Q-Grader international coffee cup test appraiser starts in Guangzhou in March!

SCAA American Fine Coffee Association-Coffee quality Research Institute

Coffee quality appraiser (CQI Q Grader)

[9 days] preparatory course + certification examination

Mentor: man é Alves

March 1-9, Guangzhou [Klima Coffee Laboratory]

What is Q-Grader?

Q-Grader is a coffee quality appraiser certified by CQI (International Institute of Coffee quality), a professional organization of the American Fine Coffee Association (SCAA).

Those who pass the exam are directly issued by the SCAA headquarters in the United States with the certificate of coffee cup tester with international credibility. It has the highest gold content in the world.

Coffee license. Only a few thousand people around the world have obtained this certification for the time being.

In recent years, Q Grader certification has attracted a lot of attention, especially the popularity of the third wave of coffee, talents who can evaluate coffee quality and even participate in raw bean bidding.

Scarcity. In South Korea, this certification has even become a threshold for roasting coffee shops, and many large coffee companies employ people with Q Grader certification at high salaries.

In order to ensure the competitiveness of enterprises.

Coffee cup tester certification examination (Q grader) 3-day practice + 3-day course + 3-day exam

SCAA International Coffee quality appraiser (CQI Q Grader) of the American Fine Coffee Association will be in the Coffee Lab (Coffee Sand) in Guangzhou from March 1 to 9.

Dragon training Center). It will take the form of three-day simulation exercise + three-day preparatory course + three-day certification examination. By SCAA CQI instructor Man é Alves

Teaching, through cup testing and various taste and smell exercises supplemented by coffee professional knowledge to achieve the integrity of the whole course, and to enhance personal coffee knowledge.

Knowledge and coffee evaluation ability. The course will continue to introduce SCAA qualifications throughout the course. Training courses will be open to coffee practitioners, baristas and enthusiasts.

Sign up for participation.

Course + certification content

The preparatory course contains a lot of content, with more than 20 certification exams. The content of the exam includes cup test score, triangle cup test, olfactory test,

Taste sense test, grading of cooked beans, organic acid discrimination test, General Knowledge (written test of coffee knowledge) and so on. Those who pass the exam are Yumi

The scaa headquarters of China directly issues the certificate of appraiser with international credibility.

SCAA CQI Q Grader preparatory course content:

1. Understand the variety, planting and processing of coffee

two。 Raw bean rating

3. Classification of defective beans and sample identification of roasted coffee beans

4. Recognize the 36 main aromas of coffee

5. Sense of smell and taste

6. Technical training of SCAA coffee cup evaluation

7. Triangulation testing training

8. Recognition of organic acids

Contents of the Q-Grader Certification examination (23 items in total):

Coffee cup test in 5 major producing areas (Brazil, Indonesia, East Africa, Central America and Colombia)

Coffee triangle testing in 5 major producing areas (Brazil, Indonesia, East Africa, Central America and Colombia)

Detection of roasted beans in coffee

Coffee raw bean rating

Identification of coffee raw beans and roasted beans

Olfactory sensory test (coffee aroma matching, smell bottle)

Taste sensory test (discrimination of sweet, sour and salty / including strong, medium and weak)

Organic acid test

Written test on coffee knowledge

SCAA CQI Q-Grader mentor-Mane Alves Manet. Alves.

Mr. Alves has more than 20 years of sensory tasting experience in the selection coffee industry. This is Coffee Lab International.

CLI (Coffee International Laboratory), founder and owner of Coffee International Laboratory, a professional laboratory company for coffee testing and research, dedicated to European and American

Service of big food and beverage companies.

Mr. Alves and Specialty Coffee Association of America, SCAA (American selected Coffee Association), and Coffee Quality

Institute, CQI (coffee quality organization), has quite close work and cooperation. He has been voting since the founding of CQI in 2000.

Enter the educational work of "Q" Grader course. At present, he personally teaches more than half of the students who pass the "Q" Grader course in the world.

Derived from it. Therefore, there is no doubt about the quality and credit of Mr. Alves's successful teaching.

In order to know more about the quality and the latest situation of coffee harvest every year, Mr. Alves has been traveling to various coffee producing countries and production for many years.

Observe the harvest of coffee beans in the area. His work and identity is a world-class cup appraiser who often tastes and evaluates all kinds of products from all over the world.

Coffee. He also teaches "Q" Grader courses for coffee farmers in local producing countries and coffee professionals throughout the United States and Asia.

Mr. Alves was born in Lisbon, Portugal. He has rich teaching experience and is proficient in five languages. He also used to be a grape from California.

The wine maker switched to the coffee industry in 1991. He lives in Waterbury Center with his wife, Holly, and two young daughters.

Vermont .

About SCAA

SCAA is committed to providing a common platform for pursuing the excellent quality of coffee "from seed to cup" and the sustainable development of high-quality coffee.

Establish the quality standard of coffee and standardize the certification standard for the skill of coffee professionals. Its main functions include: setting up and maintaining coffee in the coffee industry

Quality standards for coffee; investigation and research on coffee, coffee equipment and for the purpose of improving coffee handicrafts; at the same time, the association also provides coffee teaching for its members.

Education, training, resources and business services; the barista evaluation criteria established by SCAA and the barista certificate issued are currently the most authoritative in the world

One of the barista certifications.

About Klima Coffee Lab CREMA Coffee Lab (SCAA Certification Room)

Klima Coffee Lab CREMA Coffee Lab is a country jointly established by the Coffee Salon training Center and Hong Kong COFFEE Lab Asia in 2013.

International certified coffee room. We are going to launch SCAA (American boutique coffee), including CQI Q Grader (certified quality appraiser of coffee quality institute).

International certification courses such as Coffee Association, SCAE (European Fine Coffee Association) and IIAC (Italian Tasters Association). The aim is to integrate a more systematic and scientific knowledge of coffee

The system is brought to China to share with coffee peers and enthusiasts.

For details of fees and registration, please call or E-mail:

Klima Coffee Lab CREMA COFFEE LAB (SCAA Certification Room)

Consultation and contact information:

Tel: 1392 2337 263 Mr. Lin lab@coffeesalon.com

13710253028 Miss Chen weixin@coffeesalon.com

Landline: 86 (20) 3637 8856

Add: 7 / F, 318 Guangyuan Zhong Road, Baiyun District, Guangzhou

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