Resources for independent coffee roasters
Practical tools for managing green coffee, planning production, and understanding the margin behind each bag.
Calculators and templates
- Coffee Cost Calculator: Cost per Bag & Margin
Free coffee cost calculator for roasters. Calculate roast loss, cost per bag, production gross margin, and contribution margin after merchant fees.
- Free Green Coffee Inventory Template
A free printable green coffee inventory worksheet with lot, purchase, roast-use, and physical-count fields for independent roasters.
Product walkthroughs
- RoastBase Walkthrough: From Green Purchase to Bag Margin
Follow one illustrative coffee purchase through inventory, a roast batch, roast loss, production cost, and finished-bag margin.
- Shopify and RoastBase: A Roastery Workflow Guide
Learn how Shopify products and orders connect to RoastBase inventory, production planning, and product cost reviews.
Production and costing guides
- How to Calculate Coffee Roast Loss
Calculate roast loss and yield from green and roasted coffee weights, with a worked example and practical tips for consistent batch records.
- How Much Green Coffee Do You Need for a 12 oz Bag?
Use roast yield to calculate the green coffee needed for a 12 oz bag, with examples at 80%, 85%, and 90% yield.
- Coffee Roaster COGS Tool: Calculate Cost per Bag
A coffee roaster COGS tool for small roasteries: see how green coffee cost, roast loss, packaging, and labor affect cost per bag. Understand how green coffee cost, roast loss, packaging, and labor affect cost per bag and pricing decisions in a small coffee roastery.
Explore RoastBase
- Roastery Software for Small & Independent Roasters
Manage green inventory, roast production, cost per bag, and wholesale margins with RoastBase. $29/month, no per-pound fees, and a free 30-day trial.
- Coffee Roaster Inventory Software for Small Roasters
Coffee roaster inventory software for green coffee: track purchases, lots, landed costs, and remaining inventory, and connect them to the batches you roast.
- Coffee Roasting Production Software
Record roast batches, green and finished weights, roast loss, and production totals with RoastBase software for independent coffee roasters.
- Coffee Roastery ERP vs. Simple Roastery Software
Do you need an ERP for a coffee roastery? Compare full ERP systems with focused coffee roaster software for inventory, roast production, and cost per bag.
- Coffee Roastery Spreadsheet vs. Roastery Software
Compare tracking a coffee roastery in spreadsheets with dedicated roastery software for green inventory, roast batches, cost per bag, and wholesale margins.
- About RoastBase: Built by a Small Roaster
Why RoastBase exists: simple roastery management software built by a small roaster for independent coffee businesses that have outgrown spreadsheets.
Put the numbers to work
Connect purchases, inventory, roast batches, and finished-product costs in one workspace. $29/month, with a free 30-day trial and no per-pound fees.
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