Coffee & Cocoa Layered Cold Process Soap
Recipe Instructions
Step 1. Create lye solution. Weigh the water and/or strong coffee (previously frozen). Weigh lye in separate container. Slowly pour the lye into the liquid. If using coffee, do very slowly to keep the solution form heating up and scorching the coffee. Stir until completely dissolved and set aside.
Step 2. Prepare the base oils. First weigh any solid oils and butters into container and melt, Then weigh liquid oils and add into the melted oils.
Step 3. Weigh your essential oils (30-50 grams) if using into a glass or stainless steel container and add to the base oil. Add the coffee grounds to the base oil mixture.
Step 4. Check the temperatures of the two mixtures. Be sure to stir before taking the temperature. You want the temperature of each to be between 80 and 100 degrees.
Step 5. Once you have reached desire temperatures, pour the lye solution into the oil mixture and mix to emulsion.
Step 6. Divide batter into 3 equal parts.
Step 7. Add 4 t. of zinc oxide to one base. Add 4 t. of cocoa powder to another. Leave one base uncolored; it will have the natural color of the coffee grounds.
Step 8. Bring the base colored using zinc oxide to thick trace. Pour into your mold and bang down to flatten.
Step 9. Bring your uncolored (natural) base to a thicker tracer and spoon on top of the zinc oxide layer. Bang your mold down to flatten.
Step 10. Bring your cocoa colored base to a thicker trace and spoon on top of the natural layer. Bang your mold down to flatten.
You can decorate the top as you wish. I spooned a little of each base on top and swirled it together, topping with coffee beans for decoration.
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Soap Properties
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INS: 160.74 (ideal)
iodine: 55.24 (ideal)
Calculated Values for Oils and Preferences
| Superfat % | 5% |
| Saturated | 368.41 Gram(s) |
| Mono-Unsaturated | 406.64 Gram(s) |
| Poly-Unsaturated | 85.66 Gram(s) |
| Saturated:Unsaturated Ratio | 57.20:42.80 |
| Lye concentration | 100% |
| Weight Unit | Gram(s) |
| Soap type | solid |
Fatty Acid Profile
| Oleic | 45.18% |
| Linoleic | 8.60% |
| Linolenic | 0.92% |
| Ricinoleic | 0% |
| Lauric | 15.98% |
| Myristic | 6.36% |
| Palmitic | 12.76% |
| Stearic | 5.84% |
Recommended Additive Amounts
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For Advanced Soapmakers
| Sodium Lactate (60%)
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| Recommended Essential/Fragrance Oil | 39.38 Gram(s) | ||||||
| Ascorbic Acid
| 9 Gram(s) | ||||||
| Extra Lye to Neutralize Ascorbic Acid for A.A. | NaOH: 1.82 Gram(s) | ||||||
| Lactic Acid
| 6.75 Gram(s) | ||||||
| Extra Lye to Neutralize Lactic Acid for L.A. | NaOH: 4 Gram(s) | ||||||
| Tetrasodium EDTA
| 6.85 Gram(s) | ||||||
| Sodium Citrate
| 11.70 - 35.10 Gram(s) | ||||||
| Potassium Citrate
| 14.40 - 43.20 Gram(s) | ||||||
| Rosemary Oleoresin (ROE)
| 0.36 - 0.45 Gram(s) | ||||||
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Citric Acid Powder (anhydrous) |
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Extra Lye to Neutralize Citric Acid Powder for C.A. |
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