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SCA Sensory Skills Intermediate

Thursday 29th August 2023 -
Friday 13th Sepember 2023

Take your sensory skills and technical knowledge of tasting coffee onto the next level with this SCA certified course.  With subject matter including the SCA cupping form, quality assurance and sensory physiology as well as lots of cupping it’s an excellent course for those where sensory is a key part of your job.

Cost: £640 - includes certification.
Dates: 29th August, 12th and 13th September
Location: A mixture of online and in person.
Length: 18 hours.
Exam: We cover all the content covered in the on-line exam and host the practical exam.
Pre-requisites: None.
CSP Points: 10

This course is perfect for people who manage quality control in their coffee business and anyone looking to improve their technical knowledge of cupping skills.  

The course starts with an on-line session to meet the group and to introduce key topics to be covered during the in-person session.   Learning assignments will be set during this session in advance of meeting in person.  

The two days cover the module curriculum and testing.  Taste sensitivity testing and aroma recognition form the foundations of the practical sessions which build on these skills to define how we use sensory forms to differentiate different levels of coffee quality.  This includes use of the SCA cupping form.

This module is a pre-requisite for anyone planning to sit the Sensory Skills Professional course and is an excellent primer for sensory work covered in the Green Coffee and Roasting professional level CSP modules where sensory skills form a core element of the practical assessment.