Since 2001, The Canadian Barista Academy
is an open source barista training and coffee shop business school. We simply want to improve coffee quality in Canada, one cup at a time, with a commitment to your success and growing the Artisan Coffee movement in Canada.
Online Coffee Business Courses
Testimonials
Mugs Coffeehouse Elbow Review →
This course gave me the confidence to move forward with my coffee house...
Meeting Waters Coffee + Roastery - Red Deer →
" Instructors are great to learn from and I appreciate the continued assistance. I still have a lot to learn but I’m comforted by the Lead Instructor saying ‘a barista...
Alforno Bakery and Cafe →
This course is great for everyone from all backgrounds - Current business owners, prospective business owners and coffee enthusiasts...
Total Education Program Testimonial →
We are pleased to say, out of the eight students, four have already completed their resumes and are working with staff to gain employment in various neighboring coffee shops...
More about our mission...
We openly and actively share knowledge and skills through our barista, roaster and Opening a Coffee Shop classes.
Our motivation in teaching is simple and transparent - we do not want to sell you anything (kickbacks) nor will we one day compete against your coffee business. Our sole objective is to educate!
If you’re interested in learning from us, please get in touch, or check out our coffee courses in Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto.
Coffee News
Code of Conduct for the Specialty Coffee Business →
Walking into any given cafe on any given day, you may encounter anything from a polite and professional well dressed barista, to a scruffily-dressed kid who neither smile’s nor seems...
Post Pandemic COVID-19 Toughest on Food Industry People →
Luckily, in the past the coffee industry has proven itself relatively recession-proof. Big question is, if it is pandemic proof ?
Chapter 13 of the COVID-19 Coffee Survival Guide for Cafes →
The easiest way to avoid cream and sugar in your coffee is to buy higher quality coffee, you will taste that it is naturally sweet as opposed to the dark...
Chapter 12 of the COVID-19 Coffee Survival Guide →
There is a false belief marketed that you need to spend a lot of money on specialized equipment in order to make good coffee and latte art. This insidious belief implies you...
Science
The Art of Coffee Tasting And Judging Coffee Competitions →
Specialty Coffee is fresh, being served and consumed within 3 to 14 days from roast date. By contrast, commodity-based coffee will mostly be what we consider as stale. Specialty Coffee...
Advanced Espresso Training →
It is up to baristas to change the false perception of espresso, one cup at a time. How? By learning to ‘dial-in’ their espresso.
That neat and tidy map of tastes on the tongue you learned in school is all wrong →
Our understanding of how taste information is carried from the tongue to the brain shows that individual taste qualities are not restricted to a single region of the tongue. There...
Umami isn’t a primary taste →
Apparently Umami isn’t a primary taste. Not the same as bitter, salt, sour and sweet. Umami is proposed to be reliant on sugar/salt receptors to be tasted. Lacking independence removes it...
Celebrities And Insiders Blog
The Untold Story and Invention of the Scace Thermofilter Device →
What is the Scace device, how was it created, and how important is it for controlling the quality of espresso machine performance. The Scace device helped to create and verify...
Pretty little liars' Lucy Hale learning at the Academy →
Lucy has barista skills! She was running a one-person bar; dialing-in a grinder, getting nice espresso extractions and pouring rosettas in an afternoon. Anyone looking for a new barista should...
Glutton for Punishment takes on the Canadian National Barista Championship →
Bob will compete by making four espressos, four cappuccinos, and four signature beverages in fifteen minutes, in front of technical and sensory judges and a large audience. Bob will train with...
Unique Coffee Tasting & Discussion →
Thursday, September 20th at 6pm Propaganda Coffee, 209 E Pender St, Vancouver Whatever your experience with coffee, complete newbie to expert, we'd like to invite you to this truly unique...