Events & Classes | Royal Coffee https://royalcoffee.com Green Coffee Importers Since 1978 Mon, 20 Oct 2025 20:18:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://cdn.royalcoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/07134300/web-app-manifest-512x512-1-100x100.png Events & Classes | Royal Coffee https://royalcoffee.com 32 32 Qonclave, or: Nobody Expects the SCA Acquisition https://royalcoffee.com/qonclave-or-nobody-expects-the-sca-acquisition/ Thu, 08 May 2025 22:24:04 +0000 https://royalcoffee.com/?p=215576 By Evan Gilman, Creative Director, Indonesia Green Buying Team, CQI Arabica Quality Evaluation Instructor Article Summary: Royal Coffee’s Evan Gilman reflects on the abrupt handover of the Coffee Quality Institute’s (CQI) Quality Evaluation program to the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA), a decision made without stakeholder consultation that left many instructors and Q Graders blindsided and […]

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]]> The Crown’s Coffee Lab & Education Update https://royalcoffee.com/the-crown-coffee-lab-and-education-update/ Thu, 05 Sep 2024 17:21:34 +0000 https://royalcoffee.com/?p=188100 written by Isabella Vitaliano, Lab & Education Coordinator What have we been up to? The Crown Education 2-year reflection  We’ve been reflecting on the growth of The Crown’s Coffee Lab & Education department over the past two years. Opening in the spring of 2019, we experienced a brief period of growth and community connection that, like […]

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]]> What to Do After the Q https://royalcoffee.com/what-to-do-after-the-q/ Fri, 10 Feb 2023 18:19:41 +0000 https://royalcoffee.com/?p=165019 The Crown is hosting the Q Arabica Combo. Becoming a Q Arabica Grader is one of the highest honors in the coffee industry. Serious study and practice are required to hone your sensory skills to the level needed to pass the battery of tests in the Q Arabica curriculum. No doubt finishing the course gives […]

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]]> Inspiration through Education https://royalcoffee.com/inspiration-through-education/ Thu, 02 Jun 2022 19:58:05 +0000 https://royalcoffee.com/?p=157846 The post Inspiration through Education appeared first on Royal Coffee.

]]> What’s Brewing? https://royalcoffee.com/whats-brewing/ https://royalcoffee.com/whats-brewing/#comments Fri, 06 Mar 2020 20:51:10 +0000 https://royalcoffee.com/?p=74785 New panel discussion at The Crown: What’s Brewing? March 27th, 2020 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm What’s Brewing is part of our “Understanding Extraction” series at The Crown, which brings experts together from adjacent industries to relate their experience with issues of sustainability, supply chain dynamics, explorations in flavor profiling, and how it all relates […]

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]]> https://royalcoffee.com/whats-brewing/feed/ 2 March 2020 at the Crown: Classes & Events Digest https://royalcoffee.com/march-2020-at-the-crown-classes-events-digest/ Sat, 22 Feb 2020 20:32:51 +0000 https://royalcoffee.com/?p=74131 Identifying Defects in Coffee March 5, 2020 09:30 AM (PST) Learn to grade coffee in this class focused on identifying both visual and taste flaws in the green beans. This class will cover both physical defects in green coffee and primary sensory defects. (Yep, we’ll be tasting them!)   Coffee Tasting: Brew Ratios March 6, […]

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]]> February 2020 at the Crown: Classes & Events Digest https://royalcoffee.com/february-2020-at-the-crown-classes-events-digest/ Thu, 16 Jan 2020 00:43:44 +0000 https://royalcoffee.com/?p=72531 Tasting the Coffee Flavor Wheel Feb 6, 2020 03:00 PM (PST) An interactive tasting of the Sensory Lexicon of coffee using reference samples from fruits, spices, candies and many others. Go to event site Coffee Tasting: Southern Hemisphere Coffee Feb 7, 2020 01:00 PM (PST) Free, open to the public cupping (coffee industry standard sensory […]

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]]> January 2020 at the Crown: Classes & Events Digest https://royalcoffee.com/january-2020-at-the-crown-classes-events-digest/ Tue, 10 Dec 2019 23:03:33 +0000 https://royalcoffee.com/?p=71278 Coffee Tasting: What is Honey Process? Jan 3, 2020 01:00 PM (PST) The first free, open-to-the-public coffee tasting of the new year, we’ll try some Honey process coffees. Go to event site Intro to Coffee Jan 11, 2020 02:00 PM (PST) A beginner-level class for enthusiasts, we’ll demystify the origins of coffee and explore the […]

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]]> Upcoming Classes & Events in October https://royalcoffee.com/upcoming-classes-events-in-october/ Fri, 06 Sep 2019 23:14:29 +0000 https://royalcoffee.com/?p=67799 October starts off with a bang! The first day of the month is International Coffee Day; celebrate all month long with us by attending some of the events below. As always you can check out the whole calendar on The Crown’s Events page — there you can sign up or find extra information about the […]

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]]> Upcoming Classes & Events in September https://royalcoffee.com/upcoming-classes-events-in-september/ Fri, 23 Aug 2019 15:22:14 +0000 https://royalcoffee.com/?p=67017 Back to School – Crown Style! We’ve ramped up our classes and events as we head into Second Summer in the Bay. As always, check out the full schedule on The Crown’s Events page. Public Tasting – Guatemalan Coffees Friday, September 6th from 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Join us for a free event to […]

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