fixed.m

- (void)loadTimersFromFile{
 	NSLog(@"loading...");
 	NSString *writableFilePath = [self getTimerFilePath:@"timersDict"];
 	timersDict = [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfFile:writableFilePath];
    coffeeTimers = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
    
    for (NSString *item in [timersDict allKeys]) {
        [coffeeTimers addObject:[[CTTimer alloc] initWithName:[[timersDict valueForKey:item] valueForKey:@"name"]
                                                    steepTime:[[[timersDict valueForKey:item] valueForKey:@"steep"] integerValue]
                                                     brewTime:[[[timersDict valueForKey:item] valueForKey:@"brew"] integerValue]]];
    }
}

gistfile1.m

- (void)loadTimersFromFile{
 	NSLog(@"loading...");
 	NSString *writableFilePath = [self getTimerFilePath:@"timersDict"];
 	timersDict = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfFile:writableFilePath];
    for (id item in timersDict) {
        [coffeeTimers addObject:[[CTTimer alloc] initWithName:[item valueForKey:@"name"]
                                                    steepTime:[item valueForKey:@"steep"]
                                                     brewTime:[item valueForKey:@"brew"]]];
    }
}

gistfile2.txt

Printing description of timersDict:
{
    Aeropress =     {
        brew = 90;
        name = Aeropress;
        steep = 30;
    };
    Chemex =     {
        brew = 240;
        name = Chemex;
        steep = 30;
    };
    Espresso =     {
        brew = 28;
        name = Espresso;
        steep = 0;
    };
    "French Press" =     {
        brew = 180;
        name = "French Press";
        steep = 60;
    };
    "Pour over" =     {
        brew = 120;
        name = "Pour over";
        steep = 30;
    };
}

gistfile3.txt

2013-10-28 18:00:25.732 CoffeeTimer[29362:70b] *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSUnknownKeyException', reason: '[<__NSCFString 0x8d5a540> valueForUndefinedKey:]: this class is not key value coding-compliant for the key name.'
*** First throw call stack:
(
	0   CoreFoundation                      0x017415e4 __exceptionPreprocess + 180
	1   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x014c48b6 objc_exception_throw + 44
	2   CoreFoundation                      0x017d16a1 -[NSException raise] + 17
	3   Foundation                          0x01185b0a -[NSObject(NSKeyValueCoding) valueForUndefinedKey:] + 282
	4   Foundation                          0x010f2b61 _NSGetUsingKeyValueGetter + 81
	5   Foundation                          0x010f219b -[NSObject(NSKeyValueCoding) valueForKey:] + 260
	6   CoffeeTimer                         0x000051ca -[ViewController loadTimersFromFile] + 554