VST CoffeeTools PRO for iPhone vs Acaia Orbit

PROFESSIONAL COFFEE TOOLS DESIGN SOFTWARE for the BARISTA, SPECIALTY ROASTER, CAFÉ and RESTAURANT OPERATOR and COFFEE & ESPRESSO BEVERAGE EQUIPMENT DESIGNER Based on MoJoToGo – Best New Product SCAA EXPO 2010 VST's UNIVERSAL BREWING CONTROL CHART SOFTWARE For Coffee, Espresso, Cupping and Equipment Design • Simple 2-Step Design Process with Direct Chart Data Entry Select the point on the Chart and the amount of Beverage, Brew Water or Coffee Dose. VST CoffeeTools™ does everything else. • Drag-and-Drop coffee recipe design works in all modes. All recipe values are automatically calculated and displayed for any brewing recipe protocol. Full conversions provided, including between brewing methods. • Portrait and Landscape mode charts supported • Works with all types of brewing methods including: drip and auto-drip; infusion and full-immersion, cupping and espresso methods. • Supports iTunes File Sharing. Import/Export all data and measurements. • Share individual recipes, data & measurements to/from other versions of VST CoffeeTools. • Fully functional with or without a coffee refractometer. Refractometer measurements may be plotted separately using measured total dissolved solids (% TDS) and Beverage amounts to chart and compare actual brew results to design target values. • Conversions for volume and weight measurements and U.S. Standard (English) to Metric units are supported in any combination. Design recipes for Drip can be directly converted to/from Infusion/Immersion methods, while maintaining identical extraction and strength relationships. •Extraction Yield normalization is automatically provided on the VST Universal Brewing Control Chart for all brew methods: Drip, Infusion, Espresso, Cupping; brew water temperature (volume measurements); liquid retained in spent grounds; CO2 & Moisture content of the ground coffee. Defaults are provided for all preferences, and may be customized separately for all modes as required. • A wide array of Presets are provided in all modes of operation that are typical of those found in home and commercial service. Each mode provides a full set of custom Presets that are user defined. • Full recipe details database maintained separately for Coffee, Espresso and Cupping. Sorting by Date, Name and Taste Score provided. • The VST Universal Brewing Control Chart supports direct touch-screen data input, pan and zoom functions, auto-scrolling of chart with ordinate and abscissa axis and reset functions. Design points for % TDS and % EXT are step-less with snap-to-grid increments provided (TDS @ 0.05% and EXT at 0.1% increments). Region of Interest (ROI) overlays are optionally provided for SCAA, SCAE, NCA regions with taste defect labels. Custom User defined ROI is also included separately for all modes. • Complete calculation results are displayed for: Dose, Brew Water, Beverage, Liquid Retained Ratio, Spent Grounds Weight, Coffee or Espresso Brew Ratio, Extraction Yield in both Design and Measured values.

Acaia Orbit App Introducing the companion app to the Acaia Orbit grinder. Access, customize, and control your grinder through this one interface and take your coffee to the next level. Use the app to tailor your grinding experience: adjust the grinding speed (600-1500 RPM), change the Orbit button’s actions, save profiles for grind by weight or grind by time, and more. Features: - Connect and Grind: A suite of immediate actions including a sliding RPM bar for burr control, initiating grind on demand, and enabling reverse burr. - RPM Presets: Three highly customizable RPM presets for your grinder. - Grinder Status: Button functions, total motor running time information, Orbit serial number, Orbit firmware version, and the power usage of your last grinding session. - Orbit Button Action: Customize your grinder’s main button and its actions to suit your workflow including pulse, clean, and pause - Auto Settings: Automatically start and stop your grinding depending on if your grinder is connected to a scale, clean sequences, and set your Orbit to switch off after being left idle to save on energy. - Advanced Settings: Clear your paired scale connection, reset your grinder to default, toggle your scale connection permissions. About the Presets One of the key features of the companion app is the ability to adjust your grinder with finite detail. Even when not connected to your grinder, you can set three grinding programs by both speed and target weights. In a dedicated section, choose your target weight, enable RPM profiling, and receive readings from previous sessions. Receive data about every grind you perform. Grinder Connection Turn on the Orbit by plugging it into a power source and switching the main button on the back of the platform to on. Press the front button of the Orbit. On the Orbit App select “connect to Orbit” to connect. Purchase the Orbit and discover other Acaia products by visiting our official website at https://www.acaia.co Need any help? Visit support.acaia.co or email support@acaia.co This is the first public version of the Orbit companion app. We appreciate any feedback so we can elevate and maintain your experience in the future. Please send your thoughts to our support team by email and include screenshots and explanations of any issues or suggestions. Note: This is the first public version of the Orbit companion app and we will be adding even more features in weeks to come. We appreciate any feedback so we can elevate and maintain your experience in the future. Please send your thoughts to our support team by email and include screenshots and explanations of any issues or suggestions.