Seminar Overview

Obtaining the beauty of a perfect cup first requires enthusiasm, a passion for coffee and a willingness to learn and understand the product. The optimum characteristics of individual coffees cannot be enhanced or even achieved without a clear understanding of the raw product, the roasting system and the processes.

If a quality product is why you are considering roasting, it requires an understanding of coffee from the cultivation, to the harvesting, the processing, and finally the roasting process itself.

There are extreme variations in all coffees which stem from botanical species, the altitudes at which they are grown, cultivation techniques, processing methods, bean size, bean weight densities, as well as the bean moisture content.   All of these factors tremendously influence how a coffee will roast.   Other factors such as barometric pressure, relative humidity and ambient air temperatures will even influence how a particular varietal will roast from one day to the next.

Diedrich's two day course includes:

• The nature of green coffee...the product, what differentiates it's varietals, cultivation methods, green coffee preparation, understanding the various types of preparations as well as the effects all of these have on the roasting process.
• The design philosophy behind the Diedrich Coffee Roasting system, how the Diedrich Roasters are designed to work with the chemistry of coffee, how and why the Diedrich Coffee Roasters are designed with control and versatility not found on any other roaster on the market.
• Roasting methods and techniques, how the coffees can be controlled and manipulated during the roasting process, techniques that can be applied to coffees to enhance their flavor, bean development and identifying roast imperfections and how to avoid them.

This course covers the fundamentals and gives the attendees the understanding of these processes and sets the foundation for further learning.   The course is structured so that it proceeds in a logical method of building on the fundamentals of the product.

Stephan Diedrich is well qualified to lecture on this topic with three generations of family involvement in all facets of the coffee trade; from growing coffee, import and export of green coffee, manufacturing of coffee processing machinery, to the Diedrich Coffee houses and wholesale operations.

Our two-day roasting seminars are scheduled every other month at our manufacturing facility in Sandpoint, Idaho. Beginning July 2006 there will be a seminar fee of $450.00 per person, $75.00 of which is non-refundable if you cancel and do not reschedule within 3 months. Only credit cards charges, wire transfers or cashier checks will be accepted. All charges must be paid two weeks prior to scheduled seminars. Call ahead for reservations, as class sizes are limited.

To make your lodging reservations call the numbers given below.    Make sure to mention "Diedrich " to receive our corporate room rate.

All training sessions begin at 9:00a.m.

The Inn at Sand Creek (208) 255-2821
Best Western Edgewater Resort   (208) 263-3194
La Quinta Inn (800) 282-0660
The Coit House Bed & Breakfast (208) 265-4035
Motel 6 (208) 263-5383