SCA Coffee Skills Certified Courses

Raf & Co is an SCA certified Premier Campus with an in house SCA certified AST (trainer) in all available modules.

 
 
 
 

SCA Roasting Courses

 
 
 

Foundation

{1 Day}

This course gives the learner an understanding of the roasting process, including the physical changes that take place during the process, and how to control sensory aspects of the coffee by roasting light or dark. Learners will also gain an understanding of the basic structure of the roasting machine, and general maintenance and fire prevention and will get hands-on roasting experience controlling major parameters and analyse results.

€350 (incl. VAT)

{Price with certification for SCA members}

 

Intermediate

{ 2 Days }

This course requires a learner to have at least foundation level in Sensory and Green Coffee to be able to incorporate and deepen the Roasting skills. This level will provide a more detailed understanding of the roasting process and the different kinds of heat transfer. You will learn to create a roast profile operating temperature, time and other parameters and analyse results from multiple perspective including sensory.

€750 (incl. VAT)

{Price with certification for SCA members}

 

Professional

{ 3 Days }

This course is building advanced skills in profile development and sensory evaluation of different roast profiles, therefore it requires student to have at least intermediate skills in Sensory. Course will provide knowledge of the fundamental chemistry of coffee, as well as the chemical reactions happening during coffee roasting. Included topics are roastery management, principles of manufacturing efficiency and capital expenditure.

€1000 (incl. VAT)

{Price with certification for SCA members}

SCA Green Coffee Courses

 
 
 

Foundation

{1 Day}

This introduction course is designed to give basic concepts regarding the consuming side of green coffee. Participants will learn about the specialty coffee supply chain from seed to cup, including cultivation, harvesting, processing, drying, shipping, storage, and delivery. We will also briefly explore the principles of coffee growing, processing, grading, trade and portfolio management, Ethics in supply chain.

€250(incl. VAT)

{Price with certification for SCA members}

 

Intermediate

{ 2 Days }

This course is designed to build on the knowledge gained in the Green Coffee Foundation course and prepare the student for more complex job functions found in working with green coffee We will dive into botany and agronomy, coffee processing, defects, core elements of green coffee contracts, green grading and quality differentiation, seasonality, market terminology, decaffeination, mechanisms of certification and more.

€650(incl. VAT)

{Price with certification for SCA members}

 

Professional

{ 3 Days }

This course is designed to prepare the students for decision making in green coffee management. You will improve your skills in identifying key aspects of coffee botany and farm management, understand processing methodologies, identify cup defects, analyze samples for quality, understand criteria forming the cost of green coffee and how to assess suppliers. Learn major aspects of green buying and ethical sourcing.

€900 (incl. VAT)

{Price with certification for SCA members}

SCA Sensory Skills Courses

 
 
 

Foundation

{1 Day}

This course explores the essentials of sensory evaluation in a practical and interactive manner. It investigates the way we perceive what we taste and how to apply this knowledge when evaluating coffee’s natural characteristics. After that course you will be able to identifying specialty coffee qualities, identify basic tastes and aromatic compounds groups, set up coffee tasting using Cupping protocol and apply that in your daily work.

€350 (incl. VAT)

{Price with certification for SCA members}

 

Intermediate

{ 2 Days }

This course aims to align the student with industry coffee and sensory standards, to acquire the skills required to start identifying and evaluating qualities in specialty coffee, and to accurately measure and describe coffee beverage characteristics. You will build a sensory vocabulary to clearly describe coffee to others using the SCA Sensory Lexicon and other methods.

€700(incl. VAT)

{Price with certification for SCA members}

 

Professional

{ 3 Days }

This professional advanced level course is aimed to deepen your Sensory abilities and help build a professional approach into coffee sensory evaluation. Students will learn to generate repeatable and methodical sensory measurements of coffee, build Quality Control process. You will learn to identify Acids, Tastes, common Aromatic compounds and build on top of your Sensory Lexicon to used professional evaluation terminology.

€1000 (incl. VAT)

{Price with certification for SCA members}

SCA Brewing Skills

 
 
 

Foundation

{1 Day }

This course introduces you to the different methods of brewing coffee. You will receive theoretical and practical hands-on instruction for a range of devices including automatic and manual brewers, most commonly used. You will learn how to professionally approach brewing equipment. You will explore how to produce a tasty brew based on an understanding of the essential brewing elements and an analysis of your results.

€250 (incl. VAT)

{Price with certification for SCA members}

 

Intermediate

{ 3 days }

This course in an incentive hands-on training for those who want to deeply understand the process of coffee extraction. We investigate key factors affecting brew TDS and Extraction level within various brewing approaches, use dozens of brewing devices to practice and apply that knowledge. Course deeply covers topics on Water Chemistry, Batch Brew, Cold Brew, Brewing Competitions and Sensory in Brewing.

€650 (incl. VAT)

{Price with certification for SCA members}

 

Professional

{ 3 days }

This Professional level course is intended to extend the practical and sensory brewing capabilities of the professional brewer. You will work with various brewing approaches and devices including gravity, immersion, pressure and combined to navigate the Brewing chart changing all possible brewing parameters. You will work with coffee beans on various quality, origins and roast.

€900 (incl. VAT)

{Price with certification for SCA members}

SCA Barista Skills

 
 
 

Foundation

{1 Day }

This course introduces you to the world of espresso and the machines. You will receive theoretical and practical hands-on instruction in how to make a good espresso and the basics of milk preparation.

€250 (incl. VAT)

{Price with certification for SCA members}

Intermediate

{ 2 days }

This course in an incentive hands-on training for those who want to deeply understand the process of coffee extraction. We investigate key factors affecting brew TDS and Extraction level. We also delve into more advanced milk preparation techniques.

€650 (incl. VAT)

{Price with certification for SCA members}

Professional

{ 3 days }

This Professional level course is intended to extend and test your abilities while helping understand the workings of a cafe and how best to setup a bar as well as menus.

€900 (incl. VAT)

{Price with certification for SCA members}