How-to guide

Get the most
out of FLTRD.

A quick walkthrough of every major feature — start to finish.

Contents
  1. Install FLTRD
  2. Log any coffee or cafe drink
  3. Understand your taste profile
  4. Use Discover & the map
  5. Save beans & build lists
  6. Follow roasters and friends
  7. For roasters: claim your page
  8. Earn achievements
  9. Themes & appearance
01

Install FLTRD

FLTRD is a progressive web app (PWA) — there's no app store download. Here's how to install it on your home screen:

1
Open in your browser
Navigate to fltrd.social in Safari (iOS) or Chrome (Android or desktop).
2
Add to Home Screen
iOS: tap the Share button → "Add to Home Screen."
Android: tap the three-dot menu → "Add to Home Screen" or "Install app."
Desktop: look for the install icon in the address bar (Chrome/Edge).
3
Done
FLTRD launches full-screen with its own icon — no browser chrome, no Safari bar. Push notifications work just like a native app.
02

Log any coffee or cafe drink

Logging is the core of FLTRD. Every log builds your taste profile and contributes to the community catalogue. You don't need to know the bean — any cafe drink counts.

1
Tap '+ Log coffee'
The button lives in the sidebar on desktop and the centre of the bottom bar on mobile. On mobile it opens a bottom sheet so you can log without leaving whatever you were looking at.
2
Pick a drink type
Tap what you ordered — Espresso, Latte, Flat White, Cold Brew, Pour Over, and more. Tap Other to type anything custom (e.g. "Oat milk cortado"). This is the only required field beyond a rating.
3
Add a photo (optional but great)
Tap the photo area to shoot or upload. You'll get a crop tool to frame the shot before it posts. FLTRD compresses it automatically.
4
Add the bean and roaster (optional)
Tap Add bean detailsto expand the bean fields. Start typing — FLTRD autocompletes from the existing catalogue. If the bean doesn't exist yet, create it on the spot with name, origin, process, and roast level. Filling this in unlocks your full taste profile.
5
Log the cafe (optional)
Search for the cafe or add a new one. Logging the cafe unlocks the "Friends tried this" feature and puts reviews on the map.
6
Rate & add notes (optional)
Half-star rating (0–5). Tap Add tasting notes, headline, and more to expand tasting note chips, a would-buy-again toggle, a headline, and a full brew recipe (grind, dose, yield, time).
7
Post
Tap Post. Your review appears on your profile, in your followers' feeds, and on the bean and roaster pages if you added them.
03

Understand your taste profile

After a handful of logs, FLTRD quietly builds a picture of your palate.

Your taste profile lives on your profile page, under the stats row.
  • Top tasting notes — the flavour descriptors that appear most across your reviews.
  • Roast breakdown — a three-bar visual showing your split between light, medium, and dark roasts.
  • Top origins, processes & roasters — what you drink most.
  • Adventurousness score — based on how many distinct origins and processes you've tried. Ranges from "Comfort zone" to "Adventurous."
  • Coffee people like you — other users whose taste overlaps with yours, based on origin preference. Appears at 5+ reviews.

The profile is public — anyone can see it on your profile page.

04

Use Discover & the map

Discover (/discover) is the exploration hub. It has two modes.

Search mode

Type any query to search across beans, roasters, cafes, and users simultaneously. Results are ranked by popularity.

Explore mode (no search query)

The "For you" section appears when you're logged in:

  • Near me — grant location permission to see the closest specialty cafes sorted by distance, with directions links.
  • People you might know — suggestions based on who your follows already follow.
  • New this week — beans and roasters added to the catalogue in the last 7 days.
  • Trending this week — beans with the most reviews in the last 7 days.
  • Based on your taste — beans scored against your review history. Requires 3+ reviews.

Below "For you," the Beans / Roasters / Cafes tabs let you browse the full catalogue and filter beans by origin, process, roast, and tasting notes.

The map

Tap Map in the sidebar (desktop) or navigate to /map to see all specialty cafes and roasteries on an interactive map. Orange pins are cafes; dark pins are roasteries. Tap any pin to see ratings, review counts, and a directions link. The map automatically switches to a dark tile layer when you're using a dark theme.

05

Save beans & build lists

Stash

Any bean card has a "+ Save" button. Saved beans go into your stash in two states:

  • Want to try — your wishlist. Tap "Log it" when you finally brew it.
  • Have at home — current bag. Great for keeping track of what's open.

Lists

Lists (Collections) are shareable curated sets of beans. To create one:

1
Go to any bean page
Open the bean you want to add.
2
Tap 'Add to list'
A dropdown shows your existing lists with checkboxes. Tick one — or tap "New list…" to create.
3
Share
Your list gets a public URL and a shareable link button. It also appears on your profile.
06

Follow roasters and friends

Following is how you personalise your feed.

  • Follow a roaster — their new bean announcements show in your feed. Find roasters via Discover or the map.
  • Follow a user — their reviews appear in your feed. Tap a reviewer's name on any review card.
  • Follow a cafe chain — reviews from any of that chain's locations show up in your feed.

During onboarding, FLTRD suggests roasters based on your location. You can follow more at any time from Discover or a roaster's profile page.

07

For roasters: claim your page

If your roastery is already in the FLTRD catalogue, you can claim the page and manage it directly.

1
Find your page
Search for your roastery on Discover. If it doesn't exist yet, email us at hello@fltrd.social and we'll add it.
2
Submit a claim
Tap "Claim this page" and describe your role. The FLTRD team reviews claims manually — usually within a day or two.
3
Once approved
You'll get a push notification. Your roaster page shows a verified badge and you get access to a four-tab owner panel:
– Stats — followers, total reviews, reviews this week, avg rating, most reviewed bean
– Edit — update your profile (name, location, website, description, logo)
– Catalog — add beans with photos, bag sizes, prices, and purchase links; beans with a purchase URL appear in a "Shop" section on your page
– Post update — send a text update to all followers as a push notification
Questions about claiming or getting your roastery added? Email us.
08

Earn achievements

FLTRD automatically awards badges as you explore different coffees. There are 32 achievements across 10 categories.

  • Origins — try coffees from specific countries and regions
  • Processes — log washed, natural, honey, and experimental processed beans
  • Roast levels — cover the full light-to-dark spectrum
  • Brew methods — work your way through espresso, V60, Aeropress, and more
  • Logging milestones — hit 1, 10, 50, 100 coffees logged
  • OG badge — awarded to the first 100 people who signed up

Achievements appear on your profile and public user page as compact chips. Tap any chip to see what it means.

09

Themes & appearance

FLTRD ships with 11 themes — 6 light and 5 dark. Change them any time from your profile page's Appearance section.

  • Light themes — Paper (default), Latte, Forest, Sage, Grove, Slate
  • Dark themes — Ember, Espresso, Canopy, Pitch, Midnight
  • Match system — tap this to automatically follow your device's light/dark setting. The app updates live when you switch modes on your phone.

You can also adjust feed density — Compact (landscape 4:3), Regular (square 1:1), or Comfy (portrait 4:5) — to control how much of each review photo you see in the feed.

The sidebar's light/dark toggle (the sun/moon pill at the bottom) cycles between Paper, Ember, and Match system for quick switching without visiting settings.

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