- Bloom

School

Bloom Coffee School is the education area of Imperator and is certified by SCA as Premier Training Campus offering a unique educational setting for coffee education. Achieving SCA Campus accreditation is a prestigious designation that requires demonstrating compliance with standards for education excellence.

Bloom Coffee School is also one of the Latte Art Grading Point in Italy that could run the latte art grading courses.

The school is designed to provide a dedicated coffee programme for everyone: companies, professionals and coffee lovers.

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SCA - Specialty Coffee Association

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Introduction to coffee (only one level)

Coffee’s journey from its origins in Ethiopia to the final cup preparation. This half day course also includes key aspects of specialty coffees and cupping basics allowing you to explore the various flavors in coffee.

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Barista skills (3 Levels: Foundation, Intermediate and Professional)

Learn how to calibrate your grinder and prepare an espresso and cappuccino to core standards (improving your skills on grinding, dosing, tamping and milk foam), as well as understand the requirements for customer service and maintenance.

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Brewing (3 Levels: Foundation, Intermediate and Professional)

Designed to introduce the concepts of scientifical measurement in coffee extraction and to explore different brewing methods: from manual drip to Frenchpress. You will learn all the skills that are needed to be a professional brewer.

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Green coffee (3 Levels: Foundation, Intermediate and Professional)

This course covers key concepts surrounding green coffee from agronomy to the arrival at a roastery. It includes an introduction to coffee origins, different processing methods and practical tasting sessions.

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Sensory skills (3 Levels: Foundation, Intermediate and Professional)

It's an introduction to sensory analysis and senses physiology generating aroma, taste and tactile experience. Learn more about SCA Cupping protocol and the sensory lexicon, the Meilgaard flavour wheel, different tests applied in coffee business and practical tasting sessions.

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Roasting (3 Levels: Foundation, Intermediate and Professional)

You will be able to describe the various stages of roasting and have a complete understanding of the whole process that creates complex aromas from the green beans.

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Latte Art Grading System

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Latte art

This course will help you improve your technical skills and creativity in latte art; know all the basic figures you can obtain with this technique and how to prepare a perfect cappuccino to core standards (improving your skills on grinding, dosing, tamping, milk foaming and pouring). Upon request you can achieve the "Latte Art Grading Certificate", according to the level fullfilled during the practical exam!

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