The educational component of the program provides training and instruction on a broad range of coffee related topics. The accreditation component is a formal qualification program that recognizes coffee knowledge, industry-wide expertise, and confers credentials at the completion and mastery of the educational curriculum.

“We received a clear mandate from our membership that an individual accreditation program was what The Roasters Guild should focus on,” says Mike Ebert, chairman of The Roasters Guild. “We have identified a dynamic team of coffee professional to design a complete program, build alliances with industry experts, and create an infrastructure within The Roasters Guild to implement this program.”

The educational program will coordinate the collaborative efforts of The Roasters Guild and The SCAA and present a curriculum for coffee roasting, product testing, manufacturing, farming and processing, and other coffee related topics. These educational lessons will be presented at Roasters Guild events and at SCAA conferences in the form of seminars, lectures, workshops, and also self-directed home study. The course syllabus will be presented in graduating levels of challenge with a logical progression of basic classes as prerequisites for advanced topics.

SpecialtyCoffeeConsulting.com explains Bellissimo’s consulting services and products for new start-ups, and a section called Corporate Consulting lists the Bellissimo’s services to businesses already operating in the specialty coffee arena.

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