How to create a Sensorial session in Cropster
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What is a Sensorial session in Cropster?
A Sensorial session refers to a structured tasting (or cupping) session to record and evaluate the taste and aroma characteristics of coffee samples through cupping.
Sensorial sessions help you:
- Standardize how you and your team taste and score coffee.
- Compare results across different cuppers, lots, or even time periods.
- Identify trends or potential quality changes in your coffee.
Sensorial data from these sessions will be transferred into Cropster's Quality module, where you can further analyze, visualize, and connect sensory feedback with other quality factors like physical or roast data.
Creating a Sensorial session
There are four ways to create a Sensorial session via the online platform C-sar.
- Via the Dashboard
- Via the Roasts overview page
- Via the Sensorial analysis overview page
- Via the Cupping sessions overview page
Via the Dashboard
- Log in to the online platform C-sar.
- Click on the + Add button on the top right side of the page.
- Click + Cupping session.
Via the Roasts overview page
- Log in to the online platform C-sar.
- Navigate to the Roasts on the main menu bar.
- Click the respective checkboxes next to the PR tag(s).
- Click More > Start cupping session.
Via the Sensorial analysis overview page
- Log in to the online platform C-sar.
- Navigate to Quality on the main menu bar and select Sensorial.
- Click +Add cupping session.
Via the Cupping sessions overview page
- Log in to the online platform C-sar.
- Navigate to Quality on the main menu bar and select Cupping sessions.
- Click +Add cupping session.
Setting up a Sensorial session
Discover more with advanced Sensorial sessions
Cropster's Sensorial session feature is available for all subscription plans, except for the features highlighted and marked with a * (star) that are exclusively available on Professional and higher tiers.
Reach out to us anytime to discuss how an upgrade can help make the most out of the Quality module workflows.
Enter the following information on the Add cupping session page:
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Session type*:
- Non-blind: The cupper knows the origin of each coffee being evaluated during the session.
- Blind: The cupper doesn't know which coffee corresponds to which sample, reducing bias in evaluation.
- Double blind: Neither the cupper nor the session organizer knows which samples are which until after results are recorded, ensuring complete objectivity.
- Schedule for*: Schedule the Sensorial session for a specific date and time.
- Name: Give your session a unique name, so it's easier to find.
- Sheet*: Select the cupping sheet you want to use.
- Lab: Track samples across multiple labs.
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Category*:
- Evaluation: A structured sensory assessment to analyze and score coffee quality for consistency, sourcing, or research purposes.
- Production cupping: A routine quality control cupping that ensures roasted batches meet expected flavor and quality standards before shipment.
- Reserved: A session or sample marked for later use or analysis, often excluded from immediate evaluation but stored for future comparison.
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Label* (Only for the Blind and Double-blind session types):
- Alphabetical (A, B, C)
- Numerical (1, 2, 3)
- 3 Letters (ABC, DEF, GHI)
- Samples: Select the lots and samples you would like to include in the session from the table by clicking the green Add button.
Click Save & Next to submit your session and start cupping. If you wish to alter the session at a later point, we recommend clicking on Save as draft.
The following steps may vary based on your subscription plan:
- Roast Foundation: Before proceeding to the session, it is essential to define the evaluators who will be participating in the Sensorial session.
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Roast Professional: You need to specify the preferred cupping method (e.g., Cropster Cup)
A QS tag (QS-xxxx) will be assigned to your session. A QC tag (QC-xxxx) will be assigned to each sample of the session.
Tips and Recommendations
- To speed up things, the table is limited to only show lots and samples registered within the last month. Simply adjust the Registration date filter if you cannot find your desired lot. (1)
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You can also change the order of the samples/lots on the table by dragging and dropping the selected lots into the right order. (2)
Exploring the Sensory session statuses
A Sensory session can have three different statuses:
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Draft: At this stage, the session can be edited. You can also schedule & open the session.
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Open: At this stage, it is time to evaluate and submit the cupping results via Cropster Cup or directly within the online platform C-sar. Open session settings cannot be altered.
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Closed: At this stage, the session is done and all results have been submitted; however, it is possible to reopen the session.
If you have further questions, feedback, or concerns, please submit a support ticket directly from support.cropster.com.