Coffee Quality Institute Q-Graders featured in LA Times

Dora Jaramillo slides off the top of a wooden box to reveal 36 numbered vials of “perfume.” Each number in the kit corresponds to a different aroma commonly found in coffee, some positive (lemon and butter) and some not so positive (medicinal and rubber)....
Andrew Hetzel first Hawaii Q Grader

Andrew Hetzel first Hawaii Q Grader

Andrew Hetzel of coffee consultancy CafeMakers has become the first Hawaii resident to be certified as a Q Grader by the Coffee Quality Institute. In a 5-day series of exams held this January in Waterbury, Vermont, Mr. Hetzel successfully completed 21 sensory skill...