Birch
Pour-over & brew timer for iPhone

One pour
at a time.

Birch walks you through a brew step by step: a clock for each step, a clock for the whole brew, and a small line drawing that shows what your hands should be doing.

Coming soon to the App Store
  • Free
  • No account
  • No ads
Birch during a Hario V60 brew: a kettle pours into the dripper above the step clock.
Five methods

Recipes to start from,
timed to the second.

  • French Press
    A long steep and a slow press
    4:20Easy
  • AeroPress
    Full immersion, then a gentle press
    3:30Easy
  • Hario V60
    The bright, honest pour-over
    2:15Involved
  • Chemex
    A carafe of clean, tea-like coffee
    6:00Involved
  • Stagg X
    Pour-over with the guesswork removed
    1:45Moderate
How it works

Set it once, then follow along.

The recipe sheet with coffee, water and ratio above a swipe gauge set to 500 grams.

One swipe sets the dose

Swipe the gauge to set your water, coffee or ratio, and the rest follows. Every pour target in the recipe updates with your dose.

The list of nine steps in the Hario V60 recipe, each with its length.

Make it yours

Change a step's length, pour or wording. Add steps, drag them into a new order, and save the recipe under your own name.

The lock screen showing the brew's current step, a countdown and a pause button.

Lock the phone, keep brewing

The brew runs on your lock screen and in the Dynamic Island, with pause right there. A sound marks each new step.

Quiet by design

No account. No ads. No tracking.
Nothing leaves your phone.