Upcoming events.
Green Coffee Foundation - SCA Curriculum - online
what happens to coffee before it’s roasted?
Coffee Roasting Foundation - SCA Curriculum - online
Come learn the basics of coffee roasting at the Lab at Royal New York
Water and Coffee Workshop
Come ready to taste how different types of water can change the way your coffee tastes. From spring and tap water to distilled or reverse osmosis, to water treated with specific minerals created to bring out the best of your coffee. Is it worth it?
Join us for the tasting and discussion.
Understanding Tastes and Flavors
This coffee class is all about getting better at using words to describe coffees. It’s not magic, anyone who can smell and taste can do this. We will explain how in an easy and understandable way.
This class follows the Coffee Quality Institute curriculum and is an excellent class for coffee sales people, coffee lovers, and people working in or planning to work in coffee.
Intro to CQI Cupping
Intro to CQI Cupping from the Coffee Quality Institute is the best course available to learn how to cup coffee using the cupping form.
We alsoget comfortable using the cupping protocol so no matter where you go, you are cupping the coffee the same as others around the world.
Green Coffee Foundations
The Green Coffee Foundation course introduces basic concepts regarding the production, trade and evaluation of green coffee.
Participants will learn about the specialty coffee supply chain from farm to roaster, including cultivation, harvesting, processing, drying, shipping, storage, and delivery.
Within the supply chain, learners take a closer look at the principles of coffee growing, processing, grading, trade and portfolio management.
Roasting Foundations
The Roasting Foundation course gives the learner an understanding of the roasting process, including the physical changes that take place during the process and how to control sensory aspects of the coffee by roasting light or dark.
Learners will also gain an understanding of the basic structure of the roasting machine, general maintenance, and fire prevention.
Practical learning objectives and activities prepare the learner to follow instructions, given by the trainer, for three different roasts and record relevant data and observations per roast using a suitable roast log.
Coffee Roasting Intermediate
This class is ideal for someone who has been roasting and desires to gain a deeper understanding of the roast profile, how the profile relates to color, the relationship between roast profile and sensory expression, and the impact of development time.
Learners will further explore the physical and chemical changes as well as basic thermodynamics and heat transfer that occurs during the roast.
Thereafter there will be an introduction to sample roasting and a review of safety and maintenance protocols in the roasting plant.
Learners will roast production batches matching color.
Q Robusta Grader Combo Course - Kansas City
Join us for the Q! This is going to be amazing!
Brewing Coffee Foundations - SCA curriculum - online
Join us as we dive into the history and current state of coffee brewing.
Explore the Essential Elements of coffee brewing and practice identifying taste-based adjustments that will help you improve your brews.
We will have various equipment available including; siphon, aeropress, french press, hario v-60 and other pour overs. Pick one to explore.
Course runs 9-5 like a job. But way more fun.
$350 includes online lecture and instruction, coffee supplies, digital or printed material, and shipping in the US. Certificate available for additional $50 SCA Administration and Certificate fee.
Introduction to Coffee - a Specialty Coffee Association certificate class
An online intro to coffee class where you can get all your coffee questions answered. We start from the begininning in Ethiopia and follow coffees journey to your current cup.
Build a Blend Workshop
We help you make an awesome coffee bean blend to share as a gift or keep for yourself!
You take all the credit, we insist.
Water and Coffee Workshop
Check out this fun and interactive 3-hour workshop.
In our cozy coffee-lab we will experiment and explore the ways water can change the brew of the same coffee and discover some ways to improve your coffee brewing activities.
Tickets are avialable on eventbrite or reserve your spot in person or via DM or email at T@colabops.com
Roasting Intermediate - SCA Certification Course - Private
Private Roasting Intermediate Certificate Course - Day 1
Build a Blend Workshop
We help you make an awesome coffee bean blend to share as gifts for the holiday season!
You take all the credit, we insist.
Coffee Tasting - Coffee Roasting
Our coffstronaut is taking one type of coffee and putting fire to it with a change to multiple variables. See how a coffee changes with increased airflow or lower charge temp or whatever nerdy coffee stuff they decide to try.
Coffee Roasting Professional Certification - SCA
In the Professional SCA Certification course for Roaster’s we will explore the depths of our understanding of roasting by pushing boundaries and preconcieved notions of what we can and can’t do as roasters.
This course is near New York City, at Royal NY in South Plainfield, NJ.
Successful completion will result in a Professional Certification from the Specialty Coffee Association.
Barista Skills Professional - SCA Certification
In this professional course we will explore differences in green and roasted coffee related to density, altitude growth, varieties, processes, decaffeination, and storage. Participants will practice drink production and improve upon workflow. Extraction will be analyzed, and adjustments made to extract to different levels. Latte art and foaming will be improved upon, and we will discuss milk in depth, including processing and composition and its ability to foam. We will define and test water quality and adjust water to meet standards and use sensory to identify subtle differences in coffees, describe espresso brews, extract different coffees to find optimum taste and create brew recipes for espresso. Attendees will improve on latte art techniques to pour at least two designs consistently and split a pitcher of steamed milk between two lattes to pour the same design in two cups.
