Barista Training
In this course you’ll learn about coffee, brewing, espresso, milk steaming, latte art, café drinks, workflow, and customer service through a combination of theory, demonstrations, and hands-on practice.
Barista Training
In this course you’ll learn about coffee, brewing, espresso, milk steaming, latte art, café drinks, workflow, and customer service through a combination of theory, demonstrations, and hands-on practice.
18 Days
Course duration
2 Hours/day
Daily training time
Beginner Level
No prior experience required
Practical + Theory
Theory and hands-on practice
18 Days
Course duration
2 Hours/day
Daily training time
Beginner Level
No prior experience required
Practical + Theory
Theory and hands-on practice
Course Outline
Day 1: Introduction to Coffee
Start with the basics of coffee, including its history, species, processes behind the coffee production, taste and sensory evaluation.
Day 2-3: Coffee Brewing
You’ll learn coffee brewing methods and prepare pour-over coffee. You’ll learn brewing science, variables, and use refractometer to achieve a balanced extraction.
Day 4-5: Espresso & Espresso Calibration
Understand what espresso is, brew espresso using common barista tools. You’ll learn how to calibrate it, how to evaluate it’s taste, and it’s variants.
Day 6: Milk Steaming
You’ll learn how to steam milk and use it to prepare classic drinks such as Cappuccino, Café Latte, and Flat White.
Day 7-9: Espresso Based Menu
You’ll learn how to prepare espresso based drinks such as Cafe Mocha, Cafe Americano, etc.
Day 10-11: Latte Art (Heart, Tulip)
Learn the basic techniques for steaming milk and pouring simple latte art designs, starting with the Heart to the Tulip.
Day 12-13: Espresso-Based Cold Drinks
Learn how to prepare popular cold espresso drinks, including Iced Americano, Iced Latte, Iced Mocha, etc.
Day 14: Café Responsibilities 7 Service
Experience a café environment through practical simulation. Learn how to take orders, serve customers, manage basic café responsibilities, and work through a typical service.
Day 15: Café Workflow
Practice organizing your station and managing different tasks together to develop a smooth and efficient workflow during service.
Day 16-17: Non-Espresso Cold Drinks
Learn to prepare a variety of popular non-espresso beverages, including smoothies, milkshakes, lemonades, etc.
Day 18: Exam (Theory & Practical)
Put your knowledge and skills into practice through a final theory and practical examination covering the key areas of the course.
Coffee Brewing
Explore coffee brewing methods, processing, and flavor science. Understand extraction, flavor balance, and brewing variables, with hands-on practice using refractometers.
Latte Art
A one week course design to teach you milk steaming, latte art techniques and patterns such as, Ripple heart, Wing tulip, Rosetta, Swan, Stack tulip, etc.
