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.
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.