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How Do You Become a Professional Coffee Taster?
Well, if you were Beth Ann Caspersen, our Coffee Quality Manager, back in 1998, that was a good question. There were no courses or certificate programs for such a thing as specialty coffee. Today, there are more options. But for small-scale coffee farmers and their co-op staff, access to those formal training options can be very limited, making it just as challenging, in a different way, as when Beth Ann was starting out. She has worked for decades to make this knowledge more accessible for remote farmers.

A Look Behind the Scenes of Equal Exchange’s Quality Lab
Take a look behind the scenes of Equal Exchange's Quality Lab and watch a time-lapse video of a Production Cupping. This quick video captures a process that typically takes 45 minutes down to 34 seconds.