Q-grader Prep & Testing
Class Type: Hands On
Instructor: Rob Stephen
Next Q Grader Exam is March 26 - 30, 2012
Coffee Solutions' Hopedale, MA laboratory and training center is certified by the Specialty Coffee Association of America to provide officially sanctioned training on behalf of the SCAA.
This certification enables Coffee Solutions to offer SCAA training classes and examinations for industry certification. Students who successfully complete courses at the Coffee Solutions' facility will be provided with official SCAA and/or CQI certifications.
The CQI Q-Grader Exam is a 5 day intensive certification program that brings students through an increasingly difficult series of sensory and organoleptic exercises to test their threshold for discerning minute differences between coffees. Substantial time is set aside for lectures and practice exercises to allow students to become confident with the subject matter before taking graded tests.
Students who successfully complete this program will receive a Q Grader License. Q-Grader certificates will come directly from CQI. Information on the Q-Grader program is available at http://www.coffeeinstitute.
This course will be taught by Mr. Rob Stephen, a certified Q grader, SCAA cupping judge and a past president of SCAA Board of Directors.
Full payment is required to hold a spot in the class. Total cost is $1200, which includes lunch. For advice on travel arrangements, local hotels or any special requests, please feel free to give us a call.
Interested parties should contact Rob Stephen at 
508-422-9233 for more information or email rob@coffeesolutions.net.
Schedule of Classes for Hopedale, MA
March 26th - March 30th, 2012
8:30am - 5:00pm each day
Cost: $1200 per student.