Today we had a new twitter follower at @intowncoffee, @AcaciaCoffee. Seemed like an odd name but thought I would check them out.
What I discovered was amazing!
They have created a new minimalist brewing coffee scale. Clean Design, well constructed, fully functional, with full featured iPhone companion app.
like a lot of great startups they have turned to Kickstarter and provide a lot more details
What Acaia Does
- Weighs your coffee
- Weighs your water
- iPhone app to monitor and record everything
- Allows you to take your pour over coffee brewing obsession to a whole new level
Acaia Features
- Bluetooth 4.0
- Responsive / Touch sensitive button
- 6" by 6" surface
- Rechargeable Lithium Ion battery
- 64K Flash memory
- Monitors water temp
Acaia iPhone App Features
- Records Coffee - Water Ratio
- Records Water temperature
- Records Grind Size
- Records Brewing time
- Can be used as blooming time
- Make notes about the coffee beans
- Make notes about the coffee brew
- Tweak your numbers to create best brew for you
- Share your brew recipies with others.
What Sets them apart
- Clean Design
- 5 minute on off feature
- If anything is on the scale the scale will not turn off
- iPhone app
- App will record coffee and water weights so you can get you brew perfectly dialed over time.
- Just way cool all around
Needless to say we were very excited to see this project and funded it right away.
I will be reaching out to Aaron Takao, the designer / developer to learn more about the project.
What questions do you have about the Acaia Scale and Project?
Post them in the comments and I will pass them on.
If you need a scale now be sure to checkout our guides and reviews on Coffee Scales we have for sale.
