Want to become a CQI Q Grader in Canada?
Great news for all coffee lovers and professionals, Bicerin coffee Lab will hold a CQI Q Arabica Grader Class & Exams plus Q Calibration Course again in Canada upcoming in August 2019.
Bothering of paying high travelling expenses of going to other countries to attend CQI Q Grader Course, now you could grab the opportunity which is going to happen inside Canada. Bicerin Coffee Lab would be honored to invite Mr. Todd Arnette comes to Canada to deliver.
The Coffee Quality Institute (CQI) is a non-profit organization working internationally to improve the quality of coffee and quality of life of coffee farmer. The Q Coffee System identifies the quality of specialty coffee and brings them to the market through a credible and verifiable system. The CQI course for becoming a Q Arabica Grader prepares participants for passing of 22 tests to be certified. The tests are related to an individual’s ability to have a thorough understanding of using SCA cupping form, to accurately and consistently cup and grade the coffee sample according to SCA cupping and grading standards and protocols.
Students who could pass the 22 tests will be issued the Q Arabica Grader license through Coffee Quality Institute. This license must be renewed every 3 years by attending a Q Grader calibration to ensure the Q Grader’s ability of grading coffee is up-to-date.
Our Upcoming Classes:
CQI Q Grader Class & Exam: August, 2019
For more class information, please click see https://database.coffeeinstitute.org/course/1929 or send us an email to info@bicerincoffee.com.
Amazing information, Thanks a lot.
If you are still thinking whether you should sign up to reserve the spot, I think you should definitely go ahead. Investing on self is the most wise decision that I have ever made and I am so happy with the result. Now I am definitely better at evaluate coffee quality, and actually got more opportunities from coffee industry. It helped not only from coffee quality judging perspective, but also changed my future life.
The only place that offers the Q in Canada, worth it!! Thanks so much, I find my holes to patch, even I have been in the industry for so long, but without training I found myself just basically stayed at the same place still, without any progress until I have taken this training. So, if you have been in the industry for long, don’t think yourself too big, there are so much more outer side of the circle that you have comfortable with in the past. This course is very benefiting, for all the perspectives in coffee.
Definitely worth if!! Thanks a lot, so much information, exhausting 6 days, but I have learned a lot.
I think Bicerin Coffee Lab is the only 1 CQI certified lab that can offer Q GRADER COURSE in Canada. Q is definitely a valuable certificate in the coffee industry, don’t miss the chance to become a professional!!
Hello,
I would like to meka a Q Grader course in 2022, there is avaliable?
Hello, please check IG @ bicerincoffeelab for the most update course schedule. Q Arabica would most likely offered in MAY 2022.
Hi Any course detail and any update course schedules in 2022.
Thank
Hi Esther,
Thanks for interested in becoming a Q.
To becoming a Q, there are necessary steps you may want to complete in advance, and then approach to the Q COMBO CERTIFICATION COURSE. Q is not a training course, it is a certifying course, which only certifies qualified tasters during the 6 days.
The below details is to start from scratch of introducing how to become a qualified Q grader. The mentioned courses would offer not just open your physical sensation system, about coffee, but also wine, tea, and all the foods. As well, it will help you to set up an independent coffee industry standard for you to judge a coffee’s quality confidently, help with supports the other coffee skills modules – Roasting, Brewing, Barista and Green coffee buying to level up your skills without hinders. However, to do this, need proper trainings!
【SENSORY TOWARDS Q GRADER CERTIFICATE PLEASE FIND DETAILS AS BELOW】
What Q grader is, is a coffee language that recommend professionals in coffee value chain as a EXPORTER/IMPORTER, GREEN COFFEE BUYER, QUALITY CONTROL, ROASTER, RETAIL SHOP OWNER/MANAGER to acquire with the goal of pursuing further in the coffee industry.
Q COURSE is a CERTIFICATION WORKSHOP, it does NOT PROVIDE TRAINING, it ONLY CERTIFY TRAINED TASTERS TO BECOME QUALITY GRADER FOR THE INDUSTRY. Similar as a driver’s license test, to apply to take the driver’s license test, a potential driver need to trained to know how to drive. If you have passed the tests, you will be issued the license of fulfilling the responsibility as a grader. In Q COMBO COURSE, upon of passing the 19 exams, CQI will issue the attendee the Q GRADER license.
Q ARABICA GRADER CERTIFICATION 19 EXAMS –
– 4 CUPPING TABLE: MILD, AFRICA, NATURAL, ASIA
– 4 TRIANGULATION CUPPING TABLE: MILD, AFRICA, NATURAL, ASIA
– 4 LE NEZ DU CAFE SETS: ENZYMATIC, SUGAR BROWNING, DRY DISTILLATION, AROMATIC TAINTS
– 2 SENSORY SKILLS: SINGLE MODALITY, MIX MODALITY
– 1 GREEN GRADING
– 1 ROASTED COFFEE GRADING
– 1 ROAST LEVEL IDENTIFICATION
– 1 MATCHING PAIRS (ACIDS: CITRIC, MALIC, ACETIC, PHOSPHORIC)
– 1 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
To know how to “drive”, recommend to get proper trainings about “driving” first (as below), please find the KEY ESSENTIAL COURSES OF TAKING ON BECOMING A Q (https://bicerincoffee.com/coffee_classes/):
1). KEY ESSENTIAL COURSES ON [SENSORY TRAINING] – the essential sensory training classes towards Q GRADER with a comprehensive knowledge and skills training for sensory part, and recommend to complete all the courses without any gaps, for it is minimum necessary trainings needed to fully opens and builds your sensory system for the first time
SCA SENSORY FOUNDATION (class fee: CAD $500, certificate may skip)
SCA SENSORY INTERMEDIATE (class fee: CAD $950, add-on SCA Certificate CAD $200 for SCA MEMBER / CAD $320 NON-MEMBER)
SCA SENSORY PROFESSIONAL (class fee: CAD $1650, add-on SCA Certificate CAD $350 for SCA MEMBER / CAD $490 NON-MEMBER)
CQI – QUALITY CUPPING ESSENTIALS (class & certificate fee: CAD $1350 / QCE include certificate upon passing exams)
2). KEY ESSENTIAL COURSES ON [Q GRADING KNOWLEDGES TRAINING] – as Q grader, you need to know what you are grading at, right? These 3 courses are going to deliver what you are going to grade at.
