Payment by FPS / Bank Transfer is entitled HK$100 discount for this course.
Payment information will be detailed in confirmation email.
 
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Background
The Coffee Value Assessment (CVA) Course for Cuppers is a two-day professional update for coffee cuppers, during which they will learn and become familiarized with the SCA’s new Coffee Value Assessment (CVA) as a tool to evaluate coffee’s value. The course is full of hands-on activities to demonstrate the elements of CVA, including several cuppings, lectures, and periods of discussion.
 
After completing the CVA Course for Cuppers, participants will be able to use and integrate the SCA Coffee Value Assessment (CVA) tools into their cupping practice.
 
Throughout the course, participants will learn to:
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.
 
This course is for:
Current cuppers who utilize the 2004 SCA cupping protocol , including but not limited to: professional cuppers, Q Arabica Graders or former Q Arabica Graders, people who use the SCA cupping system at least once a month or have used it intensively at some point in the past few years.
 
Exam arrangement
There are four tests in this course (written exam; identification of olfactory references; descriptive assessment, and affective assessment). Upon successful completion of all course tasks, you will receive a certificate of acknowledgement. This certificate attests you have learned CVA at an SCA-sanctioned event and can use it as a professional tool. The certificate does NOT attest you are a cupper, nor does it provide any qualification thereof.
 
Itinerary:
Day 1:
Introduction to CVA: why the changes in the system
Understanding and using the 15-point Intensity Scale
Understanding references in Descriptive Assessment
Understanding the use of CATA list
Practical Descriptive Cupping Session
Day 2:
Introduction of 9-point Hedonic Scale
Practical Affective Cupping Session
Exam session

*SCA Administrative fee included
**SCA Course Enrolment fee NOT included (US$50 to be paid to SCA by student directly, price is subject to change by SCA. Details will be explained by our tutors during lecture)
*SCA行政費用已包括在內
**SCA課程註冊費用需由學生支付（由學生直接向SCA支付50美元，課程註冊費用因SCA政策可能隨時有所轉變。我們的導師會於上課時清楚交代申領證書事宜。）