Coffee Quality Institute is one of six founding partners of TECNiCAFÉ (Innovation Technological Park for Coffee and Coffee Production Corp). TECNiCAFÉ was founded in 2017. The goal of this partnership with TECNiCAFÉ is to have access to a dynamic, fully operational, and innovation-focused coffee campus where CQI’s quality evaluation and post-harvest processing education can be offered to a wide audience. Moreover, it provides CQI with opportunities to collaborate on future program development, and host conferences, workshops, and meetings at this world-class facility.
Since the beginning of this partnership, TECNiCAFÉ has hosted 45 CQI courses – for both Quality Evaluation and Post-Harvest Processing programs. CQI launched the Post-Harvest Processing program at the TECNiCAFÉ campus in 2017, training the first cohort of Q certified Processing Professionals and instructors. In 2019, they also hosted the first Q Processing Level 3 cohort.
CQI holds a seat on TECNiCAFÉ’s board of directors, which provides a unique opportunity for CQI to participate in discussions about education and how the campus may evolve in the future. There is also the intention to collaborate on development projects related to coffee research and innovation.
TECNiCAFÉ (Innovation Technological Park for Coffee and Coffee Production Corp) is a Colombian public/private, non-profit organization devoted to coffee research, development, and innovation. The park facilities include the following key features:
TECNiCAFÉ is currently owned by six partners:
TECNiCAFÉ also has close links with the local European Union representation and the Spanish aid agency.
