📚 Humanities & Culture
Coffee Story: The World of Costa Rican Coffee
A Coffee Origin Journey with Maria
⏱ Training hours2 hours
🏢 FormatOn-site delivery · Customized design
👤 InstructorMaria
✅ Key outcomeA stronger coffee culture at work and greater personal taste sensitivity
“Coffee Story: The World of Costa Rican Coffee” is a 2-hour corporate training program in Humanities & Culture, delivered by Nanum Consulting (CEO John Kim). A journey to coffee’s origins with Maria. Key topics include the history of coffee and Costa Rica, coffee tasting and evaluation, and spreading coffee culture in the workplace.
Who is this course for?
This course suits practitioners and leaders at companies and institutions that need Humanities & Culture skills. It is especially recommended for organizations aiming to “understand the origins and culture of coffee and sharpen quality tasting skills.”
What will you learn?
- Understand coffee’s origins and culture and sharpen your ability to judge quality
Curriculum
Module 1: The History of Coffee and Costa Rica
- Costa Rica’s role as a coffee-producing country, its geographic advantages, and the characteristics of growing regions by altitude
- Vivid storytelling about Maria’s family background and her experience running a coffee farm, showing how coffee is actually produced
- Costa Rica’s position and competitiveness in the global coffee market, with analysis of its specialty varieties and growing methods
- Understand the seasonal workflow of a coffee plantation, the differences between harvesting and processing methods, and the factors that affect quality
- How traditional coffee culture meets modern trends, and why sustainable production matters
- Flavor profile of Costa Rican coffee, comparing acidity and body, and the basics of cupping
Module 2: Tasting Coffee and Building Coffee Culture at Work
- Learn visual inspection techniques for judging quality by a coffee bean’s appearance, color, and size
- Using the coffee tasting wheel to describe flavors, and practice identifying and expressing key tasting notes
- See how brewing method changes flavor, and compare espresso and drip coffee, including their ideal brewing conditions
- Ways to improve the coffee break culture at work, and strategies for using stories to share and communicate with colleagues
- Presentation techniques based on Maria’s own experiences, and ways to share coffee culture with colleagues
- Ways to practice sustainable coffee consumption, and the meaning and practice of ethical purchasing and fair trade coffee
Expected results / After the course
- A stronger coffee culture at work and greater personal taste sensitivity
About the instructor
Maria
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FAQ
It suits any employee interested in coffee, and is especially useful for café managers, food and beverage staff, and customer-facing employees. Delivered as a journey to the origin with Maria, it is easy for coffee beginners to join.
This is not just a transfer of coffee knowledge but a storytelling journey with Maria. It is a practical course that focuses on one specific origin, Costa Rica, to explore coffee culture in depth and even covers how to spread coffee culture at work.
Training cost varies by number of participants, delivery location, and schedule. This intensive 2-hour course with Instructor Maria delivers strong learning impact for the time invested.
Maria is a coffee expert who has delivered coffee training at a range of companies. Her engaging storytelling style earns high participant satisfaction, and she provides practical content that teams can apply right away.
Coffee Story: The World of Costa Rican Coffee
A Coffee Origin Journey with Maria
Training objectives
- Understand coffee’s origins and culture and sharpen your ability to judge quality
Expected results
- A stronger coffee culture at work and greater personal taste sensitivity
Curriculum
Module 1Module 1: The History of Coffee and Costa Rica
- Costa Rica’s role as a coffee-producing country, its geographic advantages, and the characteristics of growing regions by altitude
- Vivid storytelling about Maria’s family background and her experience running a coffee farm, showing how coffee is actually produced
- Costa Rica’s position and competitiveness in the global coffee market, with analysis of its specialty varieties and growing methods
- Understand the seasonal workflow of a coffee plantation, the differences between harvesting and processing methods, and the factors that affect quality
- How traditional coffee culture meets modern trends, and why sustainable production matters
- Flavor profile of Costa Rican coffee, comparing acidity and body, and the basics of cupping
Module 2Module 2: Tasting Coffee and Building Coffee Culture at Work
- Learn visual inspection techniques for judging quality by a coffee bean’s appearance, color, and size
- Using the coffee tasting wheel to describe flavors, and practice identifying and expressing key tasting notes
- See how brewing method changes flavor, and compare espresso and drip coffee, including their ideal brewing conditions
- Ways to improve the coffee break culture at work, and strategies for using stories to share and communicate with colleagues
- Presentation techniques based on Maria’s own experiences, and ways to share coffee culture with colleagues
- Ways to practice sustainable coffee consumption, and the meaning and practice of ethical purchasing and fair trade coffee
About the instructor
Instructor Maria