ECA Coffee Academy — SCA & CQI Aligned Training Programs
“Where Ethiopia’s coffee heritage meets world-class professional development”
Professional courses aligned with SCA and CQI standards. Each course is tracked in the OODB as a CourseCategory with structured modules, assessments, and certification pathways.
From enrollment to certificate — a fully automated workflow. BPMN orchestrates the entire process so nothing falls through the cracks.
BPMN workflow automates the entire process — from enrollment to certificate delivery. Instructors focus on teaching, not administration. Every step is tracked, auditable, and transparent.
The most prestigious credential in coffee quality evaluation. ECA Academy’s origin advantage gives participants an edge no other program can match.
The CQI Q-Grader certification is the only globally recognized credential for evaluating coffee quality. The 6-day intensive program tests participants across 22 individual assessments — from triangulation and olfactory skills to organic acid identification and sample roast evaluation.
The global pass rate hovers around 30%. ECA Academy achieves 45% — because our participants cup Ethiopian coffees in origin, building calibration with the world’s most diverse flavor profiles at the source.
“Your Q-Grader license appears on your exporter showroom — buyers see verified quality expertise.”
A quarterly publication that turns market intelligence into a buyer acquisition funnel. Subscribe, discover ECA, register, match with an exporter.
The Coffee Digest is not just a publication — it is a buyer acquisition funnel. Every article demonstrates ECA’s data depth and market intelligence, drawing specialty buyers into the platform ecosystem.
Subscription pricing: Free for ECA members. $120/year for non-members — creating a secondary revenue stream while building the buyer pipeline.
World-class instructors with deep Ethiopian coffee expertise. Every instructor combines international certification with origin-country knowledge.
Course fees generate direct revenue while building the talent pipeline that strengthens the entire Ethiopian coffee ecosystem.
| Revenue Stream | Unit Price | Volume / Year | Estimated Annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Fees 6 courses across 3 tracks |
ETB 8,000 – 45,000 | 200 participants | ETB 3,000,000 |
| Q-Grader Premium CQI partnership, international certification |
ETB 45,000 | 30 candidates | ETB 1,350,000 |
| Coffee Digest Subscriptions Quarterly publication for non-members |
$120/year | 200 subscribers | $24,000 |
| Total Estimated Annual Revenue | ~$60,000 (ETB 4.35M + $24K) | ||
The full Academy lifecycle modeled in the Object Database. From course design through enrollment, module completion, assessment, and certification.