Simplify your morning with this one-step coffee weighing cup

Eyeballs are great: I have two. I also love spoons. But if you want a consistent coffee dose for a great espresso or extra pour-over, a precision measure is the true somewhat inconvenient route.

I still remember the time when, in order to weigh my coffee beans every morning, I placed a small dosing cup on top of a digital scale, pressed a button on the scale, and then waited a second or so for the scale to display zero before pouring the coffee beans into a cup. Dosages. Going back in time — October of 2024, I think — I didn’t consider this a major inconvenience. It’s how coffee scales work.

But maybe they don’t need to. Over the past year or so, some coffee brands have come up with the simple idea that a dosing cup and scale can be combined into one device. Turn on the light bulbs over the forehead, and the blue birds over the shoulders. Perhaps the most stylish of these is Subscale, new from Singaporean coffee brand Subminimal (also the maker of Our favorite milk foam).

The subscale is a black-on-black cup that holds about 60 grams of coffee, and its base contains a scale accurate to a tenth of a gram. Since I’ve had it, the device hasn’t left my countertop, and it’s made me enjoy my morning coffee ritual a little more.

Keep it simple

The key to Subscale’s appeal is its stark simplicity. The world of craft coffee is now filled with new, complex, and sometimes confusing conveniences. A coffee scale, once a humble tool, has now become a home base for all types of coffee. Fellow Tally Pro (8/10, WIRED recommends) will do the math for you, tabulating recommended water weights for ideal brewing ratios. Enable Bluetooth Acaya pearl sp It will track brewing time and water flow rate, while playing music alongside.

Subscale does none of this.

It’s a cup. It’s a lightweight, simple cup with a feather-sensitive scale at the bottom that measures the exact weight of what’s inside. There’s no Bluetooth, no app, and no particular learning curve. It takes up very little space on my counter, and looks beautiful there.