About CQI Courses

The Coffee Quality Institute organizes Q Grader and Q Instructor courses around the world. If you're a coffee owner or coffee enthusiast, you can sign up for one of the classes below. If you're already a Q Grader and would like to retake a test or simply brush up on the latest techniques, feel free to sign up today. And if you're a Q Instructor, you can host your own classes through the Q Coffee System today.

Upcoming Courses
Type Instructor Start Location
R Grader Exam Miran Oh May 20th, 2013 SCAA LAB
Q Grader Exam / SCAA Advanced Cupping Course Mane Alves May 20th, 2013 UCC Academy Lab
Q Grader Exam / Administered at a Certified SCAA Lab Rob Stephen May 20th, 2013 Coffee Solutions
Q Grader Exam Marty G Curtis May 22nd, 2013 EXC
Calibration Course Mane Alves May 26th, 2013 UCC Lab Academy
Calibration Course Mane Alves May 27th, 2013 Wataru Lab
Calibration Course Rob Stephen May 28th, 2013 Coffee Solutions
R Grader Exam Steven Kil May 28th, 2013 Specialty Coffee Appraisers Institute of Asia
Instructor Calibration Course Mane Alves May 31st, 2013 Cafenorte - Cartago
Q Grader Exam / SCAA Advanced Cupping Course Rocky Rhodes June 3rd, 2013 Green Montain Coffee Company - Certified Lab
Q Grader Exam / SCAA Advanced Cupping Course Manuel Diaz June 3rd, 2013 Specialty Coffee Institute of the Caribbean
Q Grader Exam / SCAA Advanced Cupping Course Steven Kil June 3rd, 2013 Specialty Coffee Academy in Hwa-Sung
Q Grader Exam / SCAA Advanced Cupping Course K.C. O'Keefe June 4th, 2013 coffee Pro Hong Kong
Q Grader Exam Trish Rothgeb June 10th, 2013 European Brewing Center at NKI
Q Grader Exam / Administered at a Certified SCAA Lab Tracy Allen June 10th, 2013 Nuova Simonelli Education Lab
Q Grader Exam / SCAA Advanced Cupping Course Steven Kil June 17th, 2013 Changwon Specialty Coffee Academy
Q Grader Exam Marty G Curtis June 19th, 2013 Maxi Coffee/Destination/Academia do Cafe
Q Grader Exam Rolando Canas June 20th, 2013 Central Café y cacao del Perú
Q Grader Exam Sean Sunghyun Bok June 24th, 2013 COFFEEPLANT ACADEMY
Q Grader Exam / SCAA Advanced Cupping Course Steven Kil June 24th, 2013 Anyang Specialty Coffee Academy
Q Grader Exam / SCAA Advanced Cupping Course Steven Kil June 27th, 2013 Specialty Coffee Appraisers Institute of Asia
Calibration Course Rolando Canas July 1st, 2013 Central Café y cacao del Perú
R Grader Exam Steven Kil July 3rd, 2013 Specialty Coffee Appraisers Institute of Asia
Q Grader Exam / SCAA Advanced Cupping Course Steven Kil July 4th, 2013 Specialty Coffee Appraisers Institute of Asia
Other Rolando Canas July 4th, 2013 Cooperativa Agroindustrial Naranjillo
Q Grader Exam / SCAA Advanced Cupping Course Steven Kil July 6th, 2013 Specialty Coffee Appriaisers Institute of Asia
Calibration Course Rolando Canas July 6th, 2013 Cooperativa Agroindustrila Naranjillo
Q Grader Exam / SCAA Advanced Cupping Course Steven Kil July 8th, 2013 Changwon Specialty Coffee Academy
R Grader Exam Steven Kil July 11th, 2013 Changwon Specialty Coffee Academy
Q Grader Exam / SCAA Advanced Cupping Course Craig Holt July 24th, 2013 Atlas Coffee Importers
