Love that u/Beanconqueror added a year in review/coffee summary to the app.
I’m pretty good at adding **most** beans, so that’s close to accurate. Def not good at adding all brews so that’s off by quite a bit.
I’m not going to lie though, some of this surprised me:
—If someone asked me my country breakdown, no way I would have thought Colombia was so dominant. I knew I had a lot of Colombian coffee, and if I had to pick one country to source from that would probably be it because of the incredible diversity of beans and processing styles… **But wouldn’t have quite guessed that 40% of the beans I bought in 2025 were Colombian.**
—**Also wouldn’t have guessed I drank so many damn Geshas!** lol Though from looking at my pocketbook I should’ve known… 😁 I know some people knock Geshas as just being hype and overpriced - but they’re so wrong. I don’t think any other bean of similar quality can compete against a top Gesha for depth and complexity and blow your mind florals.
—**No shocker SEY is my top Roaster** (though how did I forget to log so many bags?). I’ve cycled through so many subscriptions, always deciding at some point I’m ready to try something new and move on even when the beans are great (e.g. September, Tim Wendelboe, Black & White, Onyx, others….). But not SEY. **Think I’ll have that sub for life.** Simply no better more consistent roaster for the money out there IMO.
**Would love to see others who use Beanconqueror (or other apps that have similar year in review features) share their summaries! Always fun to see what my fellow coffee obsessed folks are up to — see what roasters you’re brewing most, type of bean, dripper preference, etc. So please share. 😁🤗**
Sey is so great. I do want to try Hydrangea and Dak on your list.
Dak is great and always a fun wild ride. Tried their Panettone recently and that’s the first Dak I didn’t like. Like, now that I’ve brewed enough to be certain I’m getting the correct flavor profile and all I can out of the beans, I’m going to toss the bag. But that is not a knock against Dak, it’s just a very unique flavor profile and one I don’t happen to like.
Hydrangea…man I just don’t know. I had both a regular subscription, and now have a drops subscription - which I have paused. I’m considering canceling because in my experience the beans have been inconsistent. Some have been absolutely amazing, and others have been what should be great beans that I can’t get a corresponding quality cup out of. Frustrating. I’ve never had such an inconsistent experience with a roaster before.
I cancelled my Hydrangea drops. I decided that I would much rather spend that money on higher quality coffees – they often roast and sell Panama geshas that I would much rather have than pretty much anything they've put in drops for an equivalent cost.
I have only tried a few Hydrangea coffees, but so far they have all been incredible except for a "test roast" bag of pricey Panama geisha I bought as a cheaper way to try Panama geisha (it was still $35 for 4 oz, but they have full price ones going for over $100 for that amount). That one was decent (I'm actually drinking it right now), but way less flavorful and interesting than the others I have tried (also a noticeably darker roast).
Hydrangea is pretty good I’m glad I tried them
p.s. I want to try your Lagom P80. :) I love my grinders, but that one makes me jealous. I've never tasted a p80 cup, but hear they're incredible - and it's probably the most freaking beautiful grinder out there. How long have you had yours and how do you like it?
I’ve been using the Lagom P80 for about a month now. I’ve been into coffee for less than a year, and I upgraded straight from an Ode Gen 2 to this, so my perspective might be a bit different from long-time enthusiasts, but below are some thoughts I have so far.
Retention is basically nonexistent. The workflow improvement alone has been huge for me—no mess, no grounds flying everywhere, and barely any cleaning. It’s made the whole experience way less stressful. Grinding speed is exactly what you’d expect from an 80mm burr set: fast and effortless. What really surprised me though is the noise level. It is super quiet. If I put my hand over the top while it’s running, people in the house literally don’t notice it’s on. My wife actually asked me, if I had the grinder on while I was standing right there using it cuz it was so quiet.
The size and footprint are also big wins. For an 80mm grinder, it doesn’t feel bulky at all and doesn’t dominate my counter space, which I really appreciate.
