A practical guide for roasters, buyers, and cafe quality leads — with a deadline you can't afford to miss. If you've been in specialty coffee for more than a minute, you know how we've always evaluated quality: a cupping form, ten attributes, a hundred possible points. That framework has been the industry's shared language for two decades. A new language has been introduced — and if you're planning to pursue Q Grader certification, you have until November 30 to get up to spee