SCA Coffee Value Assessment (CVA) for Cuppers training course
The SCA - CVA course is a two-day professional training program offered by the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) for experienced coffee cuppers to learn their new Coffee Value Assessment (CVA) system. The course provides a comprehensive understanding of how to use the CVA to evaluate coffee quality and value by integrating descriptive, affective, and extrinsic evaluation methods, along with sensory tools like intensity scales and CATA lists.
Who is it for:
This course if for current cuppers who utilize the 2004 SCA cupping protocol, including but not limited to: professional cuppers, Q Arabica Graders or former Q Arabica Graders, people who use the SCA Cupping system at least once a month or have used it intensively at some point in the past few years.
What's involved:
- There are four tests in this course:
- Written exam: identification of olfactory references; descriptive assessment and affective assessment.
Upon successful completion of all course tasks, you will receive a certificate of acknowledgment. This certificate attests you have learned CVA at an SCA-santioned event and can use it as a professional tool. The certificate does NOT attest you are a cupper, nor does it provide any qualification thereof.
This is a combination course:
With two sessions online theory and one day inhouse practical tests.
Cost including VAT is £499 per person