Upcoming Events
Build your Coffee Vocabulary: SF Coffee Festival
Let's unravel the secret of the “global language of coffee”! Delve into the intricate art of sensory perception, where personal memories and emotions intertwine with professional expertise.
Roastery Operations Masterclass
Join Rachel Apple and Sandra Loofbourow for a 6 week series all about how to run a successful roasting operation!
Women Powered Coffee Summit
This event serves as a platform for women coffee farmers to be able to connect with one another, and other actors in the coffee industry, while exchanging ideas, learning from each other, and most importantly, connecting.
Q combo course & Exam @ Pacific Coffee Research
Become a certified coffee evaluator at Q Grader Combo Course & Exam at Pacific Coffee Research in Hawaii
Q Calibration
Q Graders must calibrate every 3 years to maintain their certification. Join this Calibration at Gavina Coffee in Los Angeles!
Raise the Bar: Holistic Strategies for your Coffee Business
This workshop focuses on strategic planning for an annualized coffee roll-out plan, emphasizing collaboration across departments. Participants engage in hands-on exercises and discussions using a high-level company-wide calendar, incorporating both green and roasted coffee releases. The calendar acts as a master document, informed by and informing cross-functional focus points throughout the year.
Build Your Coffee Vocabulary
Describing sensory sensations is a skill that improves with practice. By understanding the biological function of gustation and olfaction, we can harness our natural ability and start building muscle memory. Together, we’ll walk through a few different excercises that help us leverage our memories and emotions to build better flavor recall.
Q combo course & Exam @ Firedancer
Q Grader Combo Course & Exam at at Firedancer Coffee Educators in Chicago, IL
Q combo course & Exam @ Sinergia Lab, Santiago Chile
Q Grader Combo Course & Exam at Sinergia Lab in Santiago, Chile
Curso Q Prep - Sinergia Lab, Santiago Chile
Prepare to become a Q Grader - Q Prep course at CoRo Coffee in Berkeley
Palate Expansion Virtual Event: Candy Edition
Sign up to join our interactive virtual workshop led by Sandra Loofbourow on June 6th!
You will be receiving a pack of candies shipped out by Slow Pour Supply ahead of the workshop.
Who is this for? Anyone who wants to expand their sensory vocabulary!
When is it? Thursday, June 6th, 2024 at 3:30pm PT (6:30pm ET)
This interactive virtual class will be focused on expanding our palate and flavor vocabulary by speaking the "global language of coffee" and practicing this skill together.
Part of this class will also review the new Indonesian Flavor Wheel to inform our discussion. We will taste and discuss a variety of candies, and we will describe flavors that may be familiar or new to us.
Brought to you by Slow Pour Supply x LoupeCoffeeConsulting!
Allergen Note:
We care very much about the wellness of all our participants.
In doing so, we would like to be transparent about the potential presence of common food allergens, artificial flavorings & color additives that may be present in the candy portion of this virtual event. We would very much like for everyone to join us, but please make the safest decision for yourself.
Building sensory vocabulary
Let’s practice speaking the “global language” of coffee! After learning about the science of our senses, we’ll run through plate expanding exercises, taste new flavors, and cup some wild coffees together.
Q combo course & Exam @ Firedancer
Q Grader Combo Course & Exam at at Firedancer Coffee Educators in Chicago, IL
Q Calibration @ Coffee Project New York
Q Graders must attend an in-person calibration every 3 years to maintain their certification.
This exam will include 1 practice cupping and 3 cupping exams, as well as the new CQI FlavorStandards test.
Q GRADER Calibration: April 8, 9:00am - 5:00pm
PLEASE NOTE: After purchasing a ticket through Coffee Project New York, students must complete their registration by visiting the CQI website and signing for Calibration Course number #6192
Course fees are nonrefundable. If you need to cancel, course fees can be applied to a future course or another person can take your place. A 15% change fee will be added for any alterations. Students who choose to postpone will have 12 months to apply their funds to another course. Changes are not possible less than 14 days before the course begins.
Q combo course & Exam @ Coffee Project NY
Become a certified coffee evaluator at Q Grader Combo Course & Exam at Academy at Coffee Project NY in Queens
Q Calibration @ Pacific Coffee Research
Q Graders must attend an in-person calibration every 3 years to maintain their certification.
This exam will include 1 practice cupping and 3 cupping exams, as well as the new CQI FlavorStandards test.
Q GRADER Calibration: March 8, 9:00am - 5:00pm
PLEASE NOTE: After purchasing a ticket through Pacific Coffee Research, students must complete their registration by visiting the CQI website and signing for Calibration Course number #6191
Course fees are nonrefundable. If you need to cancel, course fees can be applied to a future course or another person can take your place. A 15% change fee will be added for any alterations. Students who choose to postpone will have 12 months to apply their funds to another course. Changes are not possible less than 14 days before the course begins.
Q combo course & Exam @ Coro
Q Grader Combo Course & Exam at Bay Area CoRo in Berkeley, California
Q Prep Course @ CoRO
Prepare to become a Q Grader - Q Prep course at CoRo Coffee in Berkeley
Q Combo Curso y Examen en la paz Bolivia
Q Grader Combo Course & Exam en Lata 16, La Paz Bolivia. Curso dictado en español
Q combo course & Exam @ The Crown: Royal Coffee Lab & Tasting Room - sold out!
Q Grader Combo Course & Exam at The Crown: Royal Coffee Lab & Tasting Room in Oakland
Q combo course & Exam @ Coro
Q Grader Calibration at Bay Area CoRo in Berkeley, California
Q Prep Course @ CoRO
Prepare to become a Q Grader - Q Prep course at CoRo Coffee in Berkeley
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