SCA GREEN FOUNDATION (class fee: CAD $500, certificate may skip, taking the skills/knowledge training only)
SCA ROASTING FOUNDATION (class fee: CAD $650, certificate may skip, taking the skills/knowledge training only)
SCA BREWING FOUNDATION (class fee: CAD $500, certificate may skip, taking the skills/knowledge training only)
NOTES –
*ALL the above SCA CLASS FEE if register 3 or more will a 10% DISCOUNT
* US $70 to become an SCA MEMBER
*If Q certificate is the only certificate that you would like to pursue, may skip all the SCA certificates (not pay the SCA certificates fee), and attend the classes for skills and knowledges’ trainings to pursue Q GRADER certificate eventually.
More importantly, the listed courses above will step by step trains you to acquire the true skills of tasting, and help you to build the correct industry scale on grading green coffee. The sensory building process is similar as building a HIGH CONCRETE BUILDING, first to build the parts underneath as the solid fundamental (trained level at SCA SENSORY FOUNDATION / 1 DAY and not recommend to skip), then to build the building’s bricks and accumulating floor structures (trained level at SCA SENSORY INTERMEDIATE / 2 DAYS), further to install windows, lights, drainage system, electricity, etc. (trained level at SCA SENSORY PROFESSIONAL / 4 DAYS), then to renovates to brush the wall, decorating, purchasing furnitures, etc. to fine tuning the system (trained in the CQI QUALITY CUPPING ESSENTIALS / 3 DAYS).
The recommended SCA training courses aim at pushing your boundaries in such short and condensed periods with high intensity of trainings. If done by self, would be an endless process and with lots of question marks and wondering where you are?! To get trains under proper industry trainings and guided by the top industry experienced trainers is the most efficient way of learning and would provide you surprising outcomes. However, you need to pledge your FOCUS!
After went through the above mentioned proper trainings and have acquired necessary skills and knowledges in the coffee industry through the trainings, then I would recommend the Q GRADER certification workshop for you to pursue as the ultimate certificate as a coffee professional in the industry, like to take an IELTS test about your “ENGLISH LEVEL” for further school pursuing in a world level scope. ( https://bicerincoffee.com/product/cqi_q_grade_class_exam/)
INTRO ABOUT CQI & Q SYSTEM:
About CQI: The Coffee Quality Institute (CQI) is a non-profit organization working internationally to improve the quality of coffee and the lives of people who produce it.
The Q Coffee System: The Q Coffee System identifies quality coffees and brings them to market through a credible and verifiable system. A common standard for both Q Arabica, (Specialty Grade) and Q Robusta (Fine Robusta Grade) coffee has resulted in a universally shared language and standard top scoring lots. The Q engages the industry at the producer level to identify lots for specialty, at the export/import level by certifying individuals to grade coffees, and at the buyer level to offer a consumer-facing product with the Q mark.
The Q System: A good bean is the first step toward achieving a perfect cup of coffee. Reinforcing the standards of specialty coffee links everyone in the supply chain with an integrity that shows pride in the product. According to SCA standards for arabica, a coffee that is free of primary defects or unclean odors and scores 80 or above on the SCAA cupping form is considered Specialty Grade. While many variables in roasting and brewing affect the taste of coffee, Q Coffees™ confirm that the beans being used are Specialty and among the highest quality in the world. This is the only mark that certified coffees on a quality scale for arabica.
Q GRADER LICENSE – The Q Grader License exams are recommended for any coffee professional who routinely evaluates the quality of coffee. Coffee producers, coffee importers and exporters, green buyers, roasters, quality control personnel and baristas can benefit from what they learn about coffee and themselves from the Q Grader License series of exams. The course for becoming a Q Arabica Grader prepares participants for the 19 tests they must pass to become a certified Q Grader. The tests relate to an individual’s ability to accurately and consistently cup and grade coffee according to SCA cupping and grading standards and protocols, including a thorough understanding of the SCA cupping form.
Q CERTIFICATION WORKSHOP – A Q Grader Course and Exam is a 6 DAYS CERTIFICATION WORKSHOP designed to critically evaluate a broad sensory analysis skillset. The first 3 DAYS period involves some limited teaching of the subject matter and a practice test version of each of the exams that will be taken over the second 3 DAYS period. The 19 exams are designed to evaluate competency and sensory acuity in a number of areas closely associated with coffee roasting, cupping and both green and roasted coffee grading. An individual who is credentialed by the CQI to grade and score coffees utilizing standards developed by the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA). Proper SCA Training Workshops would be associated to the test content, such as BREWING, ROASTING, GREEN COFFEE, and most importantly SENSORY TRAININGS. A student who passes these 19 tests is given a professional license as a Q Grader. This license must be renewed every 36 months by attending a Q Grader calibration to ensure the Q Grader is up-to-date.