Set up Rostoc
The first time you open Rostoc there are two short screens, and then you are in the app. Everything else is a checklist you work through at your own pace, in whatever order suits you.
The two setup screens
Section titled “The two setup screens”Create your account. Rostoc opens your browser to sign up or log in, then returns to the app.
Choose your units. Temperature in Celsius or Fahrenheit, weight in kilograms or pounds. Both are display preferences — you can change them later in Settings → Preferences, and changing them converts what you see rather than rewriting anything.
Click Get started and Rostoc opens on Home.
The Get started checklist
Section titled “The Get started checklist”Home shows Get started in its left column until you have worked through it, with a counter beside the heading.
| Row | What it does | Counted |
|---|---|---|
| Connect your machine | Opens Machines, where you pick your roaster from the catalog and link it. See Add your first machine. | Yes |
| Add a green | Opens Coffee lines with the new-coffee form open, so stock tracks itself from your first roast. | Yes |
| Create a roast plan | Opens Plans with the create form open, for your charge weight, weight loss and a Reference Curve. Start from an Artisan or Cropster roast, under the row, asks for a roast file instead and opens the form on its curve. See Plans. | Yes |
| Roast your first batch | Opens Plans, so you can start Roast Studio from the Plan you made. Only a roast recorded in Rostoc ticks it; an imported roast does not. | Yes |
| Remove sample data | Deletes the sample coffees, Lots, Batches, Plans, and orders that came with the account. Anything you created stays, and a sample Plan or coffee you renamed, edited or roasted with is kept as your own. A kept sample Plan loses its sample coffee and sample reference roast; pick your own coffee from Edit Plan and set a Reference Curve from one of its roasts. | While there is sample data to remove |
| Tell us what’s missing | Opens the feedback form. | No — it is optional |
Each row checks itself off from what is actually in your account, not from whether you clicked it — so importing a machine setup or a spreadsheet counts the same as doing it by hand. Rows completed on one computer show as completed on another.
Once the checklist is done, the column becomes Needs Attention and starts showing your real work.
Starting Rostoc
Section titled “Starting Rostoc”Opening Rostoc a second time brings up the window that is already open. You never get a second copy of the app.
On Windows, if you click a sign-in link in your browser while Rostoc is still starting, the link is not picked up. Wait for the Rostoc window to appear, then sign in again.
The sample data
Section titled “The sample data”A new account arrives with sample coffees, Lots, Batches, Plans, and an order in flight. They exist so Home, Coffee lines, and Batches have something to show while you find your way around, and they are marked sample wherever they appear.
Remove them from the Remove sample data row on the checklist, or from the Remove demo data button on the sample notice at the top of Home. Rostoc asks to confirm, then deletes only what it created. This cannot be undone, but nothing you made yourself is touched.
A sample Plan you renamed, edited or roasted with is kept, with your changes. It loses its sample coffee and sample reference roast. Pick your own coffee from Edit Plan, and set a Reference Curve from one of the Plan’s roasts.
After your first roast
Section titled “After your first roast”Once you have recorded a Batch, Rostoc asks once where you roast — your country, your team size, and your roastery name if you want to give it. It shapes what gets built next. Skip it and it does not come back.