For independent coffee shops
Stock, waste, ordering and shifts in one place. Built for cafes small enough that the owner still works the bar.
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Count it where it sits
Every item wears a printed QR code. Scanning opens a one-tap update on whoever's phone is nearest. No app to install, no login to share, no clipboard to lose.
Measured in what changes
1 tap
to update a count
From locked phone to logged, behind the counter
$0
of guesswork on waste
Every entry priced at what you actually paid
2 weeks
of local events, researched
Fixtures, festivals and weather near your address
What's in it
Not a suite. Six things a cafe does every week, done properly and joined up.
Scan to count
A printed code on every shelf. Point a phone at it, tap once, done. Nothing to install and no login to pass around.
Recipes that deplete
Say what a drink is made of once. Every sale after that draws down the milk, the beans and the cup on its own.
Waste, priced
Log what you binned and why. It becomes a dollar figure at what you last paid, tracked week over week.
Supplier research
Ask it to look for roasters and dairies near you. Real businesses, real sources, no invented prices.
Menu import
Point it at your website, or photograph the menu on the wall. It reads it and proposes your item list for review.
Shifts and events
Build the week, sync it to Google Calendar, and see what's on nearby that will change how busy you are.
Why we're building it
“The clipboard by the walk-in has been there for eleven years. It's gone.”
“I want to know what the pastry case costs me on a Tuesday, not a feeling that it's a lot.”
“Ordering happens at 5pm when I'm tired. That's exactly when I get it wrong.”
“Nobody wants another app. They want the thing on the shelf to just work.”
“The clipboard by the walk-in has been there for eleven years. It's gone.”
“I want to know what the pastry case costs me on a Tuesday, not a feeling that it's a lot.”
“Ordering happens at 5pm when I'm tired. That's exactly when I get it wrong.”
“Nobody wants another app. They want the thing on the shelf to just work.”
How it behaves
This handles what a shop buys, bins and pays people to do. Four rules it holds to.
Still deciding
It knows what Cortado does and, just as importantly, what it doesn't do yet.
Answers come from the product itself, including what it doesn't do yet.
Set up one location, print your codes, and count your first shelf this afternoon.
Rather not do it yourself?
Tell us about your shop and we'll walk you through it — or turn up, print your labels and count your first shelf with you. It takes about twenty minutes and costs nothing.