A conference dedicated to equipping coffee trainers with
the latest in emerging coffee knowledge and training techniques.

The next Educator Summit events will be announced later in 2024. Subscribe to the Newsletter to be the first to learn about upcoming dates around the world.

The First-Ever
Event of It’s Kind.

Educator Summit is a two-day conference tailored for coffee educators and designed to increase the subject matter knowledge and education acumen of coffee.

Educators are a vitally important part of the specialty coffee community educating people throughout the entire coffee value chain. This is event is designed to enrich coffee educators’ knowledge with:

  • New Research

  • Advanced Insights into SCA’s new Coffee Value Assessment System

  • Teaching Strategies and Techniques

Research

Presentations on the Coffee Science Foundation’s New Research Projects including:

Results of the 5-year scientific project investigating filter coffee sensory and chemistry

Latest results from the ongoing research into brewing temperatures, including cold brew

The most current sensory science, coffee chemistry, sustainability, and physics scientific insights.

Coffee Value Assessment

This new system replaces the SCA Cupping Protocol with a new cupping and value assessment paradigm.

Learn how to use and teach the evolved SCA cupping system.

Understand the sensory science and economics behind the new system.

Teaching Techniques

Explore teaching tools and practices that reflect the latest trends and research in adult education.

Gain actionable insights from leading instructors that can be applied to a variety of training environments and subject matter.

Build a global professional network among other coffee educators and experts.