SCA Roasting Foundation

SCA Roasting Skills Foundation will give you a fundamental understanding of the roasting process, including the roast cycle and how to control sensory aspects of the coffee by roasting light or dark.

It is designed to introduce the novice into the core skills and equipment required to produce great roasted coffee. Ideal for someone new to the coffee industry or those looking to gain insight into the broad subject matter of roasting coffee.

This course is also available as part of a combo (beginner + intermediate) and a series (foundation series). Get in touch to find out more. Discounts are applicable. 

Si Eu provided great knowledge on roasting and was very willing to share! She takes her time to slow down and explains whenever students had questions. Great lesson delivered by Si Eu and I had many takeaways from the lessons. Joel Su - Mar 18

“What is Specialty Coffee” is a pre-class introductory workshop that teaches you basic coffee concepts and introduces specialty coffee tasting which will be applied to all SCA Foundation classes. This workshop is provided at no extra cost and all students are strongly encouraged to attend as it eases you into the SCA framework.

What you will learn:

• Understand basic coffee aromas and flavours
• Understand how to taste coffee
• Gain insight into the Bettr Barista Coffee Education System

The workshop is conducted on weekdays and weekends. You can select the date for your complimentary workshop from your confirmation email.

The course fee includes 1 online theory and 1 practical test. Any subsequent retests will be charged as follows:

• Written retest - S$40.00
• Practical retest - S$80.00

Student may also opt to not do the assessments if they choose to. There will be no SCA Certification given in this case, but a certificate of completion from Bettr Barista. 

We require a minimum of 3 students to run the class on the stipulated dates, if we do not meet the requirement, students will be informed accordingly and moved to the next available date. 

Please read our Terms and Conditions for information about rescheduling, cancellations and refunds.

This course is SkillsFuture Credit Eligible (for Singaporeans).

It is recommended that you have taken SCA Sensory Foundation and SCA Green Coffee Foundation prior to this course.

Thanks for an awesome class! The pace was just right. I know this because I can still recall the lessons even during practical. Got to apply the theory during practical! Kay Reyes - Nov 18