# CVA 1 Year On: Have Things Improved? WIth Craig Simon of Criteria Coffee

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Podcast: [The Coffee Show with Kirk Pearson](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-coffee-show-with-kirk-pearson-7331229)
Published: 2026-06-10T12:33:19+00:00
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## Resource

Last year the Coffee Quality Institute (CQI) announced sweeping changes to what is known at the Coffee Value Assessment. Coffee professionals were furious that a seemingly functional system of assessing a coffees quality was being replaced by a system that was far more complex. Craig Simon is Australia's leading coffee trainer who was one of two certified Q Grade instructors in the country. Craig has embraced the new changes and teaches the course at Criteria Coffee, his co roasting and education space. Kirk and Craig discuss the new form and whether or not it is practical. Among other things, Craig recounts a notorious incident involving chocolate milk and orange juice and the pre batch topic comes up.... Again!

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