Issued by Specialty Coffee Association
The Specialty Coffee Association sets standards for the coffee trade and examines them in five areas: Introduction to Coffee, Green Coffee, Sensory Skills, Roasting, and Barista Skills and Brewing. Each runs at Foundation, Intermediate and Professional level. The academy does not currently run an SCA course of its own, and this page is here so you can tell the two certificates apart before you choose.
The Specialty Coffee Association sets standards for the coffee trade and examines them in five areas: Introduction to Coffee, Green Coffee, Sensory Skills, Roasting, and Barista Skills and Brewing. Each runs at Foundation, Intermediate and Professional level. The academy does not currently run an SCA course of its own, and this page is here so you can tell the two certificates apart before you choose.
The Specialty Coffee Association issues it, not the school, and only on an assessed module. The academy does not run an SCA course and does not assess for SCA certification. What it teaches is training aligned to the SCA Coffee Skills Program, which describes the standard rather than the certificate. If SCA certification is what you are after, ask and you will be told where to take it.
Foundation and Intermediate and Professional. Each of the five SCA areas is examined at all three levels. The academy runs no SCA course of its own, so no level of it is offered here.
Nothing, here. The academy does not sell an SCA course, so there is no fee to publish. What the SCA itself charges for an assessment is between you and the SCA.
None. The academy runs the Italian Barista Course, not an SCA course, and this page is here so you can tell the two apart before you choose. Ask if the SCA route is what you want and you will get a straight answer about where to take it.
A certificate helps you get an interview; your skills get you the job. SCA certification is issued by the SCA, not by a school, and only on an assessed module. The academy does not run one and does not assess for one. What it teaches is training aligned to the SCA Coffee Skills Program, which is a description of the standard, not a certificate. If the SCA route is what you want, ask and you will be told where to take it.
The IBC is issued in Italy by Espresso Academy and emailed to you after the course. We teach under the supervision of Espresso Academy Italy, and the certificate is awarded at Basic Barista, Advanced Barista and Advanced Roasting. We also give you a participation certificate in person at the campus, which is our own and separate from the IBC.
No. The academy runs the Italian Barista Course, not an SCA course, and it does not assess for SCA certification. What it teaches is training aligned to the SCA Coffee Skills Program, which describes the standard rather than the certificate. If the SCA route is specifically what you want, ask and you will be told where to take it.
Send your background in one message and ask whether this certificate helps you, and which course to start on if it does. Every fee is on the course pages, quoted with and without GST.
