Starting Your Coffee Business
An intensive introduction: how to source, manage, cup, and roast quality green beans, as well as essential bar skills.
Our team of coffee experts have put together an intensive 3-day course of must-have trade skills for starting a new coffee business that is intended to get your core team up and running, regardless of initial knowledge level. This intensive course is taught over 3 days. This course covers a wide range of topics for those in the coffee business, including:
"Seed to Cup" Training
Coffee 101, including introductions to farm practices, supply chain management, history and origins, and much more in a compact and digestible format
Tasting Coffee Like a Professional
Learn to set up and execute a cupping, and exploring the Coffee Flavor Wheel & Sensory Lexicon
Roaster Operations
Introduction to small-batch manual coffee roasting, including an overview of safety and maintenance and
Production Cupping
Efficiency and repeatability in Quality Control at the Roastery
Inventory Management
Keeping an eye on your supply, plus tips and tricks for blending
Introductory Bar Skills
Perfect your pour-over, dialing a batch brewer, pulling espresso shots, and steaming milk on professional equipment
Equipment Selection
From the café to the roastery, we will help you to choose the best tools for your business
Intro to Green Coffee Purchasing
Working with importers and supply partners
These pillars represent what we would consider a solid base of training for the start up coffee business professional. It will create a foundation-level understanding of the main operation and information streams you’ll encounter in the specialty coffee industry. The training includes digital documents, a Certificate of Completion, follow up from your instructor, and an introduction to one of our green coffee traders. It requires a minimum of three 6-hour days to complete, at a rate of $1500 per day for one student. Additional students may attend at $250 per day per person, up to a maximum of four students total.
For those seeking more depth, custom options are available in multiple fields at varying levels of skill building. Please don’t hesitate to reach out with inquiries or special requests, including advanced roasting training, green coffee analysis, latte art instruction, and much more.
We’re looking forward to working with you and your team to build a better specialty coffee industry, one business at a time.
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Frequently Asked Questions:
What is the cost?
It requires a minimum of three 6-hour days to complete, at a rate of $1500 per day for one student. Additional students may attend at $250 per day per person, up to a maximum of four students total.
What does the course include?
Our curriculum includes on-site training at The Crown in key specialty coffee business and craft techniques. The course bundle covers a wide range of topics for those in the coffee business. The training includes digital documents, a Certificate of Completion, and follow-up from your instructor, and an introduction to one of our green coffee traders at Royal Coffee.
Can this bundle be customized?
For those seeking more depth, custom options are available in multiple fields at varying levels of skill building. Please don’t hesitate to reach out with inquiries or special requests, including advanced roasting training, green coffee analysis, latte art instruction, and much more.
Do you offer other coffee classes?
We sure do! We offer a range of specialty coffee classes and events. You can check them out here.