Espresso Academy's green coffee courses: an unforgettable Italian Coffee Experience for Businesses & Roasteries
Thinking about starting your own roastery or upscale coffee shop? It's crucial to fully understand your product to deliver top-notch quality and make informed decisions with coffee suppliers.
These courses are perfect for home enthusiasts too! Learn everything you need to become a green coffee expert, from understanding different species and processing methods to classifying defects, measuring humidity and density, and navigating market dynamics, including futures and prices. It's an unmissable opportunity for anyone passionate about coffee, offering an unforgettable experience in one of Italy's most stunning cities and beyond.
Join us in our warm and welcoming environment, where courses are conducted in English, fostering a sense of friendship and international connection.
GREEN COFFEE BASIC COURSE / FOUNDATION SCA.
One day - January 13th, February 15th or March 15th 2025
A basic course, suitable for those who are starting this fascinating journey in the professional field or for those who want to become a home coffee expert! This course aims to provide solid theoretical and practical skills on the various coffees of the world, arabica-robusta differences, manufacturing processes, classification of defects, sieve measurement, grading of density and degree of humidity.
This course is also valid for the SCA foundation exam.
GREEN COFFEE COURSE INTERMEDIATE SCA.
Two days. Florence - 26th and 27th of January 2025
A two-day full immersion course that begins to get serious. The in-depth study of coffee varieties and cultivars, agronomic plantation techniques, harvest periods and the evaluation of consistency and "clean cup" in cupping.The course also addresses decaffeination techniques, the functioning of organic and fair trade certifications and the coffee market. From the fluctuations of international markets to the futures system. Many practical sections are dedicated to defect recognition and sorting.
Valid for the Intermediate SCA exam.
GREEN COFFEE COURSE PROFESSIONAL SCA.
Three days. Florence - February 20th, 21st and 22nd, 2025
The international SCA professional protocol is the highest level of training for the knowledge of green coffee. In this course/experience phases of sorting, New York grade classification, roasting and cupping continuously interact, as in a real professional environment. Among the many exercises are those on the simulations of purchasing batches of coffee based on the market (specialty or commodity) or based on the country of origin.
Valid for the SCA professional exam.
No time for a coffee vacation in Italy?
Our online courses offer the most updated and comprehensive coffee knowledge, all from the comfort of your couch.
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Covers every area: from green coffee to barista skills.
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In english: learn from experienced, SCA-authorized trainers.
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Access anytime, forever: your courses are yours to revisit whenever you like.
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Certifications available: valid for SCA and IBC certifications after the required procedures.
Are you interested in this course?
How to become a coffee expert
Becoming a coffee expert means being able to follow a long, complex supply chain in which the quality of the coffee, and the consequent price, is defined in various phases. From the species and variety cultivated to the manufacturing process, from the selection of defects, from storage, transport and roasting. Each of these steps can add value or ruin it, in a product that in recent years has been able to evolve from a simple "dose of caffeine" to a truly experiential product.
Becoming an expert therefore means knowing the raw material, sometimes with actual trips to the plantation, knowing how to taste it with cupping techniques and finally knowing how to roast it, to enhance all the aromatic nuances of our coffees.
Why attend a green coffee course at Espresso Academy?
In-depth product knowledge: Learning all about green coffee, from species types to varieties, rom understanding different species and processing methods to classifying defects
Better brews and espresso: With a deep understanding of green coffee, you'll pick the cream of the crop and roast it to perfection, ensuring best coffee for your target every time.Experienced Supplier: You'll know exactly what to look for when choosing coffee suppliers, making sure you get the best beans!
Competitiveness in the coffee industry: Being able to distinguish and offer high-quality coffee gives you a competitive edge in the coffee market, whether you run a café, roastery, or coffee company.
One Journey, One Vacation In Italy
The dates of the Espresso Academy courses are always set in such a way as to allow you to take part in several courses, one day after another, to give the maximum value to your trip, and your Italian vacation.
Find out below the dates coordinated on our calendar
Dicono di noi...
