Dial in your coffee. Brew it the same every time.
Drip Ratio stores your coffee recipes and scales every ingredient instantly for any number of cups, so you brew the same great ratio every time. Free brewing guides and recipes inside.
What is Drip Ratio?
Drip Ratio is a free, mobile-first app for people who care how their coffee tastes. Whether you brew with a V60, an AeroPress, a French press, or a full espresso setup, the hardest part of making consistently good coffee is repeating what worked last time. Drip Ratio fixes that: store a recipe once, and every ingredient scales proportionally whenever you change the number of servings, so your coffee-to-water ratio never drifts by accident.
Why the ratio matters most
The ratio of coffee to water is the single biggest lever on how your cup tastes — more than the kettle, more than the gadgets. A 1:16 ratio means one gram of coffee for every sixteen grams of water. Get that number steady and every other adjustment, from grind size to pour speed, finally tells you something useful.
Brewing guides
- The Coffee-to-Water Ratio, Explained — Why the ratio of coffee to water is the single most important number in brewing — and how to choose yours.
- Pour-Over Brewing: A Beginner's Walkthrough — How to get clean, sweet, repeatable pour-over coffee from a V60 or any cone dripper.
- French Press: Full-Bodied Coffee Without the Fuss — The most forgiving brew method there is — here's how to make it taste clean instead of muddy.
- AeroPress: One Brewer, Endless Recipes — Why the AeroPress is the most versatile brewer you can own, and a reliable recipe to start from.
- Espresso Basics: Dose, Yield, and Ratio — The three numbers that define every shot, and how to use them to pull better espresso at home.
- Cold Brew at Home: Smooth, Low-Acid, and Simple — How to make a batch of smooth cold-brew concentrate with nothing but coffee, water, and time.
- Grind Size: Getting It Right for Every Brewer — The variable that quietly ruins more cups than any other — and how to match it to your brew method.
- How to Choose Coffee Beans: Roast, Origin, and Freshness — Decode the coffee aisle — what roast level, origin, and roast dates actually tell you about how a coffee will taste.
- How to Store Coffee So It Stays Fresh — Protect the beans you paid for — the four things that stale coffee, and the simplest way to keep it tasting great.
- Water: The Invisible Ingredient in Great Coffee — A cup is about 98% water — here's why your water might be holding your coffee back, and how to fix it.
- How to Steam and Froth Milk at Home — Glossy, sweet, pourable milk is what separates a café latte from a sad homemade one — and it's a learnable skill.
- Moka Pot: Rich Stovetop Coffee, Done Right — The classic Italian stovetop pot makes intense, espresso-adjacent coffee — if you avoid the one mistake that makes it bitter.
Starter recipes
- Latte — A café-style latte: rich espresso under silky steamed milk. (≈1 part espresso : 7 parts milk)
- Americano — Espresso lengthened with hot water — bold but smooth. (≈1 part espresso : 5 parts water)
- V60 Pour Over — A clean, bright pour-over at the classic 1:16 ratio. (1:16 coffee to water)
- Cold Brew — A smooth 1:8 cold-brew concentrate to dilute and serve over ice. (1:8 concentrate)
- Cappuccino — Equal parts espresso, steamed milk, and foam — bolder than a latte. (≈1 part espresso : 1.5 parts milk)
- Flat White — A small, strong milk drink finished with silky microfoam. (≈1 part espresso : 3 parts milk)
- Mocha — Espresso and steamed milk with chocolate — a café mocha at home. (≈1 part espresso : 5 parts milk)
- Iced Latte — Espresso poured over cold milk and ice — smooth and refreshing. (≈1 part espresso : 5 parts milk)
- Chemex — A clean, elegant pour-over for brewing several cups at once. (≈1:16–1:17 coffee to water)
- Moka Pot — Rich, intense stovetop coffee from the classic Italian pot. (≈1:8 coffee to water)