, grinder curves and confidence-aware recommendations to choose the next useful change.
Connect on your terms
Back up or import your history, capture supported scale and refractometer readings, create anonymous links, or opt into a deliberately quiet recipe Commons.
Private by defaultYour journal stays private; public publishing always requires a separate choice.
Portable by designVersioned backups, restores and compatible journal imports keep your history yours.
Useful without noiseNo ads, follower counts, public ratings, streak rankings or behavioural tracking.
No account is required to analyze a grind or open a shared link. Google sign-in is for saving and syncing your private workspace. Brew Vero requests your name, email address and profile picture—never access to your email, and never permission to publish automatically. Read the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
BREW JOURNAL
Every cup, tracked
Quick log, guided brew timer, saved recipes, coffee-lot freshness and offline capture make the journal useful every day. Search the history, brew a cup again, or compare a focused set when you want more detail.
FROM DAILY HABIT TO USEFUL INTELLIGENCE
More capable as your history grows.
Start with a twenty-second log. Add recipes, grind measurements, water, experiments or connected readings only when they answer a real question.
Today, recipes and fresh coffee
A personalized starting point, repeatable recipes, method-aware fields, timers, inventory and offline-first brew capture.
Patterns with honest confidence
Controlled experiments, best observed recipes, water profiles, grinder calibration, cost analytics and Learn guidance tied to your records.
Back up, restore or move in
Download a versioned backup, restore earlier Brew Vero data, or import compatible Beanconqueror and CSV brew histories.
Devices, private links and Commons
Capture supported readings, share identity-free recipes and anonymized reports, or publish deliberately to the moderated recipe Commons.
GRIND LAB
Measure the grind
Print the calibration mat, sprinkle grounds, shoot from above. You get D10/D50/D90, span, fines, a brew-method match and a flavor projection, measured on this device. Save any reading to your library.
Self-calibratingThe printed 100 mm square is the ruler: any phone, any angle.
Lab-style reportD10/D50/D90, span, fines, distribution & cumulative curves.
Brew & flavor matchMethod fit rings and a flavor projection radar, labeled as projections.
Brew journal & analyticsLog dose, ratio, rating and taste, then watch trends, streaks, and your brewing control chart build up.
How it worksfour steps
01Print the matAt 100% scale: verify with the ruler or a bank card on the printed page.
02Sprinkle & shootThin layer inside the square, tap to break clumps, shoot straight from above.
03Read the reportD-values, brew match, flavor projection: the grind side of the picture.
04Log the brewDose, ratio, rating, tasting notes: the cup side of the picture, saved to your journal.
Flavor and brew projections are heuristics from the size distribution alone. Detection floor ≈ 100 µm. Method adapted from Jonathan Gagné's open-source coffeegrindsize (MIT). Grind analysis is free without an account; saving a report and the brew journal both need one.
BIP Coffee Particle Analyzer
Pick profiles now or after the analysis: you can change them before saving.
Drop a photo here, or tap to choose
JPG · PNG · analyzed on this device, never uploaded
Add 3 shots of the same mat for a steadier reading
Before you shoot
Check the print scaleThe 100 mm square is the ruler. Measure it on paper before you trust any number.
Spread them thinGrounds should not touch. Tap the mat to break clumps, or two beans read as one.
Focus beats lightSquare to the mat, tap to focus, hold still. Soft photos get flagged or rejected.
Shoot threeThree photos of the same mat give a median reading and a spread you can trust.
Flavor and brew projections are heuristics from the size distribution alone. Detection floor ≈ 100 µm. Method adapted from Jonathan Gagné's open-source coffeegrindsize (MIT). Grind analysis is free without an account; saving a report needs one.
Saved analyses
Sign in to see your saved analyses.
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Measuring your grind on this device: nothing is uploaded.
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Your stuff
My librarySaved grind analyses
Coffee JournalBrews, ratings, analytics
Grind LabAnalyze a new sample
Download the matPrint at 100% · Letter & A4
Administration
Manage Brew Vero
Approvals, members, messages, catalog health, and the grinder reference now live in a protected workspace outside the customer app.
About you
My espresso setup
Selected grinders appear at the top of the picker when you analyze a sample.
