Coffee Roasting Basic Course / Roasting Foundation SCA

The basic roasting and blending course consists of an intense day (perhaps we will finish a little late) which aims to give important theoretical and practical foundations on the science (and art) of roasting and blending. From the roasting machine to the roasting stages up to the coffees to be used for your blends.

This course can be a precious starting point both for home roasting passionates (with the possibility to try several machines) and for micro roastery start-up.

SCA- The course allows you to access, if asked, the SCA roasting foundation exam. This exam is requested, in combination with other exams, to get all the SCA diplomas.
IBC - This course is also valid for the certification “Roast & Cup” basic IBC, needed to get the IBC Coffee Specialist Passport.

Courses are held in English

Where

Florence - Italy

Next date

May 15th 2024
June 13th 2024

from 10am to 6pm

Costo

180€

Costs include handbook

One Week Coffee Route

This course is part of the Coffee Week. Every day a full immersion into a different coffee area, held in Florence, Italy! Discover more

Coffee campus

This course is part of the “Coffee campus”. The most advanced training for professionals. By Espresso Academy Discover more

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Coffee Roasting Course online

With our online courses valid for SCA certification you will grow up your coffee skills and knowledge without leaving your home!

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Program of the course

Which green coffee for which result in the cup
How the process, variety and altitude of coffee cultivation can affect the roasting process
How to choose the roasting machine?
Physical and chemical elements of roasting: different temperatures for different coffees, first and second crack, degradation of acids and variation of caffeine in roasting.
Conduction, convection and radiation.
Recognize the colors of coffee in the various phases: yellow, cinnamon etc ...
Coffee cooling and degassing
The concept of profile and roasting curve
Practice: managing the batch from start to finish.
The most classic mistakesin coffee roasting
Professional cupping of roasted coffee
Blending: creating our blend targeting our taste or the taste of our customers

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SCA Certificate

At the end of this course it is possible to take part to the SCA Roasting foundation level certification. Anyone wishing to take part in the certification exams are asked to report it to us when registering for the course. In our school you can also book Roasting Intermediate and Professional certifications. For more info on SCA certifications, consult this page.

Costs

The cost of the course is 180€. The cost includes the handbooks and the slides of the course.

Practice

The course has an important practical part with exercises sorting and measurement of density and moisture.

Diploma

The diploma released at the end of the course by Espresso Academy is issued under the international protocol of “Italian Barista Certificate”.

Your coffee roasting course in Florence, Italy

This coffee roasting course is held in Florence, Italy, probably one of the most beautiful cities of the world from the artistic point of view.

At the end of the course, that is perfectly suitable also as home roasting course and that is always held with students from every part of the world, in a very international environment, you will have the chance to visit the Uffizi museum, Ponte Vecchio, The Duomo and the magic atmosphere of the Middle Age city center.

If you want to enjoy the city or maybe take part in several courses, ask us about our list of accomodations which offer discounts to the participants in our courses.

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The Coffee Week

This course can be part of two more complete coffee routes, for a never ending passion!

If you are a coffee passionate and you are planning your coffee vacation in Italy, you can take part to the Coffee week. A whole week of full immersion courses where every day we follow the foundation level of a coffee area, from roasting to green coffee, coffee tasting, brewing, barista and latte art. Also, you will have the chance to try the most updated machines and tools for your home barista spot, in the best home barista course in Italy!

The Espresso Academy Coffee Campus

Are you a coffee professional? This course can also be one of the starting point of the “Espresso Academy Coffee campus” the most complete coffee training course in the world for coffee professionals.

It includes:

The basic (or foundation) level of the courses: barista, latte art, brewing, green coffee, sensory, roasting, both SCA and IBC
The advanced (or intermediate) level of the courses: barista, brewing, green coffee, sensory, roasting, both SCA and IBC
The professional level of the SCA courses
The Latte Art Grading certification courses
Coffee Machine Maintenance technician course
The SCA sustainability course
The coffee shop management course with practical sessions for evaluating the location, business plan, layout in relation to the target, technical manual. Simulation of real cases
The ability to take all IBC certification exams and the final Coffee Specialist Passport
The ability to take part in all SCA certification exams
Stage in a micro roastery and in specialty coffee cafe
Possibility to visit Italian Coffee Companies

Our Trainer

Marco Cremonese

One of the most known italian coffee and roasting experts. Marco has a large portfolio of consultancies for famous coffee roasting companies and is an official SCA trainer for coffee roasting, tasting and green coffee. He´s also frequently been chosen by the World Barista Championship to roast the coffees for the competitions.

Robert Brinck

Robert entered the coffee industry at the age of twenty and since then he's collaborated with us as a trainer in our courses and contributed to bring to life many of our projects. Together we've been able to develop a specific course for espresso machine maintenance and created a small international community of expert technicians helping each other by sharing professional advice Outside of our courses Robert has a role in quality control and roasting of specialty coffees for CaffeLab and, in our consultancy projects for roasting companies and coffee shops he is responsible for the selection of the necessary equipment, coffee and development of the final product.