Learn to Roast.
Then Keep Getting Better.
Start with two practical days -- our recommended gateway -- then keep roasting in the Roasters Club: coached club days you can attend any time, from RM1,090. One pathway from your first roast to professional practice.
Choose Your Path
Where do you want roasting to take you? Every program is led directly by Tristan Creswick -- 27 years of Australian coffee-industry experience and founder of the World Espresso Championship.
2-Day Roaster Fundamentals
The minimum requirement -- and our recommendation. Two practical days on commercial roasters: operate, observe, evaluate, understand. No experience needed. Graduate and the Roasters Club opens to you: come back any day, from RM1,090, and keep roasting with us for as long as you want to keep improving.
5-Day Coffee Roaster Intensive
Not necessary -- the 2-Day is all you need to start. But if you are flying in, or cannot give us rolling days spread over weeks, five consecutive days compress months of trial and error into one deep immersion. It also unlocks the Roasters Club for whenever you are back in KL.
The Roasters Club: Where a Student Becomes a Roaster.
A course teaches you to roast. The Club turns you into a roaster. Graduates of the 2-Day Fundamentals or the 5-Day Intensive can book coached club days at our Petaling Jaya lab -- any day that suits you, as often as you like. Bring your coffee, your questions, your problem profiles. We roast, taste and refine together until it clicks.
Club Day Pass
One full coached club day. Perfect for a specific problem, a new green coffee, or a pre-competition tune-up.
4-Visit Pass
Four coached sessions at your own pace. Repeat, evaluate and change -- the coffee improves because your decisions improve.
10-Visit Pass
Ten coached sessions held to a commercial standard. The deepest practical development we offer -- professional judgement built through repetition.
Club days are a graduate privilege -- the 2-Day Roaster Fundamentals is your way in. See how the Club works
One Starting Point. A Pathway That Grows With You.
Three Roasting Platforms. One Place to Develop Control.
You train on real commercial roasters -- the same categories of machine you will meet in professional roasteries.
Skywalker Cubean Plus
Smart drum roaster with full roast-curve control.
Kaleido M2
Precision small-batch roaster for profile development.
Aillio Bullet R1 V2
Induction roaster with roast-curve software.
SCA Roaster
Globally Recognised SCA Certification
Specialty Coffee Association credentials, taught and assessed at our SCA Authorised Campus. Each level includes the online course, practical assessment, written exam and official SCA certificate.
Our practical courses give you far more hands-on hours at the roaster -- and the same SCA certificates are available as add-ons: 2-Day Fundamentals RM2,290 (+RM400 for SCA Foundation) · 5-Day Intensive RM5,380 (+RM400 each for Foundation and Intermediate).
SCA Roast Foundation
The entry-level SCA credential. Roast theory, basic operation and safety.
SCA Roast Intermediate
Deeper control: profiles, development time, and defect identification.
Foundation + Intermediate Bundle
Both levels together. Save RM590 vs booking separately.
We Can Come to Roast With You.
Already have a roaster -- or about to buy one? Tristan comes to your roastery or cafe and works on your machine, your green coffee, your profiles. The same 27 years of experience, applied directly to your setup.
- Machine dial-in, setup and roast-profile development
- Defect diagnosis -- find and fix what is holding your coffee back
- Team training on your own equipment and workflow
- Green coffee buying, blend and menu development
- Roastery layout, workflow and production planning
Tell Us About Your Setup
Every roastery is different, so consultancy is scoped and quoted around your machine, your team and your goals -- half days, full days or ongoing support.
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Tristan Creswick
Twenty-seven years in coffee. Your roasting development, coached directly by Tristan -- founder of the World Espresso Championship, an international competition built around controlled conditions and blind comparison. Tristan leads the roasting programs at Cottle Coffee Academy and teaches and assesses the SCA roasting levels.
Before You Write to Us
Do I need roasting experience to start?
No. The 2-Day Roaster Fundamentals is the practical starting point and our recommendation. No previous roasting experience is required -- dates are confirmed directly on WhatsApp.
Which roasting course should I choose?
Start with the 2-Day Roaster Fundamentals -- it is the minimum requirement and the gateway to everything else. Choose the 5-Day Intensive instead if you are travelling to us or short on time. After either course, continue in the Roasters Club whenever you like.
How does the Roasters Club work?
The Roasters Club is open to graduates of the 2-Day Fundamentals or 5-Day Intensive. You can attend a coached club day any time: RM1,090 for a single day, RM3,890 for a 4-visit pass, or RM7,380 for a 10-visit pass.
Can I get SCA certified through the practical courses?
Yes. Add the SCA Roaster Foundation certificate to the 2-Day Fundamentals or 5-Day Intensive for +RM400. On the 5-Day Intensive you can also add SCA Roaster Intermediate for +RM400 -- or take both. Standalone SCA levels are also available below.
Do I need Foundation before SCA Intermediate?
No. Foundation is not required for SCA Roast Intermediate. However, SCA Roast Intermediate is required before SCA Roast Professional.
Can you come to roast at our roastery?
Yes. We offer on-site consultancy: machine dial-in, profile development, defect fixing, team training, green buying and workflow -- on your equipment, at your place. Message us on WhatsApp to scope it.
When can I begin?
Write to us on WhatsApp and we will explain the next available intake for your starting point. Dates are confirmed directly rather than published as a live calendar on this page.
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Tell Tristan what experience you have and what you want to achieve. He will recommend the correct starting point, explain the next available intake, and show you whether an SCA credential adds value for your goal.