Thinking of taking the Q Grader, but don't know how to prepare? This course of 3 complete sessions is for you.
The Q Grader program is a certification that will help you to take your cupping skills to the highest level in order to be able to buy green coffee, select roast profiles, give scores, choose varieties and processes and, of course, understand each origin.
The best way to learn is from the knowledge of another Q Grader, in this case, Ivette Vera. She has been working for 11 years in specialty coffee and 6 years as a barista and QC (Quality Control) of Nomad, besides being the director of The Coffee Academy.
What does it include?
- - Explanation of the Q Grader protocol and the 20 tests on which you will be evaluated.
- - Cupping skills: you will learn to differentiate coffees according to their origin and process.
- - Sensory skills: Intensity and interaction of basic tastes (sour, sweet and salty).
- - Olfactory skills: Through a kit of aromas, we will teach you to group them into their 4 categories: enzymatic, sweet, dry distillation and defects.
- - 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.
- - Meals included so that you only have to worry about learning
PRACTICAL DETAILS
The Pre Q Grader Barista course has a cost of 630€ per person and takes place in our roastery located at Carrer Marroc 160, 08019, Barcelona. The schedule is from 10:00 to 17:00, having a lunch break which is already included in the price. The course is given in Spanish.
The week of the course we will send you a message reminding you of our appointment See you soon!
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 5 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.
The Coffee Academy is not responsible for the approval of the Q Grader program, but we do take responsibility that you will be trained to achieve it by the best.
For any additional information or if you want to take this course in a personalized way, you can write to us at
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