Complete Barista Training Bundle (2days) - Flexible Scheduling

Prerequisite: No prior experience required
Duration: 10:30am – 5:00pm (all 4 days)
Location: Any lab — your choice

This 2-Day Bundle combines our Barista Levels 1–2–3–4  at a special bundle-and-save rate. You may take the classes consecutively or spread them out over time — there is no time limit to complete the bundle.

The Barista classes may be taken separately or together at any of our labs in Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, or Vancouver.

Once you complete your purchase, please email us to let us know which class dates best suit your schedule, or we can help you choose from our online calendar.

Prefer fixed dates?
If you would rather take both days together as a scheduled course, you may view our 2-Day Bundle with published dates here →

Who is this course for:

• For Beginners to Advanced
• You want to learn about and work in specialty coffee
• Improve your Coffee Shop barista and drink standards

Curriculum: Even if you have read barista how-to books, watched youtube videos and have prior cafe work experience, you are probably still struggling with consistency in espresso and latte art. This class will fix that because students will get personalized step by step, repeatable, practical, hands-on barista training from our expert trainers in latte art microfoaming, espresso making, safe handling and use of the grinder and espresso machine, coffee cupping, tastings and how to prepare all the classic espresso based drinks.

Throughout the 2 days of classes you will also learn to embody the barista mission and fundamental skills. Understanding ‘why’ you do something makes you more consistent with each and every customer. This will ensure the cafe you work at delivers consistent quality tasting drinks.

Our way of teaching will inspire and empower you to be the best expert barista you can possibly be.

This course combines our popular Barista Levels 1, 2, 3 and 4 classes into one comprehensive barista training bundle.

Barista Level 1 Curriculum

This class establishes consistency through step-by-step instruction delivered both in written form and hands-on practice. Even experienced baristas are encouraged to take this course to correct technical flaws that affect consistency. Without consistency, every customer receives a different-tasting drink.

• Essentials of espresso, tools, and equipment
• Equipment knowledge
• Grinder differences, efficiencies, and burr sets
• What espresso is: history, theory, and preparation
• Definitions of drip, pour-over, press pot, French press, moka pot, and stovetop espresso
• Espresso fundamentals and international definition of espresso
• How to pull a consistent, technically correct espresso shot
• Preparing drinks to standards
• What espresso is — and is not
• Grinding, dosing, and tamping
• Troubleshooting coffee
• Foundational barista knowledge
• Milk texturing and microfoaming techniques and principles

Barista Level 2 Curriculum

Practice-focused training that expands on the technical fundamentals learned in Level 1. Students learn to manipulate variables to enhance taste and refine technically correct drinks, preparing them for the challenges of Level 3.

• Espresso machine and grinder technical standards
• Pulling consistent shots: grind adjustment and puck preparation
• Espresso drink