CQI (Coffee Quality Institute) stands for Coffee Quality Institute. In 1996, the SCA established a committee to address the issue of coffee quality and farmer income, which later became the Specialty Coffee Institute, and finally became the current CQI independent of the SCA, and the two organizations still work very closely together.
CQI has developed a set of appraiser certification, and the Q Program developed by CQI is a training system designed to evaluate the quality of coffee, and after passing the courses and exams designed by CQI, you can become a Q Grader. The benefit of training is that evaluators around the world can describe the quality of coffee in a common language, which can help us understand each other's opinions more quickly.
逃城咖啡所设CQI课程目前有Q Grader国际咖啡品质鉴定师及校正班、QCE精鉴师两项课程，学习结业后颁发相关科目的国际认证证书。
Q certificate needs to be corrected every 3 years to keep the certificate valid. After passing the Q calibration test, a new Q certificate will be issued. (The calibration examination must be completed within 1 month 6 months before or after the expiration of the certificate.) Unless agreed to in writing by CQI, Q Grader cannot advance or delay the participation in the Q Correction Exam course to the extent permitted. ）
