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Green Coffee Online SCA Course
A true expert course for coffee lovers, roasters, and hunters – From New York grade to specialty coffee!
139€ 165€ Your course with Espresso Academy quality!
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Why choose us?
- We focus exclusively on coffee training — it's our specialty!
- Our trainers are in-house experts and always available to support you.
- We’re the only ones offering an IBC-accredited diploma and internationally recognized SCA certification.
- We don’t just do online courses — every year, over 1,300 students attend our in-person classes
Who is this course for?
- Aiming to become a coffee expert? This Green Coffee SCA Online Course gives you key skills to choose, evaluate, and price coffee like a pro—your first step in mastering the coffee journey!
- Are you a true coffee lover? Want to find the best specialty beans and cup them like an expert? This coffee course is packed with insights on top-tier coffees and cupping techniques!
- Want SCA certification and maybe even become an AST? This course is your gateway to the Coffee Skills Diploma SCA and certification exams through SCA or IBC!
Is one of your loved ones a coffee enthusiast?
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They’ll be thrilled… and will talk even more about coffee! (But hey, maybe they’ll also make you a perfect cappuccino!)
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What you will learn in the green coffee SCA online course
Coffee botany: Arabica, Canephora, varieties, cultivars, and hybrids
Coffee farming methods: shade-grown, sun-grown, and new agricultural approaches
Coffee processing: from classic washed to innovative anaerobic fermentation
Defect classification and identification in green coffee.
Screen size and its impact on cup quality
Measuring moisture and density
Recognizing bean defects
Key factors affecting green coffee prices in global markets
Specialty coffee, cupping scores, and single origins
Do you need more information?
The course trainers and our staff are at your disposal to answer any questions or to send you a free trial chapter. Contact us!
YOUR TRAINER FOR THIS COURSE
Robert Brinck
- Robert is a trainer at Espresso Academy, an IBC Authorized Certifier and an SCA Authorized Trainer.
- Specialized in every aspect of the coffee world, he focuses on green coffee, roasting, brewing, and latte art
- He collaborates as a consultant for companies and international projects, including La San Marco.
Certified green coffee online course
- This online green coffee course always includes a certified diploma from Espresso Academy, a school present in over 30 countries.
- The course covers the SCA Green Coffee Foundation program. If interested, you can take the official exam through a specific procedure.
- You can also take the Italian Barista Certificate (IBC) exam via video call with our trainers.
Student says...
I left there very happy.
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.
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 :)
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.
Milk art.
Are you interested in the course?
The green coffee online course includes:
- SCA Coffee Value Assessment protocol
- Coffee flavour wheel
- Coffee Variety Catalog: Arabica and Robusta
- Final Certificate Recognized by IBC
- Manual and Slides Used During the Course
- 4 hours of course contents
- 11 chapters
- Free Calls with the Trainer
- Unlimited Access: Take the course whenever and however you prefer, forever!
Do you need more infos?
Request a free Chapter, so you can better evaluate it! Send us an email with your request
Online green coffee course program:
Chapter 01 -Intro - The Coffee Plant
Let's start by getting to know the genus Coffea and the "other species" such as liberica. Then we know the coffea plant and structure of the drupe.
Chapter 02 - Coffee History, Arabica and Robusta
Did the Arabica come first and then the Robusta? Well, this is an "anthropocentric" vision in reality, from a genetic point of view, the Arabian is the "daughter" of the Robusta; let's see the whole story.
Chapter 03 - Coffee Varietals
From species such as Arabica and Robusta to the infinite world of varieties and cultivars. How did the bourbon variety come about? What does SL34 stand for? Why are new coffee cultivars created?
Chapter 04 -Coffee Farming and Harvesting
A more or less selective harvest will make a lot of difference in the quality of the coffee. Starting from the seasonality of the harvest in the various countries, we arrive at picking, stripping and mechanical crops ...
Chapter 05- Processing Methods
Washed process for a more aromatic and acidic coffee, natural process for a fuller and sweeter cup. All that simple? No, there are intermediate methods, new fermentations and the attentions that must be had in this phase.
Chapter 06 - Classification by Size
One of the main forms of commercial classification of coffee is inherent in the size of the beans. Let's see the sieve system.
Chapter 07 - Classification by Defects
Primary and secondary defects, sorting between fermented grains and shells. Let's learn about coffee defects and the Specialty and New York grading systems.
Chapter 08 - The Coffee Market and Certifications
The international coffee market, from the futures system to how international shipments work: Fob, Ex works and Bill of lading. In this chapter we also know the Fair trade and organic certifications.
Chapter 09 - Storage, Shipping and Decaf
Jute, grain pro, vacuum… how the coffee is stored?
Again: dichloromethane, Co2 and other decaffeination systems. What does "decaffeinated" mean for the law?
Chapter 10 - Tasting for Quality Control
The latest classification system for green coffee is, of course, its taste. Let's see what the cupping protocols are and how they affect the classification of coffee. Also, we see how to organize and carry out a cupping session, a professional tasting session
Do you want a complete training?
This course is also included in the "Roaster" online course package which includes the online courses:
Coffee Cupping and Tasting Course
Coffee Roasting and Blending Course
Green Coffee Course
All three courses in one package, with unlimited viewing and discount of 30% from 377€ to 260€!
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Green Coffee Online Course
Directly from home, no needing journeys, bureaucracy and costs. Even in this way it is possible to learn solid foundations for your green coffee knowledge with the online course of Espresso Academy.
The course starts with an overview of the coffee varietals: from arabica and robusta to the bourbon, typica, geisha, SL28 and so on…
Then we continue with the coffee cultivation, both in harvesting and in processing (natural, washed, honey ...).
Then we learn how the coffee is classified: by size, altitude, density and number of defects, from the New York system to the concept of the coffee specialty (more than 80 points) and Cup of Excellence (more than 90).
The online version offers several added values...
- Very easy to access: you have simply to connect to the link we send you and everything is done!
- Super-complete theoretical part, with screen sharing of slides, photos and graphic with the trainer
- No problem for the practical part. We use two mobile cameras during the course, so you can follow every detail.
- Possibility to private free sessions with the trainer to evaluate together your project
- Manuals included in the price sent at the end of the course
Green Coffee video course
Do you can't take a day off from work, your pace doesn't allow you to find a day to follow the online coffee course? No problem, the Espresso Academy trainers have prepared a Green Coffee video course for you: same content as the online course, but to watch whenever you want, maybe in the evening or on your free day.
Do you still want a comparison with the trainer ? No problem, included in the price of the video course there is the possibility of organizing a meeting with the trainer to clarify all doubts without leaving your home.
Why Espresso Academy?
- 1500+ students from all over the world at our Italian headquarters
- All courses, from basic to the most professional ones taught in English by certified trainers
- 30+ branches around the world
- #1 school in the world on Tripadvisor and Google
- The highest number of SCA, LAGS and IBC certified students
