Our Story

Few years back we fell in love with coffee. It would be too boring to start the story like this, right? The truth is, we were drinking coffee for the caffeine kick. We didn't know anything about the coffee world. No clue what "specialty coffee" meant. No idea that taste could be anything other than "bitter" or "strong." You know the unknown unknowns? We didn't even know there was something to explore... so we didn't. Then, little by little, things shifted.

We discovered that some coffees taste... better. Cleaner. More layered. Less burnt. We realized maybe that dark Italian roast we were used to wasn't "good coffee" after all, just what we were used to. And then came the rabbit hole. We found out you could brew coffee differently, with a V60, AeroPress, or Chemex, not just the machine at home. We bought our first gear. Took a short course. Started researching grinders. One step at a time, and suddenly we were in it.

We started looking for local roasters. Wanted to try as many as possible. Our favorite local café had a rotating selection from different roasteries, so we kept going back... until one day we realized we'd tried nearly everything. But we couldn't remember what we liked. Sure, we had a sense of this one was good, or that one wasn't for me. But not the details, was it too acidic? Too sweet? What notes did we actually taste? What did we want more of?

That's when we started thinking: maybe there are more people like us. People who want to explore coffee, but keep buying the same bag again and again, not out of loyalty, but out of habit. Because discovering something new takes time. Because it's hard to compare. Because it's easy to forget. That became the first trigger behind building TheBeanGeek: the discovery. We wanted to help people explore specialty coffee based on their preferences and make it as easy as possible. The second trigger was just as real: tracking our own journey. We were spending money on beans that didn't fit our taste, and we had no record of what worked or why. We wanted a way to learn from what we drank and slowly understand our own taste profile. So we built the platform we wished existed. A way to filter coffees by what actually matters: roast level, origin, process, taste. A space to log your brews and remember what you liked and why. A personal coffee diary. A growing recommendation engine. A living taste profile. And maybe most importantly - a growing community. Of home brewers, explorers, and everyday coffee lovers who want to share what they're discovering. We call ourselves TheBeanGeeks. Maybe you're one of them too. People who care about what's in their cup. Who gets curious. Who try new things. Who enjoys the process just as much as the result. TheBeanGeek isn't just a tool, it's a place to be part of something. To swap recommendations. To compare notes. To see your taste evolve over time - alongside others doing the same. Because it's not just about better coffee. It's about not figuring it out alone.

TheBeanGeek is here for curious drinkers. People like us. People like you. If this resonates, we'd be really happy if you subscribed to the platform. Or if you just shared your feedback with us. What you like, what's missing, what could be better. We're building this for home brewers and for roasters, too. And anybody else who just wants to start exploring the world of coffee as we did a few years back. We'll keep growing the platform, adding new features, and improving it based on what you tell us - so it keeps being useful in the way you need. Every bit of your input helps us make it more useful, more meaningful. Thanks for being here.

We're glad you found us.

Built with curiosity (and a lot of caffeine)

by TheBeanGeeks for TheBeanGeeks.