I attended it in November this year..just a fantastic experience..Roberto ,the lecturer, is an amazing guy ,delivering lessons in asuch easy manners.He also takes you for a lunch break to experience real Italian cuisine for little money.Overall, I cam only recommend this course to anyone who wants to learn about coffee machines and have fun along the way.Highly,highly, highly recommend.It was a great experience with very nice teachers who spoke English very well. We received a warm welcome and learned a lot about coffee.Traveled to Florence and thought it was a great area to learn more about espresso. The Espresso Academy class was fun, informative and the instructor was very knowledgeable. Would recommend!Not only is it a great school full of great coffee enthusiasts and professionals, they also make you live a unique experience in a beautiful city. The combination between theory and practice is perfectly balanced for any level. I recommend it 100% to all those who have a passion for coffee and want to delve deeper into this world. Thank you!I found Espresso Academy after doing some research into espresso machine maintenance courses; after reading the reviews, and not finding anything suitable based in the UK, I reached out to ask some questions about the course...From the very first email, Cristina was so friendly, knowledgable and welcoming that she put my mind at rest and showed me that Espresso Academy know exactly what they are doing.I booked my flights, my accommodation, and told the team I was coming for the course!I could not recommend these guys enough - they are knowledgable, friendly and absolutely professional. I learned so much in such an engaging, interesting and thorough way that I have come home and been able to apply my knowledge immediately - starting my own small business in the UK.The course leader - Robert - is so kind, welcoming and full of knwoledge - but most importantly he is an excellent teacher, delivering the information in an easy to understand way to a mix of abilities in the class.I met some fantastic people and have made some friendships for life - and for even more joy, you get to stay in Florence when you're visiting for a course and what a beautiful city to stay in!Thank you for such a wonderful experience, and I hope to come back and visit again in the future :)Fantastic course on coffee machine maintenance, learned a lot in the short amount of time the course runs. Robert is a great teacher, easy going, explains things well and answers all questions. All other staff members we met during the course were also incredibly polite and welcoming. Well worth the travel.The course at the academy was very good. very friendly team and professional teaching.I would like to thank the academy for providing a qualitative formation in a time where such things are difficult to find and sadly underrated.I would also like to particularly commend Robert, our teacher, who has managed to show me in a very short amount of time a wealth of accessible and comprehensible information on a difficult subject. He is awesome, poised, didactic, knowledgeable, approachable and generally very pleasant to be around.It was fantastic 3 days of learning. It was one of the important learning experiences I had. Trainer was very professional, calm, respectful and friendly. If you are in coffee business, you must do one of their course depending on what you need. Highly recommend.Excellent experience, recommended to all those who want to expand their knowledge of the world of coffee. I was followed by Professor Michele Cantarella at the Castorino roasting company and here I had the opportunity to see the roasting, to taste many types of coffee, to learn the basics ofMilk art.If you want to learn everything about Coffee, the way how to do your own tasty Espresso, Latte Art this is the place to go. Enthusiatic trainers, very good mix of theory and practice. I wish the team of Espresso Academy all the best and a big thank you for the 2 day's of introduction of italian coffee philosophy 🙂I’ve been planning to follow my passion for coffee with a professional training course and I found what I was looking for at The Espresso Academy. From the start Cristiana was very helpful for planning and booking this course for me, responding promptly and making it easier for my needs. During the course Gabriele was doing his best for me to get the most of this course, he was very kind, helpful and attentive. He went above and beyond to give the best experience. It was obviously about the coffee and the passion of coffee rather than just another commercial training course. , I really enjoyed every moment and learned a lot. I also gained confidence in my knowledge and skills. Thank you Espresso Academy.High quality classes offered by friendly, serious and very experienced teachers??? i loved it- i can only recommend!Super recommended!!! Instructor was super nice, the content was engaging , I made my first espresso & cappuccino, it was an absolutely fun experience ?An excellent experience, highly recommend to someone just getting into coffee. Very calm, patient and knowledgeable teachers with whom it was only pleasure to work with. :) 10/10Took the two day advanced barista course and it exceeded my expectations. Great teachers, great content, and even though it was a short course we got plenty of time to practice actual coffee making without sparing milk. And a bonus is the opportunity to meet coffee students from all over the world, that most likely share similar goals to yours. Highly recommend for anyone getting into coffee business.I've attended many courses at Espresso Academy Firenze and I loved it! The staff is incredibly friendly and the courses very nice structured. Theory and lots of practice and we could even visit the roastery! The whole place smells of coffee :) During the pandemic I've also attended a couple Online Courses which were great and the teacher answered all the questions. I totally recommend going there to learn about coffee and become friends with the most amazing teachers :) Hope to see you soon guys!!
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