Q Grader Exam / Administered at a Certified SCAA Lab Andrew Hetzel July 29th, 2013 Single Origin Roasters, Sydney Australia
R Grader Exam Steven Kil July 29th, 2013 Specialty Coffee Appraisers Institute of Asia
Q Grader Exam / SCAA Advanced Cupping Course Steven Kil August 5th, 2013 Specialty Coffee Academy in HwaSung
Q Grader Exam / SCAA Advanced Cupping Course Manuel Diaz August 12th, 2013 Centro de Preparacao de Cafe, SINDICAFE
Q Grader Exam / SCAA Advanced Cupping Course Mane Alves August 26th, 2013 CLI - School of Coffee
Q Grader Exam / SCAA Advanced Cupping Course Steven Kil October 7th, 2013 Specialty Coffee Academy in HwaSung
Q Grader Exam / Administered at a Certified SCAA Lab Andrew Hetzel October 14th, 2013 Single Origin Roasters, Sydney Australia
Q Grader Exam / SCAA Advanced Cupping Course Steven Kil November 11th, 2013 GyeongJu Coffee Training Institute

Recent Courses
Type Instructor Start Location
Other CQI Developer May 22nd, 2013 sdfkhjb
Q Grader Exam / Administered at a Certified SCAA Lab Damon Chia-Chun, Chen 陳嘉峻 May 13th, 2013 Blossom Valley Intl.宸嶧國際
Q Grader Exam / Administered at a Certified SCAA Lab Steven Kil May 12th, 2013 Specialty Coffee Institute of Asia
Other Andrew Hetzel May 8th, 2013 UCDA Kampala
Calibration Course Andrew Hetzel May 7th, 2013 UCDA Kampala
Calibration Course Andrew Hetzel May 6th, 2013 UCDA Kampala
Q Grader Exam / Administered at a Certified SCAA Lab Paul Kil Jin Kim May 3rd, 2013 Vis-a-Vis Coffee Lab
Q Grader Exam / SCAA Advanced Cupping Course Mane Alves April 29th, 2013 CLI School of Coffee - Montreal
Q Grader Exam / SCAA Advanced Cupping Course Tracy Allen April 22nd, 2013 Cafe Imports-Minneapolis, MN
Q Grader Exam / Administered at a Certified SCAA Lab Trish Rothgeb April 22nd, 2013 5 Senses Coffee Lab (at The Australian Barista Academy)
Q Grader Exam Rocky Rhodes April 22nd, 2013 Granja Esteban Jaramillo facility of the Fundacion Educativa de Caficultores de Colombia
Instructor Calibration Course Mane Alves April 9th, 2013 CLI - School of Coffee
Q Grader Exam / SCAA Advanced Cupping Course Mane Alves March 25th, 2013 On the Up Lab
Calibration Course Rocky Rhodes March 18th, 2013 National Agriculture and Exports Board, Kigali City, RWANDA
Q Grader Exam / SCAA Advanced Cupping Course Mane Alves March 18th, 2013 Lusso Lab
Q Grader Exam / SCAA Advanced Cupping Course Marty G Curtis March 1st, 2013 Academia do Cafe
R Grader Exam Manuel Diaz February 4th, 2013 Kampala, Uganda
Calibration Course Marty G Curtis January 10th, 2013 RoZark Hills Coffee Roastery
Q Grader Exam K.C. O'Keefe December 17th, 2012 APAVAM
Calibration Course Ted Lingle December 13th, 2012 SCAA Lab in Long Beach
Q Grader Exam K.C. O'Keefe November 26th, 2012 Central Cafe & Cacao
Calibration Course Marty G Curtis October 22nd, 2012 Avademia do Cafe in Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Q Grader Exam / SCAA Advanced Cupping Course Marty G Curtis October 17th, 2012 Academia do Cafe
R Grader Exam Ted Lingle October 15th, 2012 Surabaya, Indonesia
Calibration Course Marty G Curtis October 15th, 2012 COCAMIG, Varginha, Brazil
