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Stay tuned for future dates - probably late in September.
The next one will run over the same weekend rather than two days one week apart.
Cost will be $450 per person for the course - increase is due to:
a) More hours now included in the course
b) Less participants - strictly limited to 5 people
c) The first course was cheap as chips due to it being a first time offer. Still an incredibly competitive price!
Only offered in Sydney, and as far as Im aware, the only two-day course of its kind available in Australia.
If youre seriously interested, send me an expression of interest via pm.
Dennis, thanks for a well run and very informative workshop. Aside from the many learnings Ive taken away from the workshop I certainly had a lot of fun meeting and working with other CSers on the day. Not to mention the copious amounts of coffee we drank during the workshops!
Prior to your workshop offering I looked up other places with similar roasting courses but none I could see offered the same amount of "hands-on" activities you included. Certainly none of them had the extensive list of exercises included in your course.
For those considering this, regardless if youre just roasting with a Corretto, Gene or IR2 I would thoroughly recommend this. The real eye-opener for me was how different each roast came out, using the same bean given a minor tweak in the roasting process. The opportunity to cup our own roast was a great exercise in seeing how well (or bad) our roasts came out. Until now, Ive always only ever described what Ive liked in simple terms (I like it or I dont). I have a long way in training my palate but now I know where to start and how to do it properly! The Nez Du cafe kit, distinguishing the differences in citrus flavours and the cupping notes have all been very useful.
Im seriously interested in this, although if it was on two days over the same weekend, Id be unable to come. Im spending about $50-60 a week on roasted beans, and Id rather learn a bit about roasting my own from a professional before I take the plunge!
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