Coffee Solutions • Blog, News, and Updates

New Classes for the New Year!

» Posted December 11, 2012 | Filed under

While things wind down for 2012, we are in a flurry of excitement & development for expanded class offerings in 2013!

New Offerings:

Roasting Techniques for Single Origins, Blends, & Espresso Coffees

This three day workshop is intended for individuals with roasting experience and/or an understanding of roasting theory. Individuals will engage all aspects of creating single origin, blended, and espresso products including procurement, roast profiling, QA, and QC. We are confident that this course will assist even well-experienced roasters navigate the ever changing specialty coffee market.

January 14-16, 2013

March 25-27, 2013

 

Grading & Evaluation: QA & QC Techniques

Spanning three full days, this workshop presents all necessary systems for analyzing green as well as roasted samples for value discovery, quality assurance, and product development. This class will cover protocols and forms necessary for providing valuable supply chain feedback, as well as organoleptic exercises for sensory skill development. If you are or want to be involved in purchasing green coffee for a roasting company, this class is for you!

March 20-22, 2013

 

Make sure to check out the individual workshop pages for more details or be in touch with any questions you might have regarding these or any of our other workshops!

 

 

2-Day Probat Burns Roaster Training - May 8-9, 2012

» Posted April 10, 2012 | Filed under News & Updates

Just posted dates for our next 2-Day Probat Burns Roaster Training - May 8-9, 2012. Space is limited so register today!

If you have questions regarding this, or any of our other trainings, please contact Todd Mackey 508-422-9233 or todd@coffeesolutions.net.

Elements of Espresso - 4.26.12

» Posted April 10, 2012 | Filed under

Our next Elements of Espresso workshop is slated for Thursday April 24th from 1-5pm at our lab in Hopedale, MA!

If you are interested or have any questions regarding this course, contact Todd Mackey 508-422-9233 or todd@coffeesolutions.net.

 

 

 

 

*New Workshop* - Fundamentals of Cupping

» Posted April 2, 2012 | Filed under

We are launching a new workshop called Fundamentals of Cupping next Wednesday April 11, 2012! This is a full day session focusing on the foundational elements of evaluating roasted coffee in the cup for the low price of $150! Read more and register here. 

Fundamentals of Coffee Evaluation

» Posted February 18, 2011 | Filed under News & Updates

We're happy to announce a new course - Fundamentals of Coffee Evaluation.

This introductory level course will introduce to you the basic tools and skills you will need to achieve long-term success in the specialty coffee industry.  This one day class is value priced at $250, and is limited in size to 5 participants to maximize the ability of the students to ask individual questions and to customize their learning.  Sign up on our website!

Long Beach Q a great success - Hopedale class sold out, new classes announced

» Posted May 11, 2010 | Filed under

We just wrapped up a 5 day Q Grader exam at the SCAA Headquarters in Long Beach, California.  It was a great success, with three students completing all of the course work and earning their Q credential.  We'd like to extend our biggest congratulations to Christian Rotsko, Jodi Dowell and Heru Khoe for proving their excellence at the cupping table.  And, after a week in sunny California we return to Boston to prepare for the next one.

As we begin our Q Preparatory class today, we are also beginning preparations for our next Q Grader exam, which will be held May 23-28 here in Hopedale.  We have 10 students signed up for what is sure to be a great and challenging week of training and testing.

Due to the overwhelming demand for these courses, we have gone ahead and announced our fall dates.  We will be holding the Hopedale class September 20-24, 2010 and the Long Beach class on October 4-8.  

The new protocol for enrolling in Q classes is to first visit the CQI website (www.coffeeinstitute.org) and setting up a profile.  Now Q courses and your progress towards your Q is tracked online at the CQI website, and therefore you must have a profile set up in order to enroll in a course.  Then return here to our website and sign up for our course.  We offer convenient credit card payment via paypal, or you can email us to pay by check or wire.

We look forward to seeing you in our next set of classes!

Rob Stephen
General Manager,
Coffee Solutions

New Classes Offered

» Posted April 1, 2010 | Filed under

Coffee Solutions is announcing a cornucopia of new training dates on all of our most popular classes, including:

Elements of Espresso
Elements of Quality Control
Probat - Burns Roaster Training
Q Grader & SCAA Cupping Judge Exam
*NEW*  Q Preparatory class

Please see our training pages to view the dates and sign up today!  Space is limited.

Coffee Solutions is now a part of the Neumann Kaffee Gruppe

» Posted March 16, 2010 | Filed under News & Updates

February 9th, 2010, Houston, TX - InterAmerican Coffee, a leading specialty coffee importing company and a member of the Neumann Kaffee Gruppe, announced today that it has acquired Coffee Solutions, a Boston based coffee consulting, training and laboratory services company. Coffee Solutions' President, Rob Stephen, will remain at the company as General Manager and will continue to manage the company's key accounts. In addition to his role with Coffee Solutions, Mr. Stephen also assumes the role of Senior Trader, East Coast for InterAmerican Coffee.

Coffee Solutions will continue to offer its services to the industry, which include 3rd party laboratory services, Probat roaster training, Q Grader certification and the SCAA Cupping Judge course. According to InterAmerican President Guy Burdett, "We are very happy to welcome Rob to our team. We look forward to utilizing his extensive experience in the coffee industry to develop our green coffee sales business on the east coast. In addition, our purchase of Coffee Solutions gives us an opportunity to provide an enhanced level of services to the coffee industry. We plan to use the training, lab and professional development services available from Coffee Solutions to enhance the businesses of our clients."

Coffee Solutions founder, Rob Stephen has worked in the coffee industry for over 22 years and has a resume that includes management positions at several well known companies and also a role as Past President of both the SCAA and Coffee Kids. He will bring this experience to bear as he leads east coast operations for InterAmerican coffee. "I have always found both personal and professional enrichment in my work with coffee. I am excited to pass my passion for coffee on to my new clients, and to work closely with them to enable them to be even more successful. The motto for Coffee Solutions is "Creating Success in the Coffee Industry", and by becoming a part of the Neumann Gruppe I feel that I can now help to create that success in a new and more meaningful way."