SCA Q GRADER PROGRAM

Globally recognized. Scientifically rigorous. The Q Grader Program is specialty coffee’s leading license for professionals, encompassing cupping, sensory analysis, and green coffee evaluation. The Q Grader course curriculum prepares coffee professionals to demonstrate their ability to evaluate coffee by its physical, descriptive, affective, and extrinsic assessments. Graduates earn the globally respected Q Grader license, a mark of excellence recognized across the global coffee value chain. The Brewing courses cover numerous brewing coffee methods as well as the brewing variables that affect quality. Hands on learning is emphasized with a focus on grind profiles, brewing methods, coffee strength measurements, and coffee extraction charting. The updated Q Grader Program has been designed for experienced coffee professionals with a curriculum that tests their ability to detect differences and defects, describe sensory profiles, and apply the Coffee Value Assessment in re