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Barista Skills — Training Barista Skills — Training This course covers a comprehensive coffee journey, sensory evaluation and essential barista skills.
Barista Skills — Fundamental Barista Skills — Fundamental This course covers a comprehensive coffee journey, sensory evaluation and essential barista skills. Learn about cultivation, processing, roasting and fundamental sensory skills before diving into espresso preparation, milk texturing, and latte art. Perfect for building a strong barista foundation. Barista Skills — Advanced Barista Skills — Advanced Builds on the Fundamental course to deepen your understanding of coffee, dialing-in, milk techniques and latte art, preparing you for more complex barista roles. Barista Skills — Expert Barista Skills — Expert Designed for experienced baristas ready to master the advanced skills and science expected of a head barista.
Sensory Skills — Fundamental Sensory Skills — Fundamental The Sensory Skills course is designed to teach participants how to evaluate and understand the sensory characteristics of coffee. It covers key concepts such as how human senses influence the perception of body, acidity, bitterness, and aroma. Participants learn to identify basic tastes and aromas, conduct cupping and espresso evaluations, and improve their sensory vocabulary. The course also explores advanced sensory analysis techniques, including professional cupping forms, sensory testing methods, and statistical analysis, equipping participants to implement sensory programs in a business setting. Sensory Skills — Advanced Sensory Skills — Advanced The Sensory Skills course is designed to teach participants how to evaluate and understand the sensory characteristics of coffee. It covers key concepts such as how human senses influence the perception of body, acidity, bitterness, and aroma. Participants learn to identify basic tastes and aromas, conduct cupping and espresso evaluations, and improve their sensory vocabulary. The course also explores advanced sensory analysis techniques, including professional cupping forms, sensory testing methods, and statistical analysis, equipping participants to implement sensory programs in a business setting. Sensory Skills — Expert Sensory Skills — Expert The Sensory Skills course is designed to teach participants how to evaluate and understand the sensory characteristics of coffee. It covers key concepts such as how human senses influence the perception of body, acidity, bitterness, and aroma. Participants learn to identify basic tastes and aromas, conduct cupping and espresso evaluations, and improve their sensory vocabulary. The course also explores advanced sensory analysis techniques, including professional cupping forms, sensory testing methods, and statistical analysis, equipping participants to implement sensory programs in a business setting.
Brewing Skills — Fundamental Brewing Skills — Fundamental Discover the different methods of brewing coffee and learn how to produce a tasty, well-balanced brew. Brewing Skills — Advanced Brewing Skills — Advanced Take your brewing further with the science of strength, extraction and brew analysis to deliver a consistently balanced cup. Brewing Skills — Expert Brewing Skills — Expert A deeper, scientific look at brewing: water, brewing parameters and the brewing control chart.
Mixology Skills Mixology Skills This training covers the art of creating coffee-based beverages and cocktails, blending flavors, and mastering techniques for crafting innovative and visually appealing drinks.
SCA Introduction to Coffee SCA Introduction to Coffee Introduction to Coffee is an ideal course for anyone who is new to the coffee industry or simply interested in this wonderful drink. It charts coffee’s journey from its origins in Ethiopia to the major commodity it is today, enjoyed by millions of people around the world. From processing and roasting to brewing and tasting, this course gives a general overview of coffee’s supply chain. This half-day course also includes a coffee cupping, which lets you taste the various flavors of coffee.
SCA Sensory Skills — Foundation SCA Sensory Skills — Foundation The Sensory Skills Foundation course explores the essentials of sensory assessment in a practical and interactive manner. It investigates the way we perceive what we taste and how to apply this knowledge when evaluating a coffee’s characteristics. Learners gain practical experience identifying a variety of sensory attributes and cupping coffees using both the SCA Descriptive and Affective Assessments. SCA Sensory Skills — Intermediate SCA Sensory Skills — Intermediate The Sensory Skills Intermediate course builds on the concepts and skills introduced in the Sensory Skills Foundation course. It is ideal for someone who has cupping experience and wants to develop their sensory skills and knowledge of sensory science. Topics include the physiology of taste and aroma, types of sensory test methods and their applications, running a cupping session, the diversity of coffee attributes, using the Coffee Taster’s Flavor Wheel and WCR Sensory Lexicon, and implementing a sensory program or panel. SCA Sensory Skills — Professional SCA Sensory Skills — Professional The Sensory Skills Professional course builds on the Intermediate course and prepares the learner for managerial job functions in the sensory assessment of coffee and related products. Learners gain alignment with industry standards and sensory science best practices, explore implementing sensory assessment in a coffee business, evaluate qualities in specialty green coffee, and learn to accurately measure, describe and interpret coffee beverage characteristics. A written exam and a practical exam test the knowledge and skills covered.
SCA Barista Skills — Foundation SCA Barista Skills — Foundation Learn the key skills to set a grinder, pull a balanced espresso and texture milk for cappuccinos. SCA Barista Skills — Intermediate SCA Barista Skills — Intermediate Builds on the Foundation course to deepen your understanding of coffee, dialing-in, milk techniques and latte art, preparing you for more complex barista roles. SCA Barista Skills — Professional SCA Barista Skills — Professional Designed for experienced baristas ready to master the advanced skills and science expected of a head barista.
SCA Brewing — Foundation SCA Brewing — Foundation Discover the different methods of brewing coffee and learn how to produce a tasty, well-balanced brew. SCA Brewing — Intermediate SCA Brewing — Intermediate Take your brewing further with the science of strength, extraction and brew analysis to deliver a consistently balanced cup. SCA Brewing — Professional SCA Brewing — Professional A deeper, scientific look at brewing: water, brewing parameters and the brewing control chart.

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