Portfolio building and case studies
How coffee professionals can build a career portfolio and use case studies to demonstrate skills, achievements, and industry impact.
Sensory outcomes
Roasting and Latte Art championships
An overview of the World Coffee Roasting Championship (WCRC) and the World Latte Art Championship (WLAC)—their formats, skills tested, and career relevance for coffee professionals.
Roasting Intermediate/Professional
The structure and focus of the SCA Roasting Intermediate and Professional modules, which train roasters to move from operational competence to mastery of profiling and production systems.
Declining vs flat pressure profiles
The differences between declining and flat pressure profiles in espresso, and how they influence extraction dynamics and flavor outcomes.
Open research questions in coffee science
The unresolved questions in coffee science that researchers, baristas, and roasters continue to explore—spanning physics, chemistry, and sensory analysis.
Pressure and flow profiling curves
How pressure and flow profiling curves influence espresso extraction, and how baristas and researchers use them to optimize flavor and consistency.