Add a grinder
Not in the list? Add it: usable immediately in your account, and sent to the Barista in Pajamas review queue for the public list.
My coffees
Private to your account; submitted ones are reviewed before joining the public list.
Roast date and bag price are optional: add them to unlock freshness and cost-per-cup in the Log's analytics.
The mat
Print at 100% scale · US Letter & A4 pages included
Security
Portability & recovery
Your coffee history belongs to you.
Create a complete Brew Vero backup, restore an older backup, or bring brew history from another journal. Imports merge safely and never delete existing records.
01Back up Brew Vero
Profile, brews, coffees, recipes, experiments, water, equipment and grind reports.
02Restore a backup
Versions 1–7 are migrated to the current structure before anything is written.
03Move from another journal
Import Beanconqueror JSON/ZIP exports or a broadly compatible brew-history CSV.
Import ready
Import is additive: matching backup IDs are updated, while journal imports create new records. Files are read on this device and are not uploaded as files. Account deletion still removes your stored data and sign-in permanently.
Legal
Terms of Service · Privacy Policy
Brew Vero · Barista in Pajamas · private by default · method adapted from Jonathan Gagné's coffeegrindsize (MIT).
Today
Ready for your next cup?
Your recent brews and active coffees will shape this space.
Log a brew
Choose how you want to brew.
Let Brew Assist lead one decision at a time, or open the complete form when you already know every detail.
Brew VeroBrew Assist
1Method
2Coffee
3Setup
4Ready
Step 1 of 4
How are you brewing today?
Choose the method first so Brew Vero can show the right setup and timer.
Step 2 of 4
Which coffee are you using?
Choose an active lot or a coffee from the catalogue. Freshness and remaining weight are connected automatically for your own lots.
Step 3 of 4
Set the recipe.
Load a saved recipe or enter the essential controls for this cup.
Technique
Method-specific starting settings
Step 4 of 4
Everything is ready.
Review the plan, then open the focused timer. When the brew is finished, Done & save records the complete log.
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Recipe
Dose & yield
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Guided timerReady when you areThe guide adapts to your brew method.
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Acidity
Sweetness
Body
Bitterness
Balance
Rating & notes
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Brew history
Find a cup, repeat it, or compare a filtered set with Brew IQ.
Sign in to see your brew log.
Recipe book
Recipes worth returning to.
Save a method once, guide the timer from it, then brew it again without rebuilding the form.
Coffee lots
Know what is open and what is fresh.
Track roast age, opened date and remaining coffee. Logged doses reduce the active lot automatically.
Useful intelligence
Evidence from your own coffee routine.
Recommendations show their sample size and confidence. Brew Vero describes patterns in what you logged; it does not pretend correlation is certainty.
0usable observationsLog rated brews to strengthen recommendations.
Experiment mode
Change one variable.
Choose a baseline recipe and planned values. Brew Vero carries everything else forward so the result is easier to interpret.
Recommendations
Best starting points
Best recipe by coffee and method
Water profiles
Save the water you actually brew with.
Grinder calibration
Setting to particle size
Bag economics
Consumption and cost
Learn from your data
Read what matters to your next cup.
Brew Vero ecosystem
Connect when it adds value.
Your private journal remains the centre. Devices, sharing and community are optional layers you can use independently—and disconnect at any time.
Private by defaultNo social profile is created automatically.Device readings stay in the current brew until you save it.
Optional scale
Weight without retyping.
Connect a browser-compatible Bluetooth Weight Scale service. Unsupported scales can still use manual capture.
Live weight—grams
Optional refractometer
Strength into context.
Capture a TDS reading manually or through a serial bridge that sends a line such as TDS:1.35.
Current TDS—percent
Private-link sharing
Share a recipe, not your account.
Recipe links carry only the recipe itself. Anonymized grind-report links remove your coffee, grinder, photo, timestamp and account details.
Brew Vero Commons · opt in
Useful recipes, without performance theatre.
Publish only when you choose. The Commons has no follower counts, comments, direct messages, streak rankings or public brew ratings. People can copy a recipe into their private book or report it for review.
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Brew IQ
Tick up to 10 brews and read them together: what your best cups have in common, what actually moves your rating, and what to change on the next one.
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