Call for Applications to Join the Training for Coffee Liquorers and Quality Analysts/Q-graders
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Job Description
The National Agricultural Export Development Board (NAEB) is implementing the Promoting Smallholder Agro-Export Competitiveness Project (PSAC) across fourteen districts in Rwanda. The project aims to enhance the inclusion of rural communities in targeted export-driven value chains by increasing climate-resilient productive capacity and improving market access.
As part of this effort, PSAC project will support the training of coffee quality experts, with particular focus on youth and quality experts from coffee cooperatives. A total of sixty (60) participants will be trained.
The liquorers and quality analysts/Q-graderstraining is designed to introduce young graduates and other selected participants to the coffee value chain and equip them with practical skills in professional coffee cupping. The training will help participants understand and apply globally recognized cupping procedures, including Coffee Quality Institute standards and practices used by Q-graders.
The training will combine theory and practical exercises covering the preparation and conduct of cupping sessions, evaluation of coffee using standard sensory attributes, and use of coffee quality descriptors. Participants will build their ability to assess aroma, flavor, acidity, body, aftertaste, balance, and other elements that contribute to the overall quality of a cup of coffee.