# Barista Lab: Coffee Assistant — Brew, recipes & AI Assistant

> Brew, recipes & AI Assistant (iPhone/iPad app by Yoana Gonzalez Ordonez.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/barista-lab-coffee-assistant/id6760362483 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Yoana Gonzalez Ordonez](https://appshunter.io/developer/1884098175)
- Category: Food & Drink, Utilities
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.0 · 72 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-03-19
- Data updated: 2026-10-17

## What is Barista Lab?

Barista Lab is your ultimate specialty coffee companion.

The best app for home baristas looking to perfect every cup, manage their bean inventory, and brew with precision.
For pour over, espresso, moka pot, cold brew, and more, Barista Lab gives you the recipes, timer, smart assistant, and tools to make great coffee every time.

BREWING RECIPES & GUIDED TIMER
Follow step-by-step coffee recipes for Hario V60, Chemex, Aeropress, Espresso, Moka Pot, Cold Brew, and 11+ manual brewing methods. Each recipe includes precise coffee-to-water ratios, temperature, grind size, and more. The built-in timer guides you through every pour and bloom stage with visual progress tracking.

RATIO CALCULATOR & SCALABLE RECIPES
Adjust your coffee dose and Barista Lab automatically recalculates water volume, pour weights, and times for each step.

AI COFFEE BEAN SCANNER
Take up to 2 photos of any coffee label and our AI scanner instantly extracts origin, variety, process, altitude, roaster, tasting notes, and SCA score. Photos are saved automatically alongside the bean for visual reference.

BARISTA-LAB AI ASSISTANT
Ask anything about coffee to your personal expert. The smart assistant answers your questions about brewing methods, origins, varieties, grind size, water, and more.

AI RECIPE RECOMMENDATIONS
Barista Lab analyzes each bean in your inventory and recommends the ideal recipe and parameters based on its origin, variety, process, and tasting notes. Personalized recommendations powered by AI.

ESPRESSO DIAL-IN ASSISTANT
Dial in your espresso with the calibration assistant. Log dose, yield, extraction time, and flavor feedback. Get AI-powered diagnostics and adjustment recommendations for each shot. Perfect for beginners and experienced baristas alike.

BEAN INVENTORY & COFFEE JOURNAL
Log every bag of specialty coffee. Save roaster, country and region of origin, variety, processing method, altitude, roast level, and tasting notes. Add photos from camera or gallery. Link beans with recipes and favorite grind settings. Your personal coffee journal.

GRINDER SETTING CONVERTER
Convert grind settings between any two grinders. Select your current grinder and target, and the converter calculates the equivalent setting based on 1,700+ real calibrations.

GRINDER CATALOG & GRIND GUIDE
Browse a comprehensive catalog of 80+ brands and 1,700+ grind settings (1Zpresso, Comandante, Mahlkönig, Niche, Baratza, and more). Save your preferred grinder and log the exact setting for each recipe and bean. A grind guide always in your pocket.

CUPPING SESSIONS (SCA CUPPING)
Run professional cupping sessions following 6 standard protocols: SCA Arabica, Cup of Excellence, Robusta, and more. Evaluate samples, score attributes like fragrance, acidity, body, and sweetness, and compare results across coffees.

KNOWLEDGE BASE & FLAVOR WHEEL
Explore a coffee encyclopedia with 50+ countries, 209 growing regions, 100+ bean varieties, processing methods, and SCA flavor wheel descriptors.

AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH & SPANISH
The app automatically detects your device language and adapts.

WHO IS BARISTA LAB FOR?
- Home baristas perfecting their V60 or Chemex technique
- Espresso lovers dialing in shots and controlling extractions
- Coffee enthusiasts building a log of every specialty coffee
- Cuppers and Q-Graders running SCA cupping sessions
- Beginners learning about origins, varieties, and grind size
- Anyone who wants recipes, a timer, an AI assistant, and bean tracking in one app

## Is Barista Lab safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Barista Lab.

## Is Barista Lab legit?

Barista Lab: Coffee Assistant has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Barista Lab is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 3.36 — 2026-10-15

Coffee assistant: a free week
- Try the assistant free for a week, with a daily message limit
- Every 30 days you can get another free week

Improved assistant
- Clearer notices when you reach the daily limit, with the time you can write again
- If a conversation has ended, your message moves to a new one
- Conversations are kept for as long as you use them

Settings
- See until when you have the assistant

Fixes
- Clearer error messages and better stability

### 3.35 — 2026-10-07

Champion recipes
- 8 winning recipes from the World AeroPress Championship
- Corrected WAC 2015 recipe

Privacy and AI
- The app asks your permission before using AI features
- You can report AI answers from within the app
- New Privacy section in Settings

Improvements
- Clear messages when the AI service is busy
- Lighter, faster-loading photos
- Bean altitudes are read correctly
- AI advice now uses English data for English users

Fixes
- Roaster icons that didn't show

### 3.34 — 2026-09-29

New iced coffee recipes
- Tetsu Kasuya 4:6 Iced and original Iced V60 recipes added

Improved recipe notes
- Notes now render with rich formatting (bold, lists, headers)

Better bean editing
- Photo preview in bean form, SCA score slider replaces text input

Home screen reordered
- Espresso Dial-In and Grinder Converter tools moved above favorites

Bug fixes
- Fixed recipe data migration issues for upgrading users
- General stability improvements

### 3.26 — 2026-09-09

- Barsita-Lab Assistant (AI Assistant). New integrated smart assistant for recipe recommendations, espresso calibration, and grind conversion.
- Redesigned screens for adding beans, roasters, and recipes.
- New roaster added: Trike Koffee Roaster.
- Corrected Blue Bottle AeroPress recipe.
- Improved timer.
- New animations.
- Improvements to the Grinder Converter: Search bar for quick selection; the control adapts to your grinder’s format (numeric dial, decimal, clicks); and the slider range now matches your grinder’s actual scale.
- New Origins, 8 regions added: Urrao and Norte de Santander (Colombia), Santiago de Cuba (Cuba), Zaruma (Ecuador), Gihororo (Burundi), Arbegona (Ethiopia), Wimana (Rwanda), Kerinci (Indonesia).
- Improvement to the Bean Cards: the roaster’s custom icon is displayed when available.

### 3.15 — 2026-07-10

New origins and grinders
Coffee Cupping Sessions

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