SCA COFFEE SKILLS – GREEN COFFEE MODULE

Curious to learn about green coffee? Join Campus Director, Marcus Young as he covers the key concepts surrounding green coffee. We will dive deep into the production, processing, shipping, grading, contracting and storage of green coffee. The class will also cover coffee arrival, price risk management, creating a buying strategy, and managing your coffee portfolio under a variety of contract structures.

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    The SCA charges a fee for administering the diploma program and awarding the certificates for each module. Course fees for SCA Coffee Skills Program Courses from Boot Coffee include all coursework and the practical and written examinations as part of your registration.

    Check below if you want to track your credits and earn a certificate from SCA, Boot Coffee Campus students pay 1/2 of the SCA standard rate.

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SCA GREEN COFFEE FOUNDATIONS

This course delves into the key concepts important for those working with green coffee – from coffee buyers, roasters, exporters, and importers. We cover the foundations of growing, harvesting, processing, shipping, storage, and arrival at a roastery and impact of each on cup profile and quality. Anyone looking to explore the stages of green coffee the specialty coffee supply chain. Students will leave with a thorough understanding of core concepts of green coffee grading and cupping evaluation for quality and profile distinctions.

SCA GREEN COFFEE INTERMEDIATE

The Intermediate course will prepare you for complex job functions found in the green coffee profession, including:

  • An understanding of coffee botany and agronomy
  • Coffee processing methods and the qualities that result from processing
  • Defects in green coffee and in the cup
  • Variables that yield positive cupping scores and analysis
  • Core elements of a green coffee contract and how grading and quality differentiation are incorporated in contracts
  • Coffee’s seasonality and quality and the variables essential for properly storing coffee to maintain quality
  • Market, contract, and price-risk-management terminology
  • Decaffeination methods
  • The mechanisms and goals of a variety of certification programs

Meet Your Instructor – Dan Streetman 

Dan has been working in green coffee since 2011, traveling extensively at origin, including every continent where coffee is grown. As a Q Arabica Assistant Instructor, and SCA Green Coffee Professional Certificate holder, Dan has spent years learning and teaching all the facets of green coffee, from sensory analysis to cupping to production and post-harvest processing to the C-market and green coffee contracts, all the while keeping in mind the perspectives of the many stakeholders involved in getting coffee from the tree to the cup. Dan believes that making these concepts accessible to everyone in the value stream is paramount to creating a transparent and equitable ecosystem.

TIP

Save significantly and sign up for the comprehensive 5-day SCA Intermediate Green Coffee Skills Combo, consisting of:

  • Introduction to Coffee (1 day)
  • Green Coffee Skills Foundations (1 day, this course)
  • Green Coffee Skills Intermediate (2 days)

PRICES

Introduction to Coffee (1 day): US$495

Green Coffee Skills Foundations (1 day): US$495

Green Coffee Skills Foundations with Introduction to Coffee (2 days): US$895

Green Coffee Skills Foundations +  Intermediate (3 days): US$1695

Introduction to Coffee + Green Coffee Skills Foundations + Intermediate (4 days): US$1995

All courses include lunches and lecture materials.

WHEN

Our courses typically begin at 9 am each morning and finish each day between 5 and 7 pm depending on the progress of students in each course.

WHERE

The course will be at the BOOT COFFEE CAMPUS at 619 Lindaro Street, San Rafael, CA (just north of San Francisco). Our instructors.

Hotel Information: Hotels in Marin County can be booked online.

BOOT COFFEE PURCHASE POLICY

All sales are final. Course fees are not refundable. If you need to cancel, course fees can be applied to future courses or another person can take your place. For all changes, we will charge a change fee of 25% of the course price. Changes are not possible less than 7 days before the course.

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