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Coffee Sensory Kits & Training
Our coffee sensory tools have applications throughout the supply chain across all coffee varieties and production stages. FlavorActiV, the world leader in the training and measurement of professional tasters, supports over 70,000 tasters on a regular basis with training, tasting software, and encapsulated flavour standards. Our coffee sensory training kit and program sharpen coffee tasters’ skills using top-notch tools for coffee sensory evaluation, enhancing their ability to identify and evaluate the subtle nuances in coffee flavours.
COFFEE SENSORY EVALUATION SOLUTIONS
Coffee sensory is the study of the senses as they relate to coffee. This can include anything from the flavour and aroma of coffee to the texture and mouthfeel. Coffee sensory experts and professional coffee tasters use their knowledge to help improve the quality of coffee and optimise the brewing process.
The video guide to the left shows the standard preparation steps for using flavour standards in filter coffee. Get in touch to request preparation steps that are more applicable to your intended use. FlavorActiV recommends beginning tasting sessions with one capsule per 1 litre of water before progressing on to use in coffee and with higher dilutions as flavour understanding and recognition improve. The process develops tasters to become their own finely tuned human sensory instruments.
FlavorActiV’s GMP Pharma Flavour Standards and tasting kits are designed to enhance coffee sensory evaluation. Each standard kit is sold by flavour, containing five individually blister-packaged capsules. A single capsule can be used during one training/calibration session to train up to 15 people at once.
By following a structured coffee sensory evaluation process, tasters can refine their sensory skills and develop into finely tuned human sensory instruments, ensuring consistency and excellence in coffee quality assessment.
COFFEE SENSORY EVALUATION PLAN
1 › Train
Train using FlavorActiV’s GMP Coffee Flavour Standards & coffee tasting kits. Our multilingual team provides training in over 15 languages.
2 › Calibrate
Receive regular coffee calibration kits to test your abilities. Input data into our proprietary software to benchmark your results globally.
3 › Maintain
FlavorActiV advanced training sessions and industry-specific workshops will see your sensory knowledge continually grow across the range of flavour reference standards.
4 › Improve
Continual optimisation and analysis of support and package coupled with the supply of GMP Flavour Standards.
OUR RANGE OF COFFEE FLAVOUR STANDARDS
Explore our range of Coffee sensory evaluation standards and kits for taster training, calibration, and quality control.
COFFEE GMP FLAVOUR STANDARDS
Each of our 34 coffee flavours for sensory training has been approved for inclusion within the latest World Coffee Research Lexicon as validated coffee flavour references. Sold in individual flavour packs containing five capsules, our products are designed to deliver consistent results in your Coffee Sensory Evaluation sessions. You can also save by ordering a complete or essential kit.
Please note that the naming terminologies of FlavorActiV, SCA, and WCR differ slightly; therefore, the guide below shows both names. For any related queries, please contact FlavorActiV directly. Although FlavorActiV suggests 30 key flavours for coffee, FlavorActiV produces 80+ attribute and defect flavours, providing a comprehensive toolkit to support all aspects of Coffee Sensory Evaluation.
FlavorActiV’s coffee defect and attribute flavour standards were developed by FlavorActiV’s expert sensory team alongside James Hoffman of Square Mile Coffee, Spencer Turer and the team at Coffee Enterprises John Thompson of Coffee Nexus.
A selection of 24 of FlavorActiV’s flavour standards was evaluated in partnership with World Coffee Research and Speciality Coffee Association at Kansas State University and was approved for inclusion in WCR’s Sensory Lexicon in alignment with the Coffee Taster’s Flavour Wheel.
“FlavorActiV has changed the math. Their flavour capsules are relevant, accurate, and globally available — just as easy if you’re in Lima as in Limerick as in Lincoln, Nebraska. FlavorActiV saw that coffee had a need, and they invested in the R&D to create something completely new. We embrace the same spirit of solving problems through innovation. We’re very excited about what they’ve done.”
Tim Schilling
CEO, World Coffee Research
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