How to manually blend your coffee

This article introduces the Post-roast blend inventory overview page and also explains how to manually blend your coffee to adjust your Post-roast blend inventory.

• The Post-roast blend inventory overview page
• The steps of manually blending your coffee
  
  • Via the Post-roast blend overview page
  • Via the Roasts overview page
  • Via the Post-roast blend profiles overview page 

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The Post-roast blend inventory overview page

By following the steps below you can navigate to the Post-roast blend overview page:

1. Log in to the online platform C-sar.
2. Navigate to Roasted Inventory on the main menu bar.
3. Select Inventory. You will be directed to the Loose inventory overview page.
4. Select Post-roast blend inventory on the top left side of the page. 
   
5. Displayed below is the following information:
   
   
   • On-hand: The total weight of all post-roasts (PB lots) that are not yet packaged.
   • Ordered: The total weight of Orders that are Open or In progress. 
   • Allocated: Allocated weight for manual packaging plans of post-roast blends.
   • To blend: Weight required after accounting for on-hand inventory (blended and packaged). The calculation is the following: Ordered - (minus) On-hand
   • To be packaged: Weight planned for packaging. 
   • Available: Weight available after accounting for allocations. The available amount is calculated by On-hand - (minus) Allocated
6. Clicking on the Filter icon allows you to apply the Blend profile filter for more specific search results.
    

The steps of manually blending your coffee

There are three ways to manually blend your coffee:

1. Via the Post-roast blend inventory overview page. 
2. Via the Roasts overview page.
3. Via the Post-roast blend profiles overview page

Via the Post-roast blend inventory overview page 

By following the steps below you can manually blend your coffee via the Post-roast blend inventory overview page:

1. Complete the steps 1-5 written above. 
2. Click on the green Blend coffee button on the top right side of the page.
3. You will be directed to the Create a blend page.
4. Enter the following details:
   * is indicating mandatory fields
   
   
   • *Blend name
   • *Date
   • *Time
   • *Roasts
   • *Weight in blend
   • Blend notes
   • Project
5. Click on Create blend to submit. 

 

Via the Roasts overview page 

By following the steps below you can manually blend your coffee via the Roasts overview page:

1. Log in to the online platform C-sar.
2. Navigate to Roasts on the main menu bar.
3. You will be directed to the Roasts overview page. 
4. Click on the green Add button on the top right side of the page. 
5. Select Blend. 
   
6. You will be directed to the Create a blend page. 
7. Enter the details listed above. 
8. Click on Create blend to submit. 

Via the Post-roast blend profiles overview page 

By following the steps below you can manually blend your coffee via the Post-roast blend profiles page:

1. Log in to the online platform C-sar .
2. Navigate to Roasts on the main menu bar. 
3. Select Post-roast blend profiles. 
4. You will be directed to the Post-roast blend profiles overview page. 
   
5. Clicking on the Edit icon on the right side of the page at the Post-roast blend profile you wish to manually adjust.
6. You will be directed to the Edit blend profile page. 
7. Enter the following details:
   * is indicating mandatory fields
   
   
   • *Name
   • Blend profile components ratio:
     • *Percentage
     • *Weight
8. Click on Update blend profile to submit. 

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Related content

• How to create a Post-roast blend 
• Fulfilling Orders 

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Congratulations! You are now know how to use the Post-roast blend inventory overview page and also how to manually blend your coffee. 

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