SCA Coffee Value Assessment
Discover the Specialty Coffee Association’s newest standardized system for evaluating coffee quality. The SCA Coffee Value Assessment course provides coffee professionals, roasters, buyers, and baristas with the skills to analyze coffee through its technical, sensory, and value-based attributes. This training goes beyond traditional cupping, introducing a holistic framework for understanding how coffee is experienced, assessed, and valued across the supply chain.
What You’ll Learn:
How to apply the SCA Coffee Value Assessment protocol in practice
The four assessment types: Physical, Extrinsic, Sensory, and Affective
Hands-on experience with the new evaluation tools and forms
How to interpret results to make informed buying, roasting, and quality decisions
The role of value assessment in sustainability and transparency across the coffee industry
Who Should Take This Course:
This course is ideal for green coffee buyers, quality control professionals, roasters, baristas, educators, and anyone preparing for SCA certifications. Whether you aim to refine your sensory analysis or incorporate more value-based decision-making into your coffee business, this course will help you stay ahead of industry standards.
Format & Details:
Duration: 2 days
Method of delivery: In-person
Spaces are limited. Reserve your spot now and be among the first to gain expertise in the newest global standard for coffee quality evaluation.
Tuition & Certificate Fees:
Firedancer no longer includes the course enrollment fees associated with SCA classes. While this saddens us, we found it very challenging to manage the class processing according to each individual's timeline.
INCLUDED WITH TUITION: Student handbook, class activity materials, certificate of completion (Food Safety Coursework), and lunch (for classes longer than 6 hours).
NOT INCLUDED WITH TUITION: Airfare, transportation, lodging, SCA certificate fees, course enrollment fees, or other personal expenses.
Payment and Cancellation, if applicable:
Once registration and tuition have been received for a course, this is a firm commitment to attendance. Last-minute participant substitutions are difficult to arrange, although we understand emergencies may arise that will affect attendance at programs offered by Firedancer.
We have established the following policy in case of course cancellation:
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If cancellation is made more than 15 days before the program start date, 100% of the tuition, less a 10% cancellation fee, will be refunded. Alternatively, 100% of the tuition is transferable to another program and/or date.
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If cancellation is made within 15 days or less before the program date, the entire tuition is non-refundable; however, you may transfer to a future date.
Firedancer reserves the right to cancel or reschedule events as necessary. In such a case, this will occur two weeks before the event's start. Tuition may be refunded in full or transferred to a future seminar or course. In no event shall Firedancer Coffee Consultants be liable for any cancellation or change penalties assessed by an airline or hotel as a result of course date changes or cancellations.
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