Taste Coffee like a Professional

    Elevate your daily coffee ritual! Learn from a coffee professor how to brew the perfect cup and taste it like a pro.

    When you understand coffee the way professional coffee tasters do, you open up a world of taste experiences.

    You deepen your love for coffee, you know why you prefer a certain coffee, and you can confidently converse with others about the characteristics you find in the cup.

    Gain confidence in the coffee industry!

    This course is designed to teach coffee lovers as well as people entering the coffee industry to taste coffee like the pros do.

    Why is this skill important?

    If you're starting out in the coffee industry, you need to master the ability to evaluate coffee quality. Then you can make decisions about which coffees to purchase, how they should be brewed, and how they should be priced.

    You can use this course to teach others in your team at your coffee shop, online retail shop, or any other type of coffee company.

    If you're a coffee enthusiast, I'll guide you so you can deepen your appreciation of coffee and share your new knowledge and skills by hosting a coffee-tasting activity with friends and family.

    About the Taste Coffee like a Pro Course

    Understand coffee cupping

    The 22 lectures in this course teach you how to purchase coffee, brew it in pour-over methods, store it the right way, understand how to grind it, and how to brew it for professional coffee cuppings. You'll learn essential ways to determine coffee quality and what goes on at coffee cuppings in the industry.
    Have you ever felt like you don’t know how to taste coffee and detect the aromas and flavors? It’s easier than you think, and I’ll guide you to improve your tasting skills and memory.
    In this dynamic 1.5-hour course I'll help you understand:

    Coffee tasting and brewing

    • Learn to evaluate and discuss coffee quality like a professional coffee cupper (taster).

    • Get a step-by-step guide to professional coffee cupping (tasting).
    •  How to understand and describe each characteristic of coffee
    •  How you can sharpen your coffee tasting ski
    •  8 ways coffee experts determine the quality of
    • Learn the secrets to brewing excellent pour-over coffees
    • Learn to set up and host a coffee tasting with friends or for work


    Foundational knowledge and skills

    • Receive guidelines on how coffee should be bought, stored, and ground
    • Develop techniques to train your palate
    • Get access to our exclusive coffee tasting tools!

    “I must say, Karen is one of the most passionate, knowledgeable, personable people I have ever met. Her love for the coffee scene shines. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!”
    - Monica, Texas

    “I learned so much about coffee and can't wait to continue to apply this knowledge!"”
    - Ashley, USA
    “Karen is amazing ! She is very knowledgeable, professional, and funny.".”
    Oscar, USA

    Latin American Coffee Academy

    Karen Attman

    Your insctructor
    Karen is the creator of the Latin American Coffee Academy, an online coffee school that teaches people from around the world about some of the tastiest coffee in the world.

    Her coffee courses help people who are entering the coffee industry understand the true essentials of coffee so they can succeed in their chosen corner of the industry.

    She was a professor of coffee at the prestigious La Sabana University in Bogota. Karen is the author of Permission to Slurp, a guide to tasting Colombian specialty coffee. The book has been widely accepted by experts in the coffee industry as well as coffee lovers who are just beginning their journey into specialty coffee. In fact, the book was nominated for the category of Best Coffee Books by the Gourmand Awards in 2018.

    Her boutique coffee education experiences, the Flavors of Bogota Specialty Coffee Workshops, teach foreigners and locals in Colombia about specialty coffee and what it can mean to Colombian coffee growers and others involved in the coffee industry.

    She is also a food journalist who has written for CNN, Eater, Sprudge, Esquire and many more books, newspapers, and magazines. She speaks at international coffee events and fairs. She has judged international coffee competitions and has appeared on TV and been interviewed on the radio numerous times. That’s probably why people call her the Coffee Lady.

    FAQ

    When does the course start and finish?

    The course starts now and never ends! It is a completely self-paced online course - you decide when you start and when you finish. 

    But what if this course doesn’t work for me?

    I understand that you could fear wasting your time learning information that’s not necessary. You’ve probably already done a lot of that. But the time you spend learning about the basics of coffee will always be useful in your business. Slurp Fast! delivers that information you need. However, if you feel that you didn’t learn the essential coffee knowledge with Slurp Fast!, just write to me within 15 days of your purchase and let me know what didn’t work for you. I will give you that refund with no fuss or delay.

    Will I receive a certificate of completion when I finish the course?

    Yes, you can receive a free certificate of completion. When you finish the course, simply write to us and let us know you'd like to receive the certificate. There's no additional charge for the certificate, which will be delivered to you in a PDF format that you can download and print.
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