CQI-Q Grader Coffee Quality Grader Certification Course (Arabica) (Q Arabica Grader Combo Exam & Training Course)

Senses are an important foundation of coffee, so the Coffee Quality Institute (CQI) aims to enhance individuals’ ability to evaluate coffee. It has established Q Grader to establish international standards for the identification of specialty coffee and train related professionals. It also provides training and technical support to coffee producers and individuals or groups in the industry chain to promote the sustainable development of coffee, and to promote infrastructure construction in coffee-producing countries to improve coffee quality.

Q Grader is different from general certificate courses. It uses the most rigorous sensory testing system to taste and detect the value and flavor of coffee. It focuses more on coffee cupping, raw and cooked bean testing, coffee roasting testing and sensory evaluation. Therefore, it attaches great importance to the professional training of students. It is the golden key to enter the highest hall of the coffee field! At the same time, CQI also welcomes applications from the coffee industry and novices. Since it is about improving sensory abilities, it can also better test whether you have a golden tongue. As long as you follow the guidance of the instructor, many novices can take the pass!

Q-Grader is an internationally recognized coffee tasting standard. Coffee farmers, traders, coffee education and training institutions, baristas, etc. all use this standard to evaluate coffee quality. Students receive rigorous professional training to improve their ability to appreciate coffee quality and flavor.

🌈 Promotion in progress

• Q Arabica Garder tuition fee includes one box per person Le Nez du Cafe 36 aroma wine nose (aroma kit set)For use in class
• Students who own aroma kit can enjoy a $1000 discount if they want to apply for CQI. please contact us WhatsApp to sign up.

🌈 Course Mode

• Provide two days of preparatory classes (7+5 hours),One course, two certificates, give you SCA Sensory Foundation certificate and CQI Q Grader training guidance
• Six-day official course, including three days of classes and training, three days of exams
• The course is taught in English.Provide English or Chinese notes and basic classroom translation, simple and easy to understand (Cantonese simple translation can be provided if necessary)
• Venue: Room E, 6th Floor, TLP132, 132-134 Dalian Pai Road, Kwai Chung, New Territories

🌈 CQl Preparatory Class + SCA Sensory Course Content (One course, two certificates)

• It is very necessary for 95% of the students to understand the contents and tests to be faced in the next six days, help strengthen the basic practice, and greatly improve the pass rate of the examination!!
• In particular, it helps students with shallow experience or lack of confidence in cupping to learn in advance and adapt to high-intensity training.
• Learn about Q Grader course overview, exam content and guidelines
• Learn basic sensory knowledge
• Basic training based on CQI standard for assessment content, including coffee cup test, triangle cup test, roasting degree test, etc.
• Master the skills of cup evaluation (there is only one chance for each subject to cupping during the examination, and there is no make-up examination!)
• Aroma Kit Fragrance Guidance & Training
• Simultaneous Professor SCA Sensory Foundation, Completed After Examination SCA Securities
• The price includes all classroom learning materials, SCA administrative fees, examinations and certificate fees. Students are required to pay an additional SCA course registration fee of USD$50.
• Tasse Coffee-Chief with many years of experience AST and Q Grader are taught in Cantonese, laying a good foundation for successfully obtaining Q Grader Coffee Certification!

🌈 CQI Q Arabica Grader Course Content

1. Cupping Skills Test
Through cupping, we scored four categories of coffee (including washed, natural, and Asian,NoEurope), master the production areas, processing characteristics and scoring standards

2. Triangulation Skills Test
Use your sense of smell and taste to pick out a different cup of coffee from three cups under the rainbow light

3. Olfactory Skills Test
Based on the coffee aroma bottles, 36 aroma bottles are divided into groups, and throughTrain to identify different types of aromas and improve the ability to remember coffee aromas

4. Sensory Skills Test
Based on the water test, by tasting different types of flavors and different intensities, you can feel the differences between different flavors and how they match each other.

5. Green Coffee Grading
In-depth study of defective beans classification and grading system

6. Roasted Coffee Beans

7. Organic Acids Organic Acids Identification Test

8. Roast ID roasting test

9. General Knowledge Coffee basic knowledge written test (100 multiple choice questions)

🌈 Tutor Profile

Paul Kim is the 20thArabica / Robusta TutorOne of the Korean SCA AST/inspectors is 2022-23One of only two in the worldAlso has Q Arabica / Robusta GraderQualified distinguished instructor.He has over 16 years of experience in teaching coffee, and his students come from different countries, including Ethiopia, the United States, Indonesia, the Philippines, China, Japan, and South Korea. He founded Paul Kim Coffee Lab in Seoul in 2007, focusing on cupping, roasting and training consultants. He has served as a judge for various world-class barista competitions and is active in CQI's Coffee Corps Volunteer Program. He has provided Q certification training to the Philippine coffee producing community many times in the past 7 years and is preparing to establish his own coffee farm in the local area.

🌈 Mentor's Works
Cupping Bible, Roasting Bible

🌈 Instructor Qualifications
CQI Arabica / Robusta Instructor

CQI Distinguished Instructor 2022-2023

SCA AST / Inspector

Director of Paul Kim Coffee Lab since 2007

2011-2013 Korean Barista Championship Judge

2013 Lotte Angel-in Us World Award Consultant

2014 Taste of Harvest International Judge, Ethiopia

2014 Korean Barista Championship Judge

2014 Korean Barista Championship Consultant

2015-2017 Cupping Master Competition Consultant

2016 World Aeropress Championship Chief Judge

2017-2023 Lotte Angel-in Us Consultant

2016-2020 International Judge of Yunnan Coffee Exchange in China

2018 Cup Masters First Place Winning Coach

Chief Judge of the Philippine Coffee Quality Competition 2020-2023