Course curriculum

    1. Defining "industry" + "supply chain"

    2. Defining "market"

    3. What makes these things work?

    4. Class objectives

    1. Defining the C Market

    2. Supply + Demand

    3. The C Market is a futures market

    4. Price discovery

    5. C Market + Specialty Coffee

    6. Test 1: C Market

    1. Defining "Specialty Coffee"

    2. "Quality" + the story of the industry

    3. Cupping, scoring, Q Grading

    4. What else is valued in coffee?

    5. Introducing the CVA

    6. So, what is Specialty Coffee?

    1. Who is selling?

    2. Who is buying?

    3. How pricing generally works

    4. Recent history of prices

    5. How coffee-buying generally works

    6. Test 2: Specialty Coffee

    1. What is "transparency"?

    2. Measuring impact

    3. A real-world example

    4. Consent, trust, accountability

    5. Your takeaways

    6. My takeaways

About this course

  • Free
  • 28 lessons
  • 1.5 hours of video content

about ed+u

ED+U by Cafe Imports is an open-source, up-to-date coffee education platform that dives into each supply chain step

Education is a pillar of Cafe Imports' mission. We believe the industry is made stronger when everyone has access to education. We recognize that developing a comprehensive training curriculum can be both time-consuming and resource-intensive for companies, which is why many coffee education programs are often restricted to those who pay or are provided by their employers. We hope that ED+U helps raise the quality and accessibility of coffee education for individuals and small businesses.

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