Do you need certification for fine coffee? is it SCA coffee? does it need SCA certification evaluation?

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Before you understand the importance of SCA certification, you may want to know what SCA certification is. Don't worry, if you want to know what SCA certification is, you must also know what SCA is. The full English name of SCA (Specialty Coffee Association) is the name of the organization after the merger of SCAA American Fine Coffee Association (Specialty Coffee Association of America) and SCAE European Boutique Coffee Association (Specialty Coffee Association of Europe) was announced in August 2016. it was officially launched in early 2017. Let's take a look at these two organizations together: SCAA, and SCAE.

SCAA (American Fine Coffee Association) was founded in 1982. since its inception, the association has been committed to the pursuit of excellent quality from seed to cup, and to establish coffee quality standards, in order to standardize the certification standards for the skills of coffee practitioners. SCAA provides different certification for coffee practitioners and lovers all over the world.

SCAE (European Fine Coffee Association), founded in London in 1988, is a non-profit organization covering more than 90 countries around the world. Its purpose is to improve the quality of the coffee industry, promote high-quality coffee culture, hold regular worldwide coffee competitions, popularize education and exchanges of fine coffee around the world, and constantly inspire the high standards of the global coffee industry. According to this standard, SCAE Certificate Program and Coffee Diploma Program came into being.

From about 2012, the two largest boutique coffee associations in the world, SCAA and SCAE, began to discuss the merger, hoping to join hands to form the world's largest and most authoritative boutique coffee association. The news of the merger officially announced by the two associations in 2016 formed the current SCA. At present, SCA certification is mainly divided into 6 modules and 3 levels. The module is divided into: introduction to coffee (Introduction of coffee), barista skills (Barista Skills), grinding extraction (Brewing), coffee raw beans (Green Coffee), roasting (Roasting), sensory cup testing technology (Sensory Skills).

Except for the beginner of coffee, the other five modules are divided into primary, intermediate and advanced. Advanced courses must be completed at least 3 months after the completion of the junior and intermediate courses before they can continue to take the examination. Since China cancelled the certification of coffee professional qualification in January 2016, more and more people have begun to pay attention to the coffee certification body of SCA International, but there are still many people who do not know the usefulness of SCA certification. So, how important is it for baristas to get SCA certification?

First of all, SCA certification is very influential in the world.

Secondly, the merger of SCAA and SCAE makes the advantages of the teaching system of the two boutique coffee associations get the maximum combination of resource sharing and optimal allocation, the organization advocates diversity, and enables the global coffee industry to achieve sustainable development through local competitions, activities, sharing and communication.

Thirdly, the use of SCA certification can also be considered from what kind of organization it is. It is a global non-profit organization, always based on the concept of open and academic knowledge sharing. After passing SCA certification, it can not only become a learner of SCA Fine Coffee Association and have its own student number, but also spread your coffee history and cultural knowledge to every corner of the world through SCA.

Whether you are a coffee lover or coffee practitioner, with the certification certificate issued by SCA, you can prove that you have received professional coffee training and have professional theoretical knowledge and practical operation basis. In addition, you have obtained the SCA certification, which is also a proof and symbol of identity that you are an internationally certified professional barista.

Professionally speaking, having a SCA certificate will be more convincing under the premise of having the same work experience and the same technical level. In many boutique cafes, you will see SCA certification hanging on the wall to prove the professionalism of the staff.