This article explains how to create a Post-roast blend.
Creating a post-roast blend is available for the following products:
- Roast (all tiers)
- Commerce
What is a Post-roast blend?
Post-roast blending means that the green beans were roasted separately and they were mixed after roasting.
When producing Post-roast blends, we recommend you create Post-roast blend recipes via the online platform C-sar, so you can easily plan your needs and blend your batches.
Creating a Post-roast blend recipe
By following the steps below you can create a Post-roast blend recipe within the online platform C-sar :
- Log into the online platform C-sar.
- Navigate to the Roasts on the main menu bar.
- Select Post-roast blend Profiles.
- You will be directed to the Post-roast blend profiles overview page.
- Click on +Add blend profile in the upper right corner to create a new Post-roast blend recipe.
- Enter the following information:
* is indicating mandatory fields
- Name*
- Blend profile components
- Percentage (%)
💡 The sum of the percentages must total 100%. - Weight (kg/lbs)
- Percentage (%)
- Add your components (at least two) and enter their weight/ratio share.*
💡 Post-roast blend profiles require Profile groups. - Add as many components as you want by clicking on + Add component
- Once you are done, click Create blend profile.
- Your Post-roast blend recipe is now ready to be used.
📚 Learn how to create Profile groups.
Creating a Post-roast blend
To optimally track your production, you can manage your Post-roast blends via the online platform C-sar.
For Professional and higher tiers: If you use the roast scheduler to plan ahead your production, your individual roasts will be automatically combined into a Post-roast blend.
📚 Learn how to schedule your Post-roast blend recipes.
By following the steps below you can manually create a Post-roast blend within the online platform C-sar :
- Log into the online platform C-sar.
- Navigate to the Roasts on the main menu bar.
- You will be directed to the Roasts overview page.
- Choose the roasts you want to blend by checking the respective checkboxes.
- A menu bar appears at the top. Click on the Blend-button to create a post-roast blend.
- Create a blend manually or with Post-roast blend profile.
You can blend the roasts by the help of a Post-roast blend profile or simply blend them on the fly.
💡 We recommend creating a Post-roast blend profile for your coffees. This will allow you to repeat common blends more efficiently.
- When using a Post-roast blend profile, all fields will be prefilled according to the profile selected.
If you blend manually, provide the following details:
* is indicating mandatory fields
- Blend name*
- Date*
- Time*
- Roasts*
- Weight in blend*
- Blend notes
- Project
- Click on Create & Add new or Create blend.
💡 By clicking on the "Create & Add new" button you will be able to add further new blends and stay on the same page. If you click on "Create blend", you will be directed to the Post-roast Blend tab on the Roasts overview page. - You will find your newly created blend in the Post-Roast Blends tab within the Roasts overview page.
Post-roast blends will be saved under their own PB-Numbers (Production Blend) to make searching/sorting simpler and easier to integrate across roastery processes.
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Congratulations! You are now know how to create a Post-roast blend.
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