SCA Brewing Skills Professional

Description

Introduction to Brewing Professional Course

The Brewing Professional course builds upon the concepts and skills introduced in the Brewing Intermediate course, offering learners a deeper and more scientific understanding of the brewing process. Ideal for coffee enthusiasts, baristas aiming for professional-level skills, head baristas, café owners, and managers, this advanced course focuses on:

– Deeper exploration of essential brewing elements: Understanding intricate factors contributing to excellent brewing.
– Manipulation of brewing parameters: Learning how adjustments impact the final cup and mastering navigation of the coffee brewing control chart.
– Water and its impact on brewing: Utilizing principles of aim, measure, and treatment to optimize water quality.
– Analytical approach and variable manipulation: Equipping professionals with tools to interpret information and improve coffee quality, service, and delivery.

Course Overview:

Coffee Knowledge
– Roast Level

Brewing Methods and Equipment
– Gravity Filter Shapes
– Recommended Bed Depth
– Effect of Device Shape on Bed Depth
– Effect of Device Shape on the Finished Brew

Brewing Guidelines
– 7 Essential Elements of Brewing
– Grind Setting – Particle Size Distribution
– Particle Size Ranges
– Factors Influencing Particle Size Distribution
– Methods for Measuring Particle Size Distribution
– Effect of Particle Size Distribution on the Brew
– Brewing Time
– Filter Media
– Water Temperature – Effect on Extraction Rates of Different Soluble Compounds
– Effect on Sensory Aspect of Brewed Coffee
– Brew Turbulence
– Water Quality – Origin, Recommendation and Requirements, Alkalinity, Total Hardness, Electrical Conductivity, Treatment Methods, Testing, Sensory Outcomes on Brewed Coffee

Brewing Process
– Brewing Device Usage – Gravity Brewers
– Brewing Processes Wetting (Blooming): Water Quantity, Wettability, Calculating Yield Based on Water Retention, Wetting Phase and Finished Brew Relationship and Wetting Application

Brew Analysis
– Describing the Brew
– Balanced Brew
– Solubles Yield & Concentrations

Maintenance
– Grinder Burrs Quality and Replacement Requirement

Bypass
– Benefits of Using Bypass
– Calculate, Measure, and Chart Bypass
– Sensory Impact of Bypass