Survey: Workflows for Coffee Roasting, Part 1

Size & Scale of Operations

What brand coffee roaster do you own/use?*

What is the model capacity of your roaster? (If you have multiple roasters, you can select more than one capacity.)*

How many batches of coffee do you roast in a week?*

1-10 roast per week
11-20 roast per week
20-29 roast per week
30-39 roast per week
More than 40 roasts per week

What operating system do you use for data logging?*

Mac
Windows

What are you currently using to log your roast data*

When bagging coffee for retail, what is your most common bag size/capacity?*

What is your second most common bag size/capacity?

Incoming Orders

Do you have your own website where you sell bags of roasted coffee?*

Yes
I do not have a website
I have a website but do not sell bags of roasted coffee there

Which e-commerce platform do you use for your website*

Of all the coffee you roast in a year, what percentage is used to fulfill orders from your website?*

Please enter a number from 0 to 100.

Do sell bags of roasted coffee on an online marketplace (Amazon, Etsy, Facebook Marketplace)?*

Yes
No

Which online marketplaces do you use?*

Amazon
Etsy
Ebay
Facebook Marketplace
Others

Of all the coffee you roast in a year, what percentage is used to fulfill orders from an online marketplace?*

Please enter a number from 0 to 100.

Do you sell bags of roasted coffee at a cafe or shop that you own?*

Yes
No

Of all the coffee you roast in a year, what percentage is used to fulfill sales made at your own cafe/shop?

Please enter a number from 0 to 100.

Do you sell bags of roasted coffee at in-person events such as farmers markets or pop-up events?*

Yes
No

Of all the coffee you roast in a year, what percentage is used to fulfill sales made at an in-person event?

Please enter a number from 0 to 100.

Click all that apply*

I accept cash
I swipe cards and each sale is automatically integrated into my orders/inventory system
I swipe cards to collect payment only - there is no automatic orders/inventory integration

Wholesale & Invoicing

Do you sell your roasted coffee via wholesale/b2b relationships?*

Yes
No

Click all that apply

I sell bags of coffee with my brand's name & label for resale.
I sell bulk roasted coffee to be brewed in cafe with my brand name noted on the menu
I sell bulk roasted coffee without my brand noted
I do special projects or collaborations with some of my wholesale accounts

Of all the coffee you roast in a year, what percentage is used to fulfill orders from wholesale accounts?

Please enter a number from 0 to 100.

How do you request and receive payment for wholesale orders?

I send invoices and receive payments via check
I use Quickbooks to send invoices and process online payments
I use PayPal or similar to send invoices and process online payments
My website allows me to invoice and process payments for manual orders
Customers send me money

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Survey: Workflows for Coffee Roasting, Part 1

Size & Scale of Operations

Incoming Orders

Wholesale & Invoicing

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