With the adjustable RPM, you can dial in body and richness to some extent. Overall, the flavor profile leans very clean, juicy, and sweet-forward. Body is on the lighter side, and the texture is noticeably smooth. I mostly brew filter coffee and occasionally drink OXO soups, and I tend to run the RPM a bit higher for my preferences. I did also order a slow feeder to play around with.
I’ll need more time to really evaluate long-term flavor tendencies and how it pairs with different burrs, but so far, considering the price, workflow, and cup quality, I’m very impressed. It genuinely feels like a very well-designed grinder.
I did seriously consider the Zerno Z2 at one point, but the larger motor, bigger size, heavier weight, and likely higher noise level gave me some pause. On top of that, roughly $800 price difference was hard for me to justify personally. Taking all of that into account, I’m honestly very happy with my decision to go with P80.
It looks like you have had 20 Black & White bags? Presumably that would be your top roaster. Or are they just double counted for some reason?
I've had more from SEY, just failed to log some bags. They are all Black & White, but Black & White Black Label is fairly distinct - it's their line of elite, competition/award type beans. They're offered in 100g bags only. I have a B&W Black Label Subscription, and used to have a B&W regular subscription.
Definitely love B&W though!
OK, I'm game - but geez, hard to do. I have to take individual screenshots of each page but I can't attach them all. Sigh. Had to put them all into a stupid Pages doc then export as jpeg. Ugly. Oh well - here you go! Weirdly, this seems to be only part of my year, as I've tracked way more than 26 beans, not sure why that is.
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Nice, thanks for sharing! I see you have a similar Colombia dominant set.
Nestor Lasso Ombligon is so damn good.
Super jealous of the Aviary in there. Wanted to do the subscription for 2026 went in when it was available. hesitated pulling the trigger and when I went back, it was sold out.
I’ll be getting a Deep 27 for Christmas. I see it’s basically where daily driver so would love to hear about your standard recipes and approaches for good results.
FWIW, when I have something like this where I want to share multiple pictures I just share one picture in a reply, then reply to my own comment each time for the other pictures.
This is way better than Spotify Wrapped. I love journaling my brews by hand, but this makes me want to try the app.
I honestly can't imagine this hobby without it. I just wouldn't be able to keep track of everything without it, much less the awesome summaries. It's so helpful in so many ways. Whenever I get a bean, if I'm not sure how to brew it, I just go back through my favorite past brews of the same or similar bean. It's invaluable. A little bit of a pain to log everything, but worth it.
I started tracking my beans by hand and switched over to beanconqueror in 2022. I LOVE it. It's very simple and works without internet (great when making coffee on top of a mountain haha) But i can also just pull all of the data from it in excel and make graphs based on that. I made a graph circlediagram on the coffee from different countries before, but also suggested to Lars that he put it up in the statistics page and later he did <3
So neat, thanks for sharing! I wished I had started using it sooner, but glad I did when I did.
Hey u/PaullyWalla !
Lovely!
Have a great 2026! :)
Lars
Thanks Lars, appreciate you!!
Which Origami do you prefer and what’s the difference?
I have the S and M, use and love them both just depends on the size of the brew. But I assume you’re asking about an Origami brew with a Kalita wave filter bc I have that broken out.
I prefer Origami with a cone filter because I prefer clarity and the Origami/V60 profile. But for beans where a Kalita Wave or flat bottom brewer is recommended, I prefer an Origami with a Kalita filter because you’ll get some of the benefits of a flat bottom (sweetness, little more body) without sacrificing the level of clarity you normally do with a true flat bottom like the Kalita.
This is awesome!
This app would be top tier if you could find other people recipes.
Hey u/Apricot-Rich
that’s a super valuable idea, being able to discover and use other people’s recipes would indeed push the app to another level.
Right now BeanConqueror is designed as an offline‑first tool without user accounts, which keeps things private.
Opening up shared/searchable recipes would mean building and maintaining online infrastructure (logins, databases, APIs, moderation tools, etc.), which adds both ongoing costs and development effort on top of what already runs today. Since this is still a solo project done next to a full‑time job, bigger online features like a global recipe exchange need careful planning so the existing experience remains stable and free.
