About This Role
This is a sensory quality-control position at the heart of a coffee trading operation, where your palate effectively becomes a business tool. Minda Business Group operates across coffee quality, automotive sales, and office administration, so the cupping role sits within a diversified trading company rather than a dedicated lab or exporter. It suits someone who can translate taste and aroma into commercial judgments — deciding which lots meet export standards and which fall short.
What the Requirements Say About This Role
The three-to-five year experience window signals they want someone past the training phase — a cupper who can work independently, calibrate consistently, and defend a quality call without supervision. The emphasis on evaluating samples from sourcing through warehouse means you'll be judging coffee at multiple stages of the supply chain, not just at intake, which points to a role with real influence over purchasing and dispatch decisions. Expect the employer to value proven sensory consistency over formal credentials.
How to Approach This Application
Your application should lead with concrete cupping exposure — volume of samples handled, types of defects you can identify, and any formal sensory training or certification. Since the company trades coffee commercially, frame your experience in terms of decisions you influenced: lots you rejected, quality issues you flagged, consistency you maintained across sessions. Be ready to demonstrate calibration in an actual cupping test, as employers in this field typically assess the palate directly rather than relying on CVs.
Who This Role Suits
Best suited to experienced cuppers with export-oriented or trading-house backgrounds who can work with minimal oversight and handle high sample volumes. The pool of qualified cuppers in Addis is small, so competition is likely moderate for candidates with genuine sensory track records.
MINDA BUSINESS GROUP
Minda Business Group invites qualified and experienced candidates to apply for the following positions. Successful candidates will contribute to the company's coffee quality operations, vehicle and spare-parts sales, and office administration.
Employment Type: Full-Time, except where otherwise specified
Location: Addis Ababa and other operational locations, as required
Salary: Negotiable based on qualifications and experience
Cupper
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct routine coffee cupping and sensory evaluation of samples from field sourcing, procurement, warehouse, and preparation operations.
- Assess cup quality, flavor characteristics, defects, consistency, and other relevant sensory attributes.
- Prepare and organize coffee samples for roasting and cupping according to established procedures.
- Record cupping results, observations, and quality findings accurately.
- Report quality concerns and variations to the Senior Q Grader and Quality Manager.
- Follow established cupping procedures and quality assessment standards.
- Maintain proper sample handling and ensure cupping equipment and work areas are clean and ready for use.
Qualifications and Experience
- Relevant educational qualification.
- Practical experience in coffee cupping, sensory evaluation, or quality assessment.
- Good knowledge of coffee flavor profiles, sensory attributes, and common coffee defects.
- Strong attention to detail, sensory observation, and record-keeping skills.
- Ability to follow established cupping and sample-handling procedures.
How To Apply
HOW TO APPLY
Interested and qualified applicants should submit the following documents:
- Updated CV
- Educational credentials and relevant certificates
Application Methods
- In-Person Submission
Minda Business Group Head Office
Sarbet Roundabout, Elilita Luxury Real Estate, 2nd Floor
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Email Submission
Email: mindahr2019@gmail.com
Applicants submitting their applications by email must clearly state the specific position title in the email subject line.
Application Deadline: November 20.2026
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
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