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Coffee Brewing Center
Sindicafé
SINDICATO DA INDÚSTRIA DE
CAFÉ DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO

The Sindicato da Indústria de Café do Estado de São Paulo - Sindicafé-SP (São Paulo State Coffee Roasters Association) began its activities in 1935. It represents the São Paulo coffee companies, responsible for almost 43% of Brazilian roasted and ground coffee production, and processing more than 4.5 million bags annually. Sindicafé-SP brings together the industry's leading companies, which jointly perform a fundamental role in developing Brazilian coffee agribusiness, with actions and programs to increase consumption, improve quality and strengthen the industry.

Recently, Sindicafé-SP created the IOCI- Índice de Oferta de Café para a Indústria (Coffee Supply Rate for the Industry), a weekly newsletter prepared for roasting companies on raw material supplies, and considered a reliable parameter for other industries and the press to analyze the coffee business segment. It launched the Coffee Quality Monitoring Program, to evaluate roasted/ground coffees sensorial characteristics and global quality and to help the industry improve its products and processes.

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In 1996, it created the Coffee Brewing Center, a training and qualification center for professionals responsible for brewing coffee cups in restaurants, hotels, cafeterias, bars, bakeries and factories, and promoting the basic concepts of coffee quality for roasting companies and the public at large. Sindicafé-SP is also involved in actions to promote and develop the segment of specialty coffees. Furthermore, Sindicafé-SP organizes workshops, is present at fairs, exhibitions and congresses on coffee agribusiness, and maintains close links with entities of the gastronomy sector.

Since the beginning of 2000, Sindicafé-SP is focusing on increasing coffee consumption, stressing continuous product quality improvement and, consequently, the value added to the product.




CPC - logo The main object of the Coffee Brewing Center (CPC) is to train and form specialists in the art of brewing coffee cups, and to expand the use of coffee in beverages and drinks and in several new delicacies. CPC was created in 1996 by the Sindicafé-SP (São Paulo State Coffee Roasters Association).
CPC offers courses in which experts teach professionals how to brew quality cups, beverages and drinks, and how to use coffee as an ingredient in many delicious dishes. These professionals are responsible for brewing coffee in hotels, restaurants, industrial kitchens, cafeterias, bars, diners and snack bars. coffee brewing course
coffee drinks course They learn the right techniques of coffee brewing, quality concepts and types. In addition, the difference in taste resulting from the various forms of brewing, including the importance of roasting and grinding, how to select and handle the equipment (espresso machines, percolators, cloth bags and paper filters) used in brewing the product.

The purpose of such courses is to enable professionals to brew the best cup of each type of coffee, meeting their consumers' expectations and extending to them the pleasure of tasting good coffees.

The center is qualified to perform quality evaluation on roasted and/or ground coffees, determining if they are adequate to the brewing equipment available, product characteristics in relation to roasting point, granulometry, taste and aroma.