Verona, Italy
Davide Cobelli — Coffee consultant, trainer and international judge
I work so that your coffee is worth more.
- Consultant
I offer 360-degree professional counselling for established businesses and startups in the world of coffee.
- Teacher
I convey the culture of great coffee and the techniques to extract the best out of every single bean.
- Judge
Certified International Judge for World Coffee Events. First Evolved Q Instructor and first CVA Trainer in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
- First Evolved Q Instructor
in Europe, Africa and the Middle East2025 - First CVA Trainer
in Europe, Africa and the Middle Eastsince 2024 - Italian Roasting
Champion2020 - International Judge
World Coffee Eventssince 2016 - Official SCA Trainer
across six modulessince 2013
Three ways to work together
Training in the classroom, consulting inside the company, quality certification on the floor. Three separate paths, one goal.
Coffee Training Academy
The coffee school I founded in Verona. SCA certified courses, small groups, and itinerant training at roasteries and coffee shops.
Find out moreFrom Bean to Cup
Consulting for roasteries, equipment manufacturers and startups. Blend, roast profiles, extraction, procedures — and competition coaching.
Find out moreStop Bad Coffee
A quality trademark for bars and coffee shops, verified by mystery shopping against fixed standards. Born in 2016.
Find out moreFrom the Think Tank
A place full of ideas: what I write about coffee, since 2013.
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Arabica o Robusta: la differenza, e perché «100% Arabica» non basta
Sono due specie diverse di pianta, non due livelli di qualità. Ed è per questo che «100% Arabica» sulla confezione dice molto meno di quanto il marketing lasci credere.
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Il bloom non è un rituale: è un test di freschezza
Quei trenta secondi in cui bagni il caffè e aspetti non servono a fare scena. Servono a far uscire l'anidride carbonica — e a dirti, gratis, quanti giorni ha il caffè che stai per bere.
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Perché il caffè sa di bruciato
Bruciato non è un modo di dire: è un sapore preciso, e ha tre possibili colpevoli. Solo uno dei tre dipende da te — ma è quello che si sistema in un pomeriggio.
Press
“Davide Cobelli earns the new Evolved Q Instructor licence, the first in Europe”
Comunicaffè · September 4, 2025“From Roasting Champion to Global Educator: very few have achieved the rank of Evolved Q Grader Instructor”
Qahwa World · September 6, 2025“Two of the top experts in the Italian coffee industry: the first two Evolved Q Instructors in Italy”
Comunicaffè · May 21, 2026“Davide Cobelli, the first CVA Trainer for the whole of Europe”
Comunicaffè · May 11, 2025“Davide Cobelli is the 2020 Italian Coffee Roasting champion”
Comunicaffè · January 21, 2020“A passion for coffee and teaching, always front and centre”
Bar Giornale · September 9, 2013
Let’s talk
Training, consulting, judging a competition: whatever the request, you will find me behind the counter.