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Products that do what RoastDB – A searchable database of 3,800 specialty coffee beans does
Hi HN! We built RoastDB (https://roastdb.com) – think Discogs for specialty coffee. A searchable index of beans from independent roasters around the world. *The problem* We got into specialty coffee gradually. Whenever we tried something we liked — a washed Colombian, a natural Ethiopian — we'd save the bag. At some point we had drawers of empty coffee bags we couldn't bring ourselves to throw away. Our flow was simple: go to a cafe we liked, drink coffee, buy a bag of whatever they were roasting or stocking. Over time we started noticing patterns — we kept reaching for naturals,…
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It’s available on iOS now: https://itunes.apple.com/app/id6499280064 We got into specialty coffee during COVID and, like many others, fell deep down the rabbit hole. Along the way, we ran into the same frustrations: - A drawer full of empty coffee bags. - No simple way to track grind size, rest dates, notes—by bean. - My coffee history scattered across photos, screenshots, notebooks, and half-memories. - The unique traits, people, and stories behind each coffee disappearing from the internet once it sold out (since coffee is an agricultural good) - In our opinion, no…
2025 · beanbook.app
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I built this website to host a data-driven model of my coffee sample roaster. I realized after 20 or so batches on the machine that while the controls are intuitive (heat, fan, and drum speeds), the physics can be unintuitive. I wanted to use my historical roast data to create and tune a model that I could use to do roast planning, control, and to help me build my own intuition for roasting. This website lets you interact with my roaster in a virtual, risk-free setting! The models are custom Machine Learning modules that honor roaster physics and bean physics (this is not…
Oct 2025 · autoroaster.com
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2021 · coffeeopia.com
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Take a quiz and get your own personalized coffee blend!
2017
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Hey, we built this during Startup Bus. Currently, specialty coffee is a 16 Billion dollar industry and there is no platform to connect small independent roasters with the large importers of raw beans. We simplify the current system which involves digging around on outdated excel sheets. We hope to help importers move their extra product and micro-roasters obtain the exact beans that they want.
2014 · beander.com
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I brew coffee and I buy a lot of beans. I’m also a lazy person that doesn’t want to type in all the details in one of the available apps and track things to the grams. Luckily I found out that GPT-4o (free tier) is good enough to take a few photos I uploaded of a bag and parse it’s roaster, varietal, origin, tasting notes, roast date, etc. I tried with a dozen different bags and it works pretty well - even when it makes mistakes I can correct them with natural language conversation, which I enjoyed. Then I had to figure out storage. I don’t want to rely on the chat history / context as…
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