SCA Roasters Bundle Coursework

Roaster's Bundle – This comprehensive bundle of classes simulates a roaster's day-to-day. This bundle has one online class and a full (5-day) week of in-person learning. These classes are: - Roasting Foundation (online): Usually held online on the 1st Thursday of the month. Foundation courses teach the protocols, best practices, and terminology used in all SCA Coffee Skills Program classes. These classes are delivered via Zoom. - Green Coffee Foundation: On Monday, this introductory course covers key concepts surrounding green coffee, from growing the plant to processing, shipping, storage, and arrival at a roastery. It includes an introduction to quality checks, coffee grading, and taste and flavor differences resulting from processing or species. - Sensory Skills Foundation: On Tuesday, this course covers the essentials of sensory evaluation in a practical, interactive way. It examines how we perceive food taste and how to apply this knowledge when evaluating a coffee’s natural characteristics. It also introduces you to identifying the qualities of specialty coffee and provides an overview of how to apply this in a business setting. - Roasting Intermediate: The more advanced level, covering Wednesday through Friday. This coursework builds on the basics covered in the introductory Apprentice level. It covers roast defects and the physical changes beans undergo during roasting, and introduces roast profiles and color precision. The topics include heat transfer, sample roasting, cupping, profile roasting, blending, plant safety, and green coffee buying. About Firedancer Educators: Our instructors are Mike Ebert, John Gozebekian, and Elizabeth Steel. Both are seasoned professionals and offer our students a wealth of knowledge and insights into running a successful roasting business. They are certified Authorized SCA Trainers (ASTs) and hold professional certifications in multiple Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) Coffee Skills Program (CSP) modules. We developed these Skill Building Workshops based on the Specialty Coffee Association’s curriculum. https://www.firedancereducators.com/