Breve: Coffee Recipes

Make café-style drinks at home

Screenshots of Breve on iPhone showing the Discover tab and a macchiato recipe

Breve is a beautifully designed iPhone and iPad app that brings the café experience to your kitchen with easy to follow coffee recipes and guides.

Screenshots of the Discover tab on iPad and an iced mocha recipe on iPhone

Start with the drink you’d order at a café. Browse café classics, iced coffee, frappes, coffee cocktails, and drinks from around the world, with seasonal recipes through the year. Pin the ones you make most and group them into your own collections.

You don’t need expensive equipment. Add what you have at home to your setup, and Breve adapts each recipe to it, with precise or casual measurements.

Brew with an espresso machine, AeroPress, French press, moka pot, pour-over dripper, or cold brew maker, and froth milk with a steam wand, French press, whisk, or even a jar.

Screenshots of Breve on iPhone showing the Setup tab and an espresso recipe adapted for a moka pot

Brew with an espresso machine, AeroPress, French press, moka pot, pour-over dripper, or cold brew maker, and froth milk with a steam wand, French press, whisk, or even a jar.

Screenshots of Breve on iPhone showing guides for brewing with a moka pot, frothing milk with a handheld frother, and pouring a tulip

Learn each method with a step by step guide, then move on to pouring beautiful designs with latte art tutorials.

When you’re ready to make a drink, Breve takes you through the recipe one step at a time, with built-in timers to keep you on track.

Coming soon to iPhone Duo

Choose a drink on the outer display, then open iPhone Duo to see the whole recipe, with the ingredients and steps in view together.

Breve on iPhone Duo showing café classics on the closed outer display and the americano recipe on the open inner display

When your hands are busy with the milk jug, stand it up on the counter. The step you’re on is easy to read at a glance, and the timer counts down in view.

Breve on iPhone Duo standing half open, showing a cappuccino recipe step before and after its timer is started

Breve works with the rest of your iPhone too. Find a recipe from Spotlight, see a new drink each day in the Daily Coffee widget, and follow your timer and current step on the Lock Screen.

Three iPhones showing Breve latte recipes in Spotlight search results, the Daily Coffee widget on the Home Screen, and a cappuccino recipe timer on the Lock Screen
Photo of Natalia Panferova

Breve is 100% indie made, created by Natalia Panferova, a former Apple engineer, Apple Entrepreneur Camp alumna, and coffee lover based in New Zealand.

Don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or would like to share your experience with the app.