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Roast live in your browser with Guided Roast. Import from any hardware. Compare, track inventory, and share with the community.

Real curves,
real data

Full temperature curves, events, and development metrics from roasters worldwide.

Explore all roasts
New·Guided Roast

Roast live,
in the browser

Any drum roaster, any probe, any laptop. Tap CHARGE when the bean drops, type your probe readings as temps change, hit the event buttons as they happen. You get the same phase analysis a hardware-integrated setup produces — no serial cables required.

Live timer + event grid
CHARGE, Turning Point, Dry End, First Crack, Second Crack, Drop — tap or keyboard-navigate
Numpad-first logging
Type a temp, press Enter to fire the highlighted event. Arrows cycle selection. Built for one-handed logging.
Full roast analytics
Rate of rise, development time ratio, phase durations — derived automatically from what you log
07:32
Elapsed
Bean temp+ Add env
385°F
Charge00:00350°F
TP
01:04290°F
DRY
04:15330°F
FCs
Tap · Enter

Compare,
learn, improve

Side-by-side curve analysis. See how different beans, roast levels, and techniques stack up.

Ethiopian Natural

DROP TEMP
410°F
TOTAL TIME
11:45

Colombian Washed

DROP TEMP
398°F
TOTAL TIME
12:30

Measure
roast color

Phone-based Agtron scoring with color science. Photograph your beans, get a calibrated score. No hardware required.

Gray card calibration
Reference card corrects for lighting and white balance — accuracy within ±5 pts
Agtron scale, 0–100
Industry-standard roast color grade, from Light City to Italian Roast
Logged to every roast
Color score attached to your roast profile alongside curve and temperature data
Agtron Score
63
Medium Roast
Light (100)Dark (0)
95
75
55
35
18
Light
Medium Light
Medium
Medium Dark
Dark
Gray card · High confidence

From any
roaster

Import roast profiles from Artisan or any JSON format. Your data, your platform.

.alog
.json
Drop file or click to upload

Ethiopia Guji

12 kg

Brazil Sul de Minas

3 kg
Low stock

Colombia Huila

18 kg

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beans

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