That said, this kind of community feature fits very well with the long‑term vision of BeanConqueror as an open coffee ecosystem, so it is definitely on the conceptual wishlist, just not something that can be promised for the near future yet. In the meantime, many users share their brews via the built‑in image sharing of brews and beans, which keeps everything local but still makes it easy to post recipes in places like Reddit or Discord.
If you (or others) have concrete ideas on how recipe discovery should work (filters, privacy levels, favorites, etc.), happy to chat and collect them, input like this really helps to shape what could come next.
Have a great cup of coffee
Lars
I downloaded it thinking it was a kind of Instagram/vivino/untapped for coffee, i guess. I specifically wanted to search for people brewing the coffee i had just bought. I was looking to check for successful recipes and such :)
That would be nice. Like it you tagged your brew as favorite or Best Brew it would publish somewhere in a searchable database as part of the app....
Where do you rank Perc?
I've only had maybe 5 bags of PERC so don't feel I can thoroughly assess them (as wel as others where I've had 10+ across all bean and processing types), but my experience so far is that they offer great value, esp on the 13th. If you grab a bag with their 13th discount I think that's about the best price to quality ratio bean you can find.
Generally I find them a step below top tier through - or at least their roast profile is not exactly my favorite. But still very very good.
Are you tracking manually or using a scale that syncs to beanconqueror? If so which scale
I have a Timemore Duo, but I just manually add my beans when I get them (weight of the bag), and then when I log a brew I input the g of beans used.
Oh nice!! I started trying to log my beans recently in beanconqueror but I’m kind of lazy. I’ve been curious about bookoo or Acaia but I haven’t pulled the trigger yet $$.
A little sneak coupon can be sneaked on the BeanConqueror Website :D
Did u find the black label worth it? It is quite expensive for how much coffee you get, and I'm always worried I'm wasting 1/4th of it or more just dialing in.
I find Black & White Black Label absolutely worth it. Without question.
It is pricey, but they are elite elite beans. In my experience, you will never be able to find a bean B&W offers through Black Label at the same or cheaper price from any top tier roaster. Many times I've seen beans they offer through Black Label at 2X+ cost elsewhere.
And they offer a recommended brew guide tailored to each bean. It's not always my preferred approach, and sometimes I'll go in a different direction to highlight other elements of the bean -- but you can literally just follow exactly what they recommend and get a great cup. So no risk of wasting beans if you want to be safe.
They raised the price and I'm renewing for next year, so that shows pretty clear how I feel.
Quite a glowing recommendation!
They do have a recommended brewing guide but I find I never usually have the exact brewer they recommend.
Hey Paully, Could you explain to me your thought process when you are brewing the coffee and how you would adjust to change to highlight other elements of the beans? I'm fairly new to filter and I would love to pick your brain.
Wait, 25 kilos? That’s like 70 grams of coffee every single day (no day offs). No way just one person drank all that, right?
It’s entirely possible. My typical morning is 2x 30-35g pour overs with some days tossing in a third.
Gnarly!
I don't drink all of that. I do brew all of that though. Some of it isn't for me - I'd say maybe 10% was for other people.
For all new first-time beans I get where I have at least 200g, I do a cupping (9g), Gagne 9 Min Aeropress (15g), and two V60 or Origami brews (15-20g each): one at 1/15.4 ratio and one at 1/18. I like doing that because it gives me the baseline of what the bean has to offer (cupping), a full-bodied full extraction most everything that might be in the beans brew (9 min Aeropress), and then 1/15.4 and 1/18 tend to be where I end up for favorite ratio for most beans, so that gives me an immediate idea of where I'll want my ratio.
For first day brewing a bean and I'm already through 55g - 65g.
Then if I have a new grinder, new dripper, new filters . . . when I have the time I'll do as many brews as I can learning what they have to offer.
