From Coffee Plant To Your Coffee Cup

Learn how coffee cultivation and processing change the flavors in your cup

What you'll learn
Learn where and how coffee is grown, and how those factors affect the tastes in the cup
Understand the roots of coffee!
Learn about coffee regions around the world and how your coffee will taste different
Who grows coffee…and how we can treat them fairly
Who grows coffee…and what it sustainable coffee means
Requirements
Love coffee and be willing to learn more about this tasty product
Description
Why do you need to learn about how coffee is grown?You have no doubt asked yourself “Where does coffee come from?”For anyone who simply loves coffee – or wants to work with coffee – it's important to understand its roots (quite literally!)You need to understand where in the world coffee is grown, what it all starts with (species and varieties), and what makes one coffee different from another.This course, From Coffee Plant to Your Coffee Cup, will take you on the fascinating journey that coffee takes from seed to cup.Learn with me, a university professor of coffee, the founder of the Latin American Coffee Academy, and the author of Permission to Slurp, a book on coffee tasting.I will guide you through where coffee is grown, how good coffee is grown and processed, what it all starts with (species and varieties), and why those factors change the tastes in your coffee.We’ll discuss a bit about coffee history, why coffee is so vital to people, how it impacts millions of lives around the world – and how you can change people’s lives.I know this is a complex subject. But I’m going to help you understand it in a clear, easy, and memorable way.Who needs this course?Anyone who loves coffee. But even if you don’t love coffee, you probably want to understand what coffee lovers are raving about all the time.Additionally, anyone who works with coffee needs to understand these basics. For instance:If you're a coffee shop owner or have an online coffee business, customers will ask you how the coffee you sell was produced.If you're a roaster, you need to understand how coffee is grown to be able to roast it and get fabulous tastes from it.If you are a coffee exporter, you need to communicate effectively with coffee growers and understand them when they talk about coffee processes.This course is a fantastic start for coffee exporters, coffee shop owners, coffee retailers, and roasters who want to get a better idea of where coffee comes from and why one coffee tastes different from another.I’ll teach you the basics of coffee cultivation fast and easy.This multimedia experience has videos, slide presentations, photos, actionable activities, and memory sheets to help you learn, remember, and use this vital information.In this fun, dynamic, 1.5-hour course I'll help you understand the basics of coffee and coffee cultivation.Welcome. Let’s get started learning about the roots of coffee.Do you really need a course?Can you learn about coffee without taking a course? Sure. There’s plenty of free stuff available online.But the reality is that wading through everything on the internet takes time. And another reality for people just starting out is that they tend to wade around lost for a long time.So you’ve no doubt thought of taking a course that leads you directly to the information you need. Taking a coffee course will save you lots of time.If that is what you're looking for, this course is for you. From Coffee Plant to Your Coffee Cup, will help you get that overview of coffee cultivation that you need.Fast, simple, and entertaining sounds good, right?Let’s learn about coffee. I look forward to seeing you in the From Coffee Plant to Your Coffee Cup course! And if you're interested in receiving a free certificate of completion from the Latin American Coffee Academy, get in touch. If you're interested in learning how coffee professionals taste coffee to determine the quality, check out my Taste Coffee Like a Pro course here on Udemy.I love to hear from my students - send me an email or message with your coffee questions.Why should you learn about coffee with a professor?Frankly, why would you want to learn with anyone but an expert? I live in a coffee-producing country (Colombia) and worked as a coffee professor at the prestigious La Sabana University until I started my own coffee academy.I have taught people from every continent - even coffee professionals! - about coffee in Latin America. I have years of experience taking a complicated subject and making it easy and fun.That's why people call me The Coffee Lady (seriously, you can Google it).Try the course out to see why most of my students give me a 5-star rating! I'm always here to support you and to answer all of your coffee questions.What if you don't like coffee?Many of my students don't actually like coffee! But they recognize that learning about coffee is an essential life skill…and along the way, some of them learn to love the brew.What if your English isn't perfect?My students live around the world and have learned English as a second language. So don't worry if your English isn't perfect - my students tell me the information I teach is easy to understand (and the videos have captions that I personally edited!). Also…hablo español, eu falo português, et je parle français.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Why you will love learning about how coffee is grown

Lecture 2 From Coffee Plant to Your Coffee Cup Course instructions

Lecture 3 What kind of coffee do you like – and why?

Section 2: Why is coffee so important to millions of people?

Lecture 4 Why is coffee vital to millions of people?

Lecture 5 Where in the world is coffee grown?

Lecture 6 Do coffees from around the world taste different?

Lecture 7 How does coffee impact the lives of the people who grow it?

Section 3: The incredible journey of the coffee bean

Lecture 8 What is specialty coffee, and who’s the star?

Lecture 9 What does good coffee start with?

Lecture 10 The delicate coffee blossom

Lecture 11 How farmers get the coffee cherries off the plant – coffee harvesting

Lecture 12 How farmers get the seed out of the fruit - Part I

Lecture 13 How farmers get the seed out of the fruit - Part II

Lecture 14 Why does that coffee look like peanuts?

Section 4: Coffee varieties and coffee roasting

Lecture 15 What are coffee varieties?

Lecture 16 Common coffee varieties and how they impact taste

Lecture 17 How dark should you go?

Section 5: Challenges coffee growers face and how you can keep learning about coffee

Lecture 18 Challenges coffee growers face and how you can help

Lecture 19 Design your ideal cup of coffee

Lecture 20 Tools to keep learning about coffee

Coffee lovers around the world,Anyone entering the coffee industry - roasters, exporters, importers, coffee shop owners,People setting up a coffee business,Anyone who wants to understand more about sustainable coffee growing