Q Arabica Combo Training and Exam: The Final Q!

We are both excited and a little sad to be offering our final CQI Q Arabica Combo Training and Exam in our beautiful downtown Charelston lab. After September of this year, the Specialty Coffee Association will take over administration of the Q abd the new curriculum will be based around the SCA Coffee Value Assessment (CVA) program. This will be your final chance to take a deep dive into the heritage SCA cupping form and align with quality graders and green buyers around the world!

Price includes 6 days of CQI Combo Training and Exam Course, lunch, snacks, and parking. See below for more detials on the course and why you should join us!

Q with us in Charleston:

• Soak up all the coffee knowledge with Traci Armstrong and our team!

• Use the last of your taste buds to eat some fresh seafood at one of our favorites, Chubby Fish or Bistronomy!

• Our amazingly fun team will cheer you on as you finish your final tests!!

A bout the Q Arabica Combo Training & Exam

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. A Q Arabica Grader is a highly trained and calibrated coffee taster who evaluates coffee using SCA cupping standards and protocols. As mentioned, this fall the SCA will assume management of this program, and the curriculum will change to the new CVA standards.

This CQI course consists of two corresponding parts over six days. In the first part, over 3 days, learners review assumed knowledge and theoretical principles, including practice of all activities. The second part is a 3-day series of exams regarding the material presented. The course includes 20 exams over 9 Modules to test the learners’ job-relevant skills including cupping protocols, olfactory and gustatory senses, green coffee defect identification, roast sample level identification and matching pairs of coffee acids. Testing now also includes recognizing and recalling CQI Flavor Standards.

PLEASE NOTE: After payment is made, please create an account on the CQI website and register for course # 7676.

Cancellation Policy: If for any reason we are unable to host this class, you will receive a full refund for the class. We will provide as much notice as possible, however, we strongly recommend that you purchase travel insurance or keep flexible travel arrangements. We are committed to working with all students and will do our best to be as flexible as possible to accommodate everyone!

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