SCAA Certified Ethiopian Coffee Quality Control Laboratory
Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA), the largest coffee trade association in the world has
certified the Ethiopian based METAD/Kabu Coffee Quality Control Laboratory, the Ethiopian company
announced yesterday. The laboratory is the first privately-owned African laboratory to be certified
by the SCAA.
According to the company's press statement, sent to PANA, the Laboratory, equipped with the
state-of-the-art coffee tasting technology, was certified on 17 May, 2013, after a team of SCAA
experts, including Mr. Skip Finley, a Director on the SCAA Board, and Mr. Marty Curtis,
a Coffee Quality Institute Instructor, inspected the laboratory same day.
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The Q Coffee System locates specialty coffees at origin and helps to improve those that have the potential to meet specialty standards. The effect is a common language between buyers and sellers that draws attention to more specialty coffees while creating an infrastructure that gives producers greater opportunities to enter the marketplace and to increase their economic viability. This fall, CQI is pleased to introduce its new addition to the program, Q Robusta.