Barista Training: Milk Steaming & Latte Art

Join us as we build and sharpen our milk (and alternative milk) steaming skills. In this course, participants will learn about milk science and steaming technique. Participants will also learn how to build drinks and pour latte art.

Barista Training: Full Day Intensive

Join us as we explore the ins and outs of espresso extraction and milk steaming. In this course, participants will learn about espresso equipment function and preventative maintenance, and will gain hands on experience with espresso preparation techniques and dial in strategies. Participants will learn to steam specialty standard microfoam, and will practice building and pouring drinks.

Barista Training: Espresso Foundations (SOLD OUT)

Join us as we explore the ins and outs of espresso extraction and equipment maintenance. In this course, participants will learn about espresso equipment function and preventative maintenance, and will gain hands on experience with espresso preparation techniques and dial in strategies.

Financial Transparency and Your Coffee Business

This 3-hour workshop will introduce financial transparency for your coffee business strategies related to foundation-building, internal and external communications, and green coffee sourcing.

Sample Roasting Workshop

Learn about the practical and necessary craft of sample roasting. Build your capacity as a roaster in order to more effectively analyze green coffee quality. This hands on training will equip participants with a template for sample roasting.

CVA Cuppers Course

CVA Cuppers Course

Brewing & Extraction for Coffee Roasters

Participants will spend this four hour course brewing coffee to proper extraction specification, cupping coffee according to industry standard, and examining roast profiles.

Sample Roasting Workshop

Learn about the practical and necessary craft of sample roasting. Build your capacity as a roaster in order to more effectively analyze green coffee quality. This hands on training will equip participants with a template for sample roasting.

Sample Roasting Workshop

Learn about the practical and necessary craft of sample roasting. Build your capacity as a roaster in order to more effectively analyze green coffee quality. This hands on training will equip participants with a template for sample roasting.

Coffee Roasting Foundations 101: Introduction to Coffee Roasting

Join us for a hands-on, practical experience to explore the fundamentals of coffee roasting. In this beginners course, participants will dip their toes into quality assurance protocols, green coffee procurement and the coffee supply stream, coffee roaster function, and roast profile development.

Coffee Roasting Foundations 101: Introduction to Coffee Roasting

Join us for a hands-on, practical experience to explore the fundamentals of coffee roasting. In this beginners course, participants will dip their toes into quality assurance protocols, green coffee procurement and the coffee supply stream, coffee roaster function, and roast profile development.

Coffee Roasting Foundations 102: Introduction to Roast Profiling

This hands on course expands on green coffee procurement and quality assurance, roast profiling, and gives participants the chance to further explore roast profile concepts using roasting software. 

Coffee Roasting Foundations 102: Introduction to Roast Profiling

This hands on course expands on green coffee procurement and quality assurance, roast profiling, and gives participants the chance to further explore roast profile concepts using roasting software. 

Coffee Roasting Foundations 103 - One Day Intensive

This hands on course expands on green coffee procurement, quality assurance, and roast profiling on Cropster. Participants will learn about production roasting protocol.

Advanced Coffee Roasting - One Day Intensive

This hands on course expands on green coffee procurement, quality assurance, and roast profiling on Cropster. Participants will learn about production roasting protocol.

Roasting for Home Roasters

Roasting for Home Roasters is geared towards coffee enthusiasts who primarily roast coffee at home. This course explores green coffee strategies, quality assurance protocols, and roasting techniques for lower volume roasters.

Roasting Coffee For Espresso

Join us as we explore how espresso roast profiles manifest in the demitasse cup. While examining various roast profiles participants will be brewing and tasting espresso.

Coffee Buying 101

This course gives participants the chance to learn about green coffee procurement in a changing coffee market. The course involves break out sessions with coffee importers, and will involve group discussion.

Coffee Tasting for Beginners

This entry level, hands on course introduces participants to specialty coffee industry cupping protocol.

Manual Brewing Training

This class explores the techniques and extractions of various manual brewing methods, including immersion and pour over methods.

Coffee Refractometer Workshop

Learn how to properly operate a coffee refractometer and dial in filter coffee. Participants will brew coffee and analyze refractometer results, while also exploring refractometer protocols.