Class - Sunday Coffee Class at Eight Ounce

Brewing Essentials is for people who want to learn fundamental brewing theories.

• General knowledge of flavour perception
• How coffee flavour changes from the earlier to later extraction
• Experience sharing & discussion
• General knowledge of brewing devices
• How geometric shape impacts the brewing
• Compare 4 types of brewers with 1 coffee

Class info:

• Class starts at 9:00am, 1.5 hours class
• $75 / person, maximum 6 people

Brewing Advanced is for professional level barista who are willing to take one step forward to competition level. Also, home-brewers who are at a similar level.

Knowledge Session:

• Brewing theories
• Extraction and flavour changes
• Technical Evaluation
• Evaluation data analysis
• How to set a brewing target
• Develope recipes & recipe builder 

Hands-on Session:

• Technical Evaluation
• Dialing & Recipe building process 

Class info:

• Class starts at 9:00am, 1.5 hours class
• $160 / person, maximum 2 people

Sensory Essentials is for people who want to understand how to taste coffee and learn where beautiful coffee flavours come from.

Knowledge session:

• Sensory terms
• Evaluation categories
• How to evaluate flavour aspects 

Practice Session:

• Cupping
• Share and discussion about flavours

Event info:

• Class starts at 11:00am, 1.5 hours class
• $75 / person, maximum 6 people

Sensory Advanced is for professionals and home brewers, roasters who want to build sensory evaluation protocols for improving the quality control process.

Knowledge session:

• Sensory evaluation formats
• How to build evaluation formats 
• How to apply evaluation data to QC

Practice Session:

• Perform Sensory evaluation
• Share and discussion about results

Event info:

• Class starts at 11:00am, 1.5 hours class
• $160 / person, maximum 2 people

This roasting class is for home roasters or those who dream of roasting their own coffee at home in the near future. This four-week class will provide ideas and practical strategies on how to roast and improve flavours by developing and adjusting roasting profiles.

Each session includes a knowledge session, tasting and evaluation, roast planning, and roasting.

Weekly Sessions (1.5 hours per week):

• Week 1: Roasting Process & Roasting Defects
• Week 2: Tasting & Profile Comparisons
• Week 3: Roast variables & Profile Adjustment
• Week 4: Sensory Evaluation & Analyze roasting profile
  

Hands-on Sessions:

• Sensory Evaluation
• Adjusting Profiles and Making Roast Plans

Knowledge Sessions:

• Understanding the Roasting Process
• How to Analyze Roast Logs
• How to Plan Roasting
• Sensory Evaluation: How to Build Protocols
• Blending Theories and Comparisons

Class Info:

• Four-week course. Cannot purchase single session.
• Session start at 1:00pm, 1.5 hours class
• $800 / person for 4-week course
• Maximum 3 people