CQI - Q Processing Level 2: Professional

Location: Gatta Farm, Sidama, Ethiopia

The Q Processing program links processing to flavour and quality in the cup, while teaching the skills to deliberately influence these factors.

Course overview

The CQI Q Processing Professional Certificate is a farm-based interactive, hands-on course about the creation of flavor profiles through post-harvest processing. The certificate is granted to students that pass the theoretical and practical tests capping a six-day field-based course.

This course is for all passionate coffee people interested to learn about processing at origin through a collaborative and immersive experience during the harvest season. 

Beginners will learn the theory from lectures that accompany the practical aspects of the course. For certified Generalists, lectures and hands-on processing activities will further enhance their foundational knowledge.

Everyone will participate in the interactive team activities, applied lessons, and cupping

The Program:

• Actors & Operations from Cherry to Cup
• Coffee Value Chain
• Coffee Operations Chain
• Processing Methods according to Coffee Fruit Anatomy
• Hands-on Unit Operation
• Raw Material
• Pulping
• Fermentation
• Washing & Demucilation
• Drying
• Processing Defects, Storage, & Dry-Milling
• Integrated Quality Control
• Challenges & the Future of Processing

Cancellation Policy:

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.