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SCA · SEN-FNDSensory Skills
Sensory Skills
Foundation
MIN 7 HRS · MIN 4 LEARNERS
£240
The essentials of sensory assessment, practical and interactive. How we perceive taste and how to apply it when evaluating coffee, with hands-on identification of basic tastes and standard cupping.
who it’s for
- Beginners wanting to taste like a professional.
- Baristas and roasters building a shared language for flavour.
- Anyone curious how the senses and environment shape perception.
What you’ll learn
Sensory Science & Physiology
- Understand sensory assessment and how the five senses build flavour.
- See how professionals use tasting as an everyday business tool.
- Explore smell, taste buds and mouthfeel as primary organs.
- Separate odours via the nose from flavours picked up while drinking.
Tastes, Descriptors & Mapping
- Blindly identify the five basic tastes and which dominate a cup.
- Learn how mixing tastes changes perceived intensity.
- Study how processing and growing alter acidity, bitterness and body.
- Navigate the Flavour Wheel using standard aroma references.
Cupping Protocols & Tools
- Master the standard cupping session - dosing, grinding and timing.
- Distinguish descriptive tracking from preference scoring.
- Understand how lighting, temperature and odours alter scores.
- Evaluate flights using current industry forms.
what’s included
Instructor & trainer feesLab & cupping equipment accessSelection of practice coffees & solutionsHandoutsOfficial digital certification (on passing)All registration & exam fees
Dates, fees & places
Live availability - updates automatically