Q Arabica Combo Course 

- Course title

Q Arabica Combo Course

- Target audience

Experienced coffee tasters and quality assurance/quality control professionals who are looking to become familiar with international standards and gain recognition with a professional certificate.

-Prerequisites

None, Green Coffee and SCA Sensory Analysis & Evaluation Modules recommended

- Purpose of the training

Students will have to correctly fill in the SCA cupping form as well as the green coffee defect analysis form during the evaluation of samples. They will gain experience by testing their sensory skills on:

• The SCA cupping form
• The Green and Roasted Coffee Analysis form
• Q grader sensory analysis tests
• Q grader triangulations 
• Q grader olfactory tests
• Tests of the Q grader standard flavours
• Q grader correspondence tests (organic acids)
• Roast recognition tests (SCA roasting standards)

- Training duration in hours

42 hours (including exams)

-Trainer

Ms. Gloria Pedroza, CQI Official Trainer

- Educational content of the training

• Knowledge of CQI's work
• Q-grading program
• Cuppings from different regions, origins
• Olfactory exercises (Nez du Café)
• Sensory analysis exercises inspired by Ted Lingle's tasting guide
• Q grader standard flavors (FlavorActiv)
• Organic acid exercises
• Roasting and green coffee defect assessment
• Triangulation exercises
• SCA Cupping 
• coffee general knowledge 

- Pedagogical, technical and supervisory resources

Material and pedagogical elements of the training: Presentation on Power Point, tasting, practical workshops

- Method of assessment 

Practical exercices

Online written theory exam