CQI - Q Arabica Grader Course

A Q Arabica Grader is a highly trained and calibrated coffee taster who evaluates coffee using SCA cupping standards and protocols. CQI’s Q Coffee System is an internationally recognized program for evaluating cup quality based on a standardized system for Arabica coffee using protocols developed by the SCA.

Coffee Quality Institute (CQI) is a non-profit organization working internationally to improve the quality of coffee and the lives of people who produce it.

Enrollees of the course will gain a huge amount of knowledge and understanding about what quality means in specialty coffee in an international context. This course provides the opportunity to the participants to enhance and calibrate their way of scoring, and assessing the coffees.

Passing this course will give you an opportunity to become a Certified Q Grader. If you are a roaster, a coffee buyer, a producer, or even a barista who is looking forward to improving the quality of coffee and the lives of people who produce it, then this course is for you.

The course is recommended for everyone focused on becoming a Licensed Q Grader.

There are no pre-requisites to join. Everyone from coffee enthusiasts, baristas, coffee professionals, and coffee entrepreneurs are most welcome to attend.

Licensed Q Graders are recognized in the industry & attract opportunities in many areas of the coffee value chain such as:
1. Quality Control - Upstream & Downstream
2. Coffee Farming & Processing
3. Roastery Operations
4. Cooperative / Import & Export / Warehouse
5. Operations
6. Coffee Schools
7. Coffee Competition Organizations

1. Identify taste, fragrance, and aroma:
- Tastes & intensities
- Organic acids
- Le Nez fragrance & aroma

2. Differentiate flavors and correct-vs-incorrect roast:
- Flavor attributes by region
- Roasted samples

3. Grade coffees
- Greens
- Roasted coffee

4. Cup & Score
- 4 flights of 6 coffees
- SCA scoresheet
- CQI protocols

Days 1-3: Training
Days 4-6: Exams

Tim Heinze is a CQI Q Processing Asst. Instructor with 14 years of experience in the coffee industry. His work revolves around creating a farmer-centric and regenerative coffee supply chain by delivering expert and reliable education to the diverse members of the specialty coffee community worldwide.

He is also an SCA AST in all the coffee disciplines and Coffee Education Manager at The Center, the Sucafina Group's global learning community and professional development arm.

CQI - Q Arabica Grader Course

CLASS STARTS AT: 09:00AM
CLASS ENDS AT: 05:00PM

Date 6-11 January 2025

This event will take place in our Academy Facility, in Sharjah. Click this link for directions.

For our students, we recommend these hotels for accommodation;

  1. Rove Hotel (Trade Centre)
  2. Millenium Place Mirdif

For those who need a lift, the pick-up/drop-off point will be near the hotels above.

For students from outside the UAE, you will want to make sure your hotel of choice is within the vicinity of the pick-up/drop-off point, as we are unable to provide transportation outside of that area.

We accept all major debit and credit cards. All of our transactions are handled on a secure server using bank-grade encryption. Payments can be handled through trusted third parties like Stripe, Apple Pay, and Tabby.

Students who wish to pay cash upon date of class or pay with Tabby, feel free to e-mail us at hello@archerscoffee.com with your full name, company, desired class, and contact number. OR you can call 065316869 so we can assist you and reserve you a slot.

1. If you cancel your booking more than 12 weeks before the course starts, you will get a full refund.

2. If you cancel your booking more than 6 weeks before the course starts, you will get 70% of your booking refunded. The remaining 30% off your payment will be deducted as administration charges.

3. If you cancel your booking less than 6 weeks before the course starts, you will not get a refund. However, you can use 70% of the initial payment as partial payment to avail of our next scheduled course. The remaining 30% off your payment will be deducted as administration charges.

4. If in rare circumstances Archers Coffee Academy needs to cancel a course, you will get a full refund. Refunds will be made in approximately one month.

5. Paying this fee does not guarantee that you will pass any of the exams scheduled in the course/s.

6. By proceeding with your payment, you agree to these terms and conditions.

If you have additional inquiries about the course or wish to request for the study materials of your class, feel free to e-mail our Head of Education and In-house Instructor, Dave Peralta. And we'll get back to you as soon as possible.

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