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SECRETS of COFFEE - Part 2. BOTANY - (for Coffee Lovers) - Become An Expert in 4 hours!

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About SECRETS of COFFEE - Part 2. BOTANY - (for Coffee Lovers) - Become An Expert in 4 hours!

INTRODUCTION ▪ About this Course

Bean STRUCTURE ▪ Pergamino

PLANTING Coffee ▪ Who is Soldier

Global WARMING for Coffee

Coffee TREE: 100 Years of Life

Coffee GENETICS ▪ Chromosomes

TRADE Groups ▪ Naturals and Milds

Botanical CRITERIA for Coffee

Coffee SPECIES: Parents of Arabica

TYPICA ▪ Variety that Started It All

BOURBON ▪ French Kings & Coffee

Growing REGIONS ▪ "Coffee Belt"

Why ALTITUDE is on Coffee Packs

SHADE Grown vs. SUN Grown

ARABICA vs. ROBUSTA ▪ Blends

Exotic LIBERICA ▪ "White" Coffee

HYBRIDS: Tim-Tim and Arabusta

HYBRIDS: What are F1 and Graft

POLYSPERMA ▪ Most Unique Coffee

HARVESTING ▪ Picking vs. Stripping

Why DRYING is So Important

PROCESSING Methods ▪ Dry vs Wet

FERMENTATION: Super-Process

HONEY Coffee ▪ Yellow, Red, Black

MONSOON Coffee ▪ What is Aging

CAFFEINE ▪ What is "Strong" coffee

Bean SIZES ▪ What is Screening

How Bean SIZE is Related to TASTE

Bean DENSITY ▪ Important Factor

DEFECTS of Green Coffee Beans

PEABERRY: Defect or "Caviar"?

Coffee RUST: Biggest Tragedy

Certifications: FAIR TRADE

ORGANIC: What Can It Say?

RAINFOREST Alliance: Save Planet!

BIRD FRIENDLY ▪ Birds and Coffee

UTZ Capeh ▪ Traceability

OTHER Certifications ▪ Sustainable

CUP of EXCELLENCE as Mark N1

What is CASCARA and Coffee Flour

What is SPECIALITY COFFEE

AFTERWORD ▪ About Next Сourses

What You Will Learn?

  • Dear Friends, welcome to my course «Secrets of Coffee. BOTANY»!.
  • It is intended for Coffee Lovers who want to know more about their favorite drink and understand all its biological diversity and versatility..
  • I will introduce myself to those who are not yet familiar with my first course – «The HISTORY of COFFEE.» .
  • My name is Sergio Reminny, I am a coffee expert with 25 years of experience in the professional coffee industry, a businessman, a writer, a blogger, and the 1st Coordinator of the European Speciality Coffee Association (SCAE) in Ukraine..
  • I studied business and marketing in the UK, USA, France, Netherlands, Sweden. For more than 20 years, I collaborated with Italy, where I lived and worked for many years, and where I learned the ins and outs of espresso – today's leading coffee culture on our planet..
  • My fascination with coffee has taken me to over 100 countries: I have visited coffee farms in Ethiopia and Yemen, Panama and India, Costa Rica and Hawaii, Colombia and Rwanda, Nepal, Indonesia, Brazil, and many others. .
  • And today I bring all my experience to you through my coffee lectures..
  • The main task that I set for myself in the course was to translate the complex coffee world knowledge into simple and interesting lessons for both ordinary coffee lovers..
  • And also to teach you to UNDERSTAND the relationship between different categories of coffee and, to help you use this knowledge in your life..
  • In general, my coffee botany course consists of 5 main blocks, including:.
  • The LIFE CYCLES section, where we will figure out how the coffee beans are made up and what happens to coffee in its early days, youth, and old age..
  • We will find out who are «Soldiers» and «Butterflies», how many chromosomes coffee has, and how global warming threatens this plant..
  • In the CLASSIFICATION block, we will study the main groups and botanical species of coffee in the global trade..
  • We will figure out what is «Coffee Grown in the Shade» and how the coffee tree conquered our planet..
  • In the VARIETIES block, we will discuss the relationship between Arabica and Robusta, will study Liberica and coffee hybrids, and familiarize ourselves with such varieties as Polysperma and Arabusta..
  • The PROCESSES section – here we will understand the complex, but incredibly important details of moisture and drying of coffee, the secrets of fermentation, and will also talk about «Honey coffee» and «Monsooned» (or, «Aged») coffee..
  • In the BEAN section, we will talk about all the nuances of the density and sizes of the coffee beans and will understand such important aspects as the caffeine content..
  • We will review the defects of the coffee beans in detail and will understand the specifics of the «Coffee Caviar» – peaberry, and we will try to understand why «Coffee Rust» is a tragedy of the world of coffee..
  • In the last block, entitled CERTIFICATIONS, you will learn what different certification programs can tell the consumer about the taste of coffee. In this section, we will speak about Fair Trade, birds, and the «Cup of Excellence.».
  • And for dessert, we will figure out what the real Speciality coffee is..
  • Despite the scientific-sounding of the term «Botany», the course, in my opinion, turned out to be simple, interesting, and entertaining – it contains a lot of illustrations and videos..
  • The materials presented here are unique, and you will not find them on the Internet. All the lessons of the course are based on my many years of experience studying coffee and my personal system of compiling this knowledge..
  • I assure you that after completing this course, your level of coffee knowledge will rise to new heights..
  • And I promise that it will be interesting..
  • Well, my friends, we have a lot of work to do, so get a cup of your tasty coffee, and let's begin!.
  • See you in the first lesson!.