by andrew | Mar 1, 2013 | origin, quality
he March / April issue of Roast Magazine includes a thoughtfully-written feature by Neil Balkcom of Swings Coffee that discusses the R (Q Robusta) Coffee system, its purpose and impact of Fine Robusta on the specialty coffee marketplace. Neil eloquently summarizes the...
by andrew | Oct 26, 2012 | events, quality
We’ve just scheduled the next Los Angeles R Grader (Fine Robusta) certification course, which will be held January 18-21 2013 at the Farmer Brothers SCAA Certified Lab in Torrance, California (between Long Beach, Los Angeles). This class is a 4-day accelerated...
by andrew | Sep 23, 2012 | economy, featured, industry, quality |
Last week I was surprised when my colleague Shawn Steiman pointed out that our mutual friend Miles Small of CoffeeTalk Magazine had published a scathing editorial commentary about the recent surge of interest in Fine Robusta coffee among specialty coffee roasters....
by andrew | Aug 31, 2012 | events, quality
We will be holding a one day Q Grader introduction / prep course at the Golden Bean Roaster Competition and Conference this October 20th on the Sunshine Coast of Australia. The one day workshop will act as an introduction and practice session for many of the Q Grader...
by andrew | Aug 8, 2012 | associations, industry, news, quality |
Congratulations to David Roche has he transitions into the role of Coffee Quality Institute Executive Director, as was initially announced at the SCAA CQI luncheon in Portland earlier this year and confirmed by the statement below released earlier today. The press...
by andrew | Aug 5, 2012 | ideas, industry, quality |
A friend of mine in the coffee business complained to a programmer she knows that nobody had yet produced a useable electronic SCAA Cupping Scoresheet, so he sat down and made one… apparently in a day or two. The result is the first functional computer scoring...