Café Fundamentals Camp

Description

This comprehensive barista training class is designed to build professional barista skills and broader coffee and cafe operations skills through a combination of SCA courses and our own workshops.

Day one introduces key coffee skills and knowledge across a range of subjects, from seed to cup. We’ll develop coffee tasting skills and learn to cup coffees. We’ll also discusses coffee growing from past to present, introduce the ways that terroir, variety, species, and green coffee processing method affects the finished cup, and explore the impacts of coffee roasting. Finally, we’ll introduce the essential elements of coffee brewing, explore the impacts of varying recipe and grind, and practice using manual brewing devices.

Barista Foundation is a full-day SCA barista training class where students learn the recommended process for brewing espresso using various recipes, then practice pulling shots and tasting their results. We’ll taste and discuss properly and improperly prepared espresso, learn how to adjust an espresso grinder to achieve delicious results, practice steaming milk, and then use all of their new skills to create various espresso-based beverages.

Barista Intermediate is a three day SCA class that builds techniques for high-quality espresso beverages. We’ll explore the sensory impacts of the coffee itself and the effects of varying espresso brewing parameters. We’ll also practice barista technique, analysis of brewed espresso, quickly dialing in different coffees, strategies for efficiently preparing multiple drinks, and fundamental latte art skills.

During the week, we’ll also explore other topics important for new coffee businesses, lead baristas, and bar managers, including cafe operations and costs, coffee equipment selection and care, and water chemistry and treatment.

No prior experience is necessary.

Successful completion of this course and short online written exams qualifies the learner for two Specialty Coffee Association certificates: Barista Foundation, and Barista Intermediate.

Course fee include all SCA Certificate Fees.

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