Canadian Barista Academy | Vancouver and Calgary Campus

Learn how to open a successful coffee shop business and get professional training for everything you want to know about becoming a barista.

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.

Choose Your Pathway

Opening a Coffee Shop Curriculum

Barista Training Curriculum

Learn How to Roast Coffee Maintenance Cleaning Business

Roasting Coffee Curriculum

Food Service and Hospitality Coffee Classes

Restaurant and Hospitality Coffee Classes

Online Education

Testimonials

Truffle Pigs Bistro and Lodge →

September 14, 2020

Here at the Truffle Pigs we aim to be all that we can when it comes to the product we serve and The Canadian Barista & Coffee Academy was instrumental...

YWCA Metro Vancouver →

August 18, 2020

I run an employment program for young women through the YWCA in Metro Vancouver. As a part of our program we assist the program participants in gaining skills and certifications...

CRW Orient Coffee →

August 17, 2020

The Canadian Barista & Coffee Academy taught me the fundamentals of the coffee business. Instructors were incredibly skilled, knowledgeable, and professional. Classes were straight forward and content was well structured....

Pennyroyal Coffee Shop →

July 27, 2020

They don't bs you with fancy terms. They teach you REAL skills in a very down to earth way.

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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

Truffle Pigs →

August 15, 2020

It was straightforward for us to deliver the barista course as the wonderful staff were enthusiastic and eager to learn. They took it to heart to learn the new material...

Korean Hot Dogs →

August 10, 2020

The basics are your choice of wiener, sausage or mozzarella skewered with a stick for easy handling, then coated in a sticky rice flour batter, rolled in panko breadcrumbs and...

Learning how to Roast Coffee →

August 4, 2020

Learning to roast coffee successfully requires mentorship over a period of time, varying from a few months to a few years with lots of trials and errors. In spite of...

Code of Conduct for the Specialty Coffee Business →

June 25, 2020

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...

Science

Exploring Bitterness in Craft Beer, and how it relates to Coffee, Chocolate and other Foods →

We can safely extrapolate that this research shows humans are not naturally inclined to drink bitter ashy woody burnt acrid tar-like coffee. We are more likely to prefer sweeter tasting...

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...