FOR BARISTAS: PROFESSIONAL TRAINING IN COFFEE EVALUATION BY NOMAD

Essential preparation for professionals and people who want to improve their sensory skills.

At Nomad Coffee we believe that constant practice is the key to train solid professionals with their own criteria. After more than 10 years of experience in the specialty coffee sector, we have developed and consolidated our own evaluation and quality control methodologies, applied day by day by our team in all phases of work: from the selection of samples to the validation of batches for our menu.

This sensory course has been designed entirely by our team, with the objective of sharing with you our way of evaluating coffees. During three intensive days, you will be immersed in a practical experience focused on sensory analysis, where you will learn not only the most recognized methods in the industry, but also how we adapt and apply them at Nomad to guarantee excellence in every cup.

Through dynamic sessions, calibration exercises and guided cuppings, we will delve into key concepts such as the perception of acidity, sweetness, body and cleanliness in the cup. We will evaluate coffees of diverse profiles and origins, comparing different analysis approaches and applying the tools we use internally to make professional decisions in our quality chain.

This course is designed for baristas looking to perfect their sensory profile, as well as for specialty coffee lovers who want to advance their understanding of the product. It is an opportunity to learn about the quality standards that we follow at Nomad Coffee and to apply a structured and replicable methodology in your own environment.

More than a course, it is an immersion in our way of understanding and evaluating coffee. An experience designed to help you build criteria, strengthen your skills and expand your capacity for analysis in the world of specialty coffee; the best way to learn is from the direct experience of those who have been dedicated to specialty coffee for years. In this case, Ivette Vera will be in charge of guiding you through the course. With more than 11 years of experience in the industry and 6 years as a barista and quality control manager at Nomad Coffee, Ivette has developed a deep sensory understanding of coffee. Her approach combines rigorous training, continuous practice and detailed analysis, elements that she transmits as director of The Coffee Academy and that will be at the heart of this training.

What does it include?

- Explanation of different coffee cupping and evaluation systems.

- Cupping skills: you will learn to differentiate coffees according to their origin and process.

- Sensory skills: Intensity and interaction of basic tastes (acid, sweet and salty).

- Olfactory skills: You will learn to use the flavor wheel in a practical way, in addition we will train the sense of smell by applying different techniques, aroma kits and interaction with natural products, in order to create the maximum possible olfactory registers.

- Triangulation: Finding the different coffee within the trio

- Acid tasting

- Quality and defects in green coffee

- Quality and defects in roasted coffee and the types of roasting that exist.

- Dossier with explanations and practical exercises so that you can replicate them as many times as you wish.

- Presentation made during the course

- Support in any doubt once the course is finished.

- Lunch included

We are waiting for you!



Terms and conditions

At The Coffee Academy we strive to offer a high quality learning experience to all our students. However, we reserve the right to reschedule the course date or refund the full course fee if the minimum attendance does not exceed 3 attendees. We are committed to your satisfaction and will do our best to accommodate your needs and ensure that you get the maximum benefit from your experience with us.

For more information you can write to us at [email protected].


Important: We are not responsible for third party purchases, such as flight or hotel reservations.

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Cancellation policy

When you make the purchase of a course your place is automatically reserved, if you do not attend you leave out other people who would have liked to participate, here are the points of our cancellation policy:

- A 50% penalty is charged if the course is cancelled less than 15 days or 48 h before the course takes place, returning only half of the total purchase of the course.

- No money will be refunded if the student does not attend the course or notifies us in less than 48 hours.

- Once the date has been set, no changes can be made, except in case of force majeure (illness or accident).

- If for any reason of force majeure (illness, accidents ...) the student can not attend, you can be assigned a place in the next course, this change will be made only once, the money will not be refunded if the student does not attend the course.

- If you give any of our courses or workshops as a gift, this gift voucher will be valid for 12 months after the date of purchase.

- Our cancellation policy does not apply due to illness or accidents.