Q Grader Exam Marty G Curtis October 10th, 2012 Minas Sul Cooperativa
Q Grader Exam Marty G Curtis September 26th, 2012 Addis EXC
Recertification Course Marty G Curtis September 26th, 2012 Addis EXC
Calibration Course Marty G Curtis September 25th, 2012 Addis EXC
Q Grader Exam / SCAA Advanced Cupping Course Craig Holt June 4th, 2012 Private Lab
Other Manuel Diaz May 30th, 2012 Kampala, Uganda
R Grader Exam Manuel Diaz May 26th, 2012 Uganda Lugogo Lab
Calibration Course Manuel Diaz May 24th, 2012 UCDA Cupping Lab
Calibration and Recertification Course Manuel Diaz May 22nd, 2012 UCDA Cupping Lab
R Grader Exam Ted Lingle May 14th, 2012 Tanzania Coffee Board
Q Grader Exam / SCAA Advanced Cupping Course Marty G Curtis March 19th, 2012 Just Quantify Coffee Academy
Q Assistant Instructor Course Manuel Diaz January 5th, 2012 Lima
R Grader Exam Ted Lingle November 14th, 2011 Jakarta, Indonesia
Q Grader Exam K.C. O'Keefe October 31st, 2011 APAVAM
Other Mario Roberto Fernandez Alduenda September 19th, 2011 UCDA Lugogo, Kampala, Uganda
R Grader Exam Manuel Diaz August 3rd, 2011 Brazil
Q Assistant Instructor Course Ted Lingle July 18th, 2011 Nairobi, Kenya
Q Grader Exam / SCAA Advanced Cupping Course K.C. O'Keefe July 11th, 2011 Specialty Coffee Appraisers Institute of Asia(SCAIA) in Seoul, South Korea
Q Grader Exam / Administered at a Certified SCAA Lab Manuel Diaz July 3rd, 2011 Kampala, Uganda
R Grader Exam Manuel Diaz July 1st, 2011 Uganda
Calibration Course Manuel Diaz May 25th, 2011 Manizales
Q Grader Exam Rob Stephen May 16th, 2011 Coffee Solutions
Q Grader Exam / SCAA Advanced Cupping Course Manuel Diaz April 11th, 2011 EL AGRADO
Q Grader Exam Craig Holt April 11th, 2011 Toynbee Hall
Q Grader Exam / SCAA Advanced Cupping Course Marty G Curtis March 23rd, 2011 Just Cup Coffee Acdemy
Q Grader Exam / Administered at a Certified SCAA Lab Marty G Curtis March 18th, 2011 Just Cup Coffee Acdemy
Q Grader Exam / Administered at a Certified SCAA Lab Marty G Curtis March 13th, 2011 Just Cup Coffee Academy
Other K.C. O'Keefe March 12th, 2011 Cafe Verde
Q Grader Exam K.C. O'Keefe November 3rd, 2010 Cafe Peru
Q Grader Exam / SCAA Advanced Cupping Course Marty G Curtis October 27th, 2010 Just Cup Coffee Academy
Q Grader Exam Marty G Curtis October 27th, 2010 Korea
Q Grader Exam / SCAA Advanced Cupping Course Marty G Curtis October 22nd, 2010 Just Cup Coffee Academy
Q Grader Exam / SCAA Advanced Cupping Course Marty G Curtis October 17th, 2010 Just Cup Coffee Academy
Q Grader Exam / SCAA Advanced Cupping Course Kelly Peltier-Amoroso October 4th, 2010 SCAA Long Beach, CA
Calibration Course Kelly Peltier-Amoroso July 22nd, 2010 Manizales, Colombia
Q Grader Exam / SCAA Advanced Cupping Course Kelly Peltier-Amoroso July 1st, 2010 Manizales, Colombia
Q Grader Exam / Administered at a Certified SCAA Lab Marty G Curtis June 13th, 2010 Just Cup Coffee Academy
Q Grader Exam / Administered at a Certified SCAA Lab CQI Representative January 13th, 2010 SCAA Lab
Q Grader Exam / SCAA Advanced Cupping Course Manuel Diaz November 1st, 2009 Brazil, Patrocino-MG