Barista Skills Intermediate - SCA
Barista Skills is a great place to learn how to follow standards for espresso and steaming milk to make latte art plus other beverages.
Barista Skills Foundations - SCA
Barista Skills is a great place to learn how to follow standards for dialing in a grinder, making espresso to a consistent recipe, and steaming milk to build a cappuccino.
Q Arabica Calibration Course
Certified Q Arabica Graders must calibrate with each other every three years in order to test their abilities to accurately evaluate coffee quality based on their gained experience, knowledge, and standards/protocols learned in Q training. It is mandatory for all Q Graders to participate in calibration if they wish to remain active as a Q Grader in good standing. The calibration consists of three cupping flights, (or tables- 6 samples each) of coffees with distinct attributes. The sessions include one of Washed Milds, one of Naturals and one of either Africa or Asia. All Q Graders must be in calibration and pass two of the three flights in order to renew their certifications and continue as Certified Q Graders. Upon passing, the Q Grader certification will remain valid for another 36 months, starting from the day of the calibration course.
Coffee Roasting Intermediate
Come explore some different roasters and roast profiles. In this course we will gain a deeper understanding of the roast profile, how the profile relates to color, the relationship between roast profile and sensory expression, and the impact of development time. Learners will further explore the physical and chemical changes as well as basic thermodynamics and heat transfer that occurs during the roast.
Coffee Roasting Foundation
Come learn the basics of coffee roasting at the Lab at Royal New York
Build a Blend Workshop
We help you make an awesome coffee bean blend to share as gifts for the holiday season!
You take all the credit, we insist.
SCA Coffee Value Assessment for Cuppers
Identify and utilize the new CVA sensory references.
Explain the function and background of key sensory assessment tools used in CVA – 15-point intensity scales, CATA lists, and hedonic scales.
Use the CVA Descriptive and Affective Forms to describe and evaluate coffee.
Explain and use the new CVA system, including the descriptive, affective, and extrinsic evaluation tools.
(don’t worry, we will explain all of that - but this information is more in line with sensory science and can be valuable for many purposes.)
Sensory Skills Intermediate- SCA Certificate
SCA Sensory courses give you a chance to explore your sensory experiences and put them into the context of sensory science as it relates to coffee cupping and quality evaluation of production roasts and finished products.
SCA Sensory Foundation - Essential Skills for Tasting Coffee
Investigates the way we perceive what we taste and how to apply this knowledge when evaluating coffee. Taste a bunch of coffees and get to understand where all the flavor notes come from. Also, learn to prepare samples for evaluation like a pro.
Build a Blend Workshop
We help you make an awesome coffee bean blend to share as gifts for the holiday season!
You take all the credit, we insist.
Build a Blend Workshop
We help you make an awesome coffee bean blend to share as gifts for the holiday season!
You take all the credit, we insist.
Build a Blend Workshop
We help you make an awesome coffee bean blend to share as gifts for the holiday season!
You take all the credit, we insist.
Build a Blend Workshop
We help you make an awesome coffee bean blend to share as gifts for the holiday season!
You take all the credit, we insist.
Build a Blend Workshop
We help you make an awesome coffee bean blend to share as gifts for the holiday season!
You take all the credit, we insist.
Coffee Processing - What is it anyway?
Come explore the flavors of coffee processing.
Did you know that coffee is a fermented beverage?
What happens when coffee beans are dried inside their fruit or when the fruit is removed first?
All will be revealed in this interactive coffee tasting experience. But no coffee tasting experience is necessary.
Coffee Tasting - Coffees from China
Our coffstronaut is heading to China for an event and will be bringing a bunch of Chinese coffees back for your coffee tasting pleasure. Join us for this free event.
Around the Coffee World
Come join us for an exciting journey around the coffee world! Get ready to explore the rich flavors, aromas, and cultures of coffee from different corners of the globe. This in-person event will take place on Sun, Nov 24 at 11:00-12:30 pm in the vibrant city of Hamtramck, MI.
Engage in this interactive coffee tasting led by coffee experts, where you can refine your palate and discover more about your favorite beverage.
Around the Coffee World
Come join us for an exciting journey around the coffee world! Get ready to explore the rich flavors, aromas, and cultures of coffee from different corners of the globe. This in-person event will take place on Sat Nov 16 at 11:00-12:30 pm in the vibrant city of Hamtramck, MI.
Engage in this interactive coffee tasting led by coffee experts, where you can refine your palate and discover more about your favorite beverage.
Coffee Tasting - Experimental Process
Check out the impact coffee farmers have on the final product. At this event you can taste coffee from some of the new experimental processes farmers are using. Like anaerobic and co-fermented.
Coffee Roasting Foundation
Come learn the basics of coffee roasting at the Lab at Royal New York