The Brews Cruise

Coffee Tools

The interactive tools no big review site bothers to build — free, bookmarkable and genuinely useful every morning.

Brew ratio & timer

Interactive Brew Calculator
Dose18 g
Water288 g
1:16 ratio · 6.25% strength
GrindFine

Salt-like · classic pour-over

00:00
Target ≈ 2:45
Grind size visual30% screen retention
FineCoarse

Coffee to water ratio calculator

The dedicated metric calculator — pick your method, set your dose or water, and print a recipe card. Includes the full ratio cheat sheet.

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Find your machine

Question 1 of 333%

What's your budget for the machine?

Is home espresso worth it?

Cost-per-cup calculator
Machine price£450
Expected lifespan5 years
Bean price (1 kg bag)£8
Cups per day2

Cost per cup

£0.26

2 cups/day · 15.40/month

Machine (per day)

£0.25

Beans (per day)

£0.27

Monthly total

£15.40

Yearly total

£187

Assumes ~60 cups per 1 kg bag and no maintenance costs. A café latte runs £3-4 — a £450 machine pays for itself in roughly 6 months at 2 cups a day.