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Talk to Maryam about your coffee business.
Opening a café, setting up a roastery or training a team: the same standards she teaches, grades and judges by, applied to your bar.

What Maryam does
Seven ways she can help.
Pick one or several. Each links to a short request with that topic already chosen.
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01
Café and roastery setup
Equipment, layout, workflow and menu, from concept to opening day.
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02
Beverage concept and menu
Recipes calibrated to your coffees, signature drinks, and a written specification for every drink so the bar can repeat it shift after shift.
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03
Staff training programmes
SCA curriculum adapted to your team and its level, with SCA certification if you want it.
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Green coffee sourcing and QC
Sample grading and cupping to SCA and Q protocols, importer introductions, arrival checks and storage.
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05
Certification roadmaps
Coffee Skills, Q Grader, CVA or Sustainability: the path that fits each person on your team.
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Barista hiring
Practical skill tests, blind cuppings and role-specific interviews.
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07
Competition coaching
Preparation for barista, brewing and cup-tasting competitions, from a competition judge.
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How it works
Call, visit, plan, train.
- 1Discovery call
Tell Maryam about your business, your coffee and your goals. Fees are quoted after this call.
- 2Visit
At your site in Dubai or across the UAE, or remotely with samples sent to her.
- 3Plan
A clear written scope: a single job, a project with milestones, or ongoing support.
- 4Training and handover
Your team trained on the work, with written results, recipes or reports you can act on.
Who it’s for
- Cafés opening or reworking their menu
- Roasteries starting out or changing suppliers
- Hotel and restaurant groups building a coffee programme
- Importers and traders who want an independent quality opinion
What you gain
- A consistent cup, because quality is measured, not guessed
- Fewer costly buying mistakes and fewer surprises on arrival
- Recipes and procedures written down, so they survive staff changes
- A team that can evaluate and make coffee on its own
Your consultant
Maryam Tabatabaei
- Authorized SCA Trainersince 2023
- Q Arabica Graderand SCA-licensed Q Instructor
- SCA ProfessionalBarista, Brewing, Roasting, Sensory, Green Coffee
- Competition judgeNational UAE Roasting Championship 2026
- Where
- Dubai, across the UAE, and remotely
- Fees
- Quoted per project after the discovery call
- Reply
- First response within 24 hours