This month I have two Advent Calendars (Kaffe Box and Tanat). That's 64g coffee/day just with that. I brew the Tanat (only 14g/day) with an Origami and grind with my Pietro. Then with Kaffe Box (50g) I do a 5g cupping, and then three 15g brews, one each ground with my Pietro, M01 and 078. It's been an amazing way to really understand the different profiles of each grinding.
So I end up not finishing all of these cups, and that is a little wasteful. But without a Deep 27 you can't really drop much below 15g on a brew and get consistent and good results, so . . .
(p.s. today I brewed 14g of the Tanat, 50g of the Kaffe Box, 80g of Dak Panettone in the Moccamaster for my brother and father-in-law, then another 30g of an Onyx blend with my Origami bc they hated the Panettone. So there goes 175g.... lol).
With that kind of experience you could probably easily compete in competitions!
I think you’d like the white honey gesha, you should give it a try in 2026!
Heheh, love the white honey gesha! Currently working through of bag of it from September, and will soon be opening my bag of it from Black & White. :)
I'm drinking the extra light roast from September, as well! My favorite roast of it this year was from H&S – but this one is spectacular, as well.
Based on your number of brews and total weight brewed, it comes out to an average of 72g per brew? I assume something is off there haha
Haha, no, it’s about right (g per day, not brew). If anything it’s underreporting because I don’t record all brews and beans. See my other comment on this.
Wow amazing job tracking it each day. You've inspired me to log my bags and brews in 2026 and see if there are any insights to be gleaned.
You could definitely throw in some more international and Asian roasters into the mix. Not sure where you are located, but Airworks and Kumquat are great subscription services based in the US if you want to try some amazing international roasters. Tried Momos, Weekenders, Leaves, Goût & Co for the first time this year, and while the sample size is small, they were quite memorable. Apollon's gold is also a must if you enjoy ultralight roast profiles and shipping is free to most countries for orders of 1kg or more.
In the realm that Sey resides in, they have no peer, but Prodigal's green selection and roast profiling level is super high as well (and consistent). I've heard Scott Rao describe Prodigal's profile as juicier and slightly less clarity focused than Sey, and I tend to agree with the general sentiment. If anything I'm probably leaning more heavily into Sey this upcoming year now that I hear Lance is back to roasting, but I've also been enjoying what Prestin at Flower Child has been doing more recently. Just bought some Miguel Dota Sidra and Sergio Caro Chiroso from him that I'm super excited about. Unfortunately, I missed out again on the Aviary sub because I was on my honeymoon, but Christopher (Feran) tells me there will be more bags available to non-subscribers in 2026.
Since you like Luminous, my automated response is to recommend Glitch. After many years of drinking just washed Ethiopian and Colombian coffees without giving much thought to the experience, trying Glitch for the first time a couple years ago sparked my curiosity in this hobby to seek more knowledge about the coffee industry and the art of coffee extraction. Their roast profiles for traditional washed and natural coffees are kissaten-esque and not to my tastes - some of their COE coffees are well into medium roast territory - but in the thermal shock/double anaerobic/co-ferment space, I think they are peerless. In a weird way, my appreciation for experimental coffees from Glitch has also increased my appreciation for terroir and washed coffees exponentially. I always have a few bags in the freezer reserved for my wife who could not care less about Panamanian Gesha. Josh at Lucienne (https://lucienne.coffee/shop) is a good source for these coffees.
Im surprised that a Black Honey was your highest rated coffee given how dominant your Washed category was.
Oh it wasn’t my highest rated - it was “tied” for my highest rated - I think it was the first coffee in my highest rated group ass sorted in alphabetical order. Beanconqueror has a rating system of 0-5 (goat actually can go negative, not sure exactly how that works lol). Any brew that makes me involuntarily say “wow!” out loud on first sip gets a 5.
These are some of the other 5’s….
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What’s your typical brewing process for SEY? Grind size(finer than usual/coarser than usual)/temp/ratio. I’ve brewed a handful of SEY and for the most part, they just taste bland to me. I will say I usually prefer a fruit bomb like a natural or co-ferment, so it’s possible I just don’t like the clean taste profile. But also, if I see watermelon or lychee on the box, I wanna taste it lol.