How We Develop Your Coffee Blend from Scratch

The Ublend® Approach: From Sample Roast to Scaled Production

Creating a coffee blend that truly represents your brand takes more than just picking a few beans and calling it a day. At Ublend®, we use a structured, step-by-step process that ensures every coffee we produce meets your flavour goals, works across your menu, and is scalable for long-term success. Here’s how we build your blend from scratch — and why each stage matters.

Step 1: Sample Roasting on the Aillio Bullet (500g)

We begin with precision: small-batch roasting using our Aillio Bullet sample roaster. This roaster lets us explore individual green coffees at a 500g scale to understand their unique characteristics — body, acidity, sweetness, and finish. We roast multiple origins, test different roast levels, and blend post-roast in small test batches (e.g. 70/30 or 60/30/10) to see how they interact in the cup. This is where we discover what’s possible — and what’s worth scaling.

Why it matters: Fast, low-risk experimentation. Full flavour control before committing to volume. Ideal for comparing multiple blend combinations side-by-side.

Step 2: Small Batch Testing on the Brambati 30kg Roaster

Once we’ve shortlisted the top-performing blend(s), we scale the recipe up to 15–30kg batches using our Brambati 30kg production roaster. This step lets you taste your coffee in a real-world environment — on your espresso machine, in milk, or as a filter. It’s also where we fine-tune details like post-blend vs pre-blend roasting, extraction behaviour, and roast curve replication.

Why it matters: Verifies consistency when moving from small to commercial scale. Allows testing in your café or retail environment. Gives you the chance to tweak and perfect before locking it in.

Step 3: Main Production on the 120kg Roaster

With the blend finalised, we move into full-scale production on our 120kg Brambati roaster at our main facility. Every batch is roasted to the approved profile using real-time data tracking and expert roast control. We then pack your coffee into custom-branded bags — ready for café use, wholesale, or retail shelves.

Why it matters: Consistent flavour across every batch. Scalable volumes to match your business growth. Quality assurance built into every step.

Why This Process Works

The journey from a 500g sample roast to a 120kg production batch isn’t just about increasing volume — it’s about maintaining integrity, managing risk, and ensuring your coffee tastes just the way you intended. By the time your first production order ships, you’ve tested, tasted, tweaked, and approved every aspect of your blend. That’s how we deliver coffee with confidence — and why our clients trust us to help bring their brand to life.

Your Coffee, Your Brand® — Done Right.

Looking to develop a signature blend for your café or retail brand? Get in touch and let’s get roasting.