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Preparacion Q Grader
Jan
31
to Feb 6

Preparacion Q Grader

Catadores Q deben tomar el Q Combo y pasar los 20 exámenes para recibir su certificado.

Es una semana maratónica de cataciones, charlas, y capacitación sensorial. Estar bien preparado e informado es la mejor manera de asegurar que le vaya bien con este reto!

En esta clase, aprendermos:

  • Qué se puede esperar de la semana Q Combo

  • Qué se requiere para pasar cada exámen

  • Como funcionan las repeticiones

  • Qué significa ser Q Grader

Obtén toda la información que necesitas para pasar sus exámenes y recibirse como un Catador Q Certificado!

$14.99

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Prepare to be a Q Grader
Feb
6

Prepare to be a Q Grader

Q Graders must take the Q Combo Course & exam and pass all 20 tests to earn their certificate.

This is a 6 day long marathon of cuppings, lectures, and sensory training. Being informed and prepared is the best way to ensure success in your Q Grader journey!

In this class, you’ll learn:

  • What to expect from the Q Combo Week

  • What it takes to pass each exam

  • How best to prepare for the exams

  • How retakes work

  • What it means to be a Q Grader

Get access to all the information you need to pass your Q Exams and become a certified Q Grader!

$19.99

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Women Powered Coffee Summit
Oct
2
to Oct 5

Women Powered Coffee Summit

This event serves as a platform for women coffee farmers to be able to connect with one another, and other actors in the coffee industry, while exchanging ideas, learning from each other, and most importantly, connecting.

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Raise the Bar: Holistic Strategies for your Coffee Business
Aug
26

Raise the Bar: Holistic Strategies for your Coffee Business

This workshop focuses on strategic planning for an annualized coffee roll-out plan, emphasizing collaboration across departments. Participants engage in hands-on exercises and discussions using a high-level company-wide calendar, incorporating both green and roasted coffee releases. The calendar acts as a master document, informed by and informing cross-functional focus points throughout the year.

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Build Your Coffee Vocabulary
Aug
25

Build Your Coffee Vocabulary

Describing sensory sensations is a skill that improves with practice. By understanding the biological function of gustation and olfaction, we can harness our natural ability and start building muscle memory. Together, we’ll walk through a few different excercises that help us leverage our memories and emotions to build better flavor recall.

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Palate Expansion Virtual Event: Candy Edition
Jun
6

Palate Expansion Virtual Event: Candy Edition

Sign up to join our interactive virtual workshop led by Sandra Loofbourow on June 6th!

You will be receiving a pack of candies shipped out by Slow Pour Supply ahead of the workshop.

Who is this for? Anyone who wants to expand their sensory vocabulary!

When is it? Thursday, June 6th, 2024 at 3:30pm PT (6:30pm ET)

This interactive virtual class will be focused on expanding our palate and flavor vocabulary by speaking the "global language of coffee" and practicing this skill together.

Part of this class will also review the new Indonesian Flavor Wheel to inform our discussion. We will taste and discuss a variety of candies, and we will describe flavors that may be familiar or new to us. 

Brought to you by Slow Pour Supply x LoupeCoffeeConsulting!

 

Allergen Note:
We care very much about the wellness of all our participants.


In doing so, we would like to be transparent about the potential presence of common food allergens, artificial flavorings & color additives that may be present in the candy portion of this virtual event. We would very much like for everyone to join us, but please make the safest decision for yourself.

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Building sensory vocabulary
May
31

Building sensory vocabulary

Let’s practice speaking the “global language” of coffee! After learning about the science of our senses, we’ll run through plate expanding exercises, taste new flavors, and cup some wild coffees together.

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Q Calibration @ Coffee Project New York
Apr
8

Q Calibration @ Coffee Project New York

Q Graders must attend an in-person calibration every 3 years to maintain their certification.

This exam will include 1 practice cupping and 3 cupping exams, as well as the new CQI FlavorStandards test.

Q GRADER Calibration: April 8, 9:00am - 5:00pm

PLEASE NOTE: After purchasing a ticket through Coffee Project New York, students must complete their registration by visiting the CQI website and signing for Calibration Course number #6192

Course fees are nonrefundable. If you need to cancel, course fees can be applied to a future course or another person can take your place. A 15% change fee will be added for any alterations. Students who choose to postpone will have 12 months to apply their funds to another course. Changes are not possible less than 14 days before the course begins.

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Q Calibration @ Pacific Coffee Research
Mar
8

Q Calibration @ Pacific Coffee Research

Q Graders must attend an in-person calibration every 3 years to maintain their certification.

This exam will include 1 practice cupping and 3 cupping exams, as well as the new CQI FlavorStandards test.

Q GRADER Calibration: March 8, 9:00am - 5:00pm

PLEASE NOTE: After purchasing a ticket through Pacific Coffee Research, students must complete their registration by visiting the CQI website and signing for Calibration Course number #6191

Course fees are nonrefundable. If you need to cancel, course fees can be applied to a future course or another person can take your place. A 15% change fee will be added for any alterations. Students who choose to postpone will have 12 months to apply their funds to another course. Changes are not possible less than 14 days before the course begins.

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