- 3 days
- 23 Apr 2024 - 18 Aug 2018
- 10:00am - 5:30am
- EARTH University, Guácimo, Costa Rica
- $750
Special course designed for cacao growing countries, including flavour profiling of local cacao and comparison to reference standard samples, with tasting from cacao through to chocolate.
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Lunch is included in the ticket price.
Hotel reservations
Accommodation is not included in the ticket price, but if you need a hotel EARTH University can help you with recommendations. Please use the following contact:
Melissa Ugalde Herrera Especialista Capacitación y Eventos
Tel. directo: 2713- 0253
Campus tel.: 2713 0000 Ext.: 5003
mugalde@earth.ac.cr
Growing Country Introductory
The IICCT Special Certificate in Cacao Evaluation and Flavour Profiling for Cacao Growing Regions is a professional training course suitable for members or staff of cacao cooperatives, commercial operations and technical or development organisations who wish to develop a deeper understanding of flavour in fine cacao, and for chocolate makers producing chocolate in cacao growing countries.
The Cacao Evaluation course will develop the sensory skills needed to assess cacao quality through its flavour and show how creating flavour and cultural origin profiles can be used to market fine cacao.
The Special Growing country version includes developing an understanding of the flavour potential of local cacao and how to improve quality through flavour profiling of cacao and chocolate.
Sensorial
- sensory preparation – understand how the different senses apply when tasting
- creating and understanding cacao evaluation profiles
- recognising cacao post-harvest defects through tasting
Evaluation
- understanding the science of tasting and how this can be used in cacao quality
- review of common approaches to flavour profiling
- training in use of the IICCT electronic evaluation system and paper equivalents
Chocolate
- understanding how cacao flavour is translated into chocolate flavour
- learn about chocolate production techniques at different scales, from micro-batch to large-scale industrial and how these influence flavour
Technical
- examine technical criteria for evaluating cacao and their relation to flavour and cacao value
- quality control of post-harvest development through evaluation
Marketing
- quality control of fine cacao for market development
- marketing through flavour
- working with small chocolate makers, adapting the supply chain
- direct sourcing with farmers to market fine cacao to new markets
Assessment
- the course will be assessed with a multiple choice exam and a tasting assessment
This special course is suitable for:
- members cacao cooperatives
- staff working in commercial operations
- staff working in technical or development organisations
- chocolate makers producing chocolate in cacao growing countries