CQI Q Proccessing Level 2 Course

$2,500.00

Q Processing: Level 2 Professional Coffee Course is a 6-day course in Coffee Processing.

Monarch Coffee Farm is hosting this coffee course. The course will be taught and instructed by CQI Instructor, Tim Heinze. Tim is the Coffee Education Manager for Sucafina, a Texas A&M Master of Agriculture, and holds his Q Arabica and Q Processing Instructor certificate.

This course will be available fully translated into Spanish Language. The ideal student for this course is those who work directly with coffee producers, and processors often or are in the business of harvesting and processing. Upon completing this comprehensive course, the students can take away the experience and knowledge to make informed decisions in their processing facilities or farms. Students will receive both theoretical (lectures) and practical (Hands-On) experience in a variety of coffee processing methods: (Washed, Honey, Natural). The course requires fresh coffee cherry, which is why it must be instructed amid the coffee harvest season. Similar to other CQI courses this course certification requires students to pass a series of exams to receive the level 2 processing certificate.

Students will receive comprehensive knowledge in:

  • Introduction: The actors and operations from cherry to cup

  • Unit Operation: Raw material

  • Coffee fruit anatomy; classification of processing methods

  • Unit Operation: Pulping

  • Unit Operation: Fermentation

  • Unit Operation: Washing and demucilation

  • Unit Operation: Drying

  • Storage, dry-milling, and processing-generated defects

  • Integrated quality control in processing

  • Issues and future of processing

Instructor: Mr. Tim Heinze (CQI Instructor Q Arabica & Q Processing)

Date: December 1-7, 2024

Location: Monarch Coffee Farm | Big Island of Hawaii | USA.

See More info on the course.

Q Processing: Level 2 Professional Coffee Course is a 6-day course in Coffee Processing.

Monarch Coffee Farm is hosting this coffee course. The course will be taught and instructed by CQI Instructor, Tim Heinze. Tim is the Coffee Education Manager for Sucafina, a Texas A&M Master of Agriculture, and holds his Q Arabica and Q Processing Instructor certificate.

This course will be available fully translated into Spanish Language. The ideal student for this course is those who work directly with coffee producers, and processors often or are in the business of harvesting and processing. Upon completing this comprehensive course, the students can take away the experience and knowledge to make informed decisions in their processing facilities or farms. Students will receive both theoretical (lectures) and practical (Hands-On) experience in a variety of coffee processing methods: (Washed, Honey, Natural). The course requires fresh coffee cherry, which is why it must be instructed amid the coffee harvest season. Similar to other CQI courses this course certification requires students to pass a series of exams to receive the level 2 processing certificate.

Students will receive comprehensive knowledge in:

  • Introduction: The actors and operations from cherry to cup

  • Unit Operation: Raw material

  • Coffee fruit anatomy; classification of processing methods

  • Unit Operation: Pulping

  • Unit Operation: Fermentation

  • Unit Operation: Washing and demucilation

  • Unit Operation: Drying

  • Storage, dry-milling, and processing-generated defects

  • Integrated quality control in processing

  • Issues and future of processing

Instructor: Mr. Tim Heinze (CQI Instructor Q Arabica & Q Processing)

Date: December 1-7, 2024

Location: Monarch Coffee Farm | Big Island of Hawaii | USA.

See More info on the course.

DOES NOT include accommodations. A discounted room block rate has been secured at Pacific 19 Hotel. We will email a link to attendees following their registration. Daily transportation to and from the farm will be available for the duration of the course. It is a 12-minute drive from the farm.

Room Type & Rates:

Town View $169

Pool View $179

Garden View/Annex $179

Partial Ocean View $189

Rates will be available 3 days pre/post event dates based on availability.

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