Certified Coffee Skills.
Q Grade
What is Q Grade?
A highly valued qualification, Q Grade embraces a global language of coffee quality, setting an industry benchmark for all links in the supply chain.
Issued by the Coffee Quality Institute (CQI) and taught by certified instructors globally. Achieving the Q-Grader status demonstrates the sensory skills required to successfully assess coffee quality, adding resolution for both the coffee producer, buyer and seller.
Q for you and your business.
For the individual
Looking to advance or validate your coffee assessment skills?
Achieving your Q Grader status is a rewarding experience that provides both professional development opportunities and career advancement.
Supporting industry best practise, the Q Grade exam covers a wide range of coffee assessment skills. Conducted over 6 days, participating in Q (regardless of pass or fail) is an enriching deep-dive into understanding coffee quality, it prepares participants in the skills and language of coffee evaluation.
As a globally recognised certification, Q Graders can apply their skills within the supply chain, providing qualitative feedback for producers, exporters and green coffee buyers.
What ever your motivation, participating in Q adds resolution to existing coffee evaluation skills and creates a professional pathway into a range of coffee roles.
For your business
There are few formal coffee qualifications that have the ability to impact the supply chain more than the Q Grader.
The certified Q Grader can determine a coffee’s quality and provide resolution over its market value. A vital skill for both the coffee professional looking to buy or sell green and those producing the raw materials.
Professionally, engaging a Q Grader (or developing the role within your coffee business) builds a professional dialogue that supports coffee quality.
For coffee roasteries, a Q Grader can accurately identify quality both at the time of green purchase and bulk delivery, ensuring you are receiving what you paid for and product consistency. For roasted product, the Q Grader has the confidence to accurately describe flavours building customer confidence.
Adding the Q Grader skill into your business connects quality to sourcing and purchasing to production.
Hosting Q Grade.
Quality education starts with experience.
Awarded Australia’s first Q-Grade Instructor status in 2016, Craig has taught Q across the globe and domestically. An active member of the coffee profession, Craig brings to the laboratory and class room 20 years of practical experience, along with his vast teaching knowledge making his Q exams highly supported with industry relevance for his students.
Courses are taught in English, or Craig can successfully deliver in local language/s working with translators.
Looking to host Q or provide quality education?
Engage a world class educator.
Craig is available for Q Grade instruction and quality focused eduction by consultation. Get in contact to discuss your training needs.
Already a Q Grader, needing to calibrate?
Craig can facilitate Q Grader calibrations in conjunction with a Q Grade exam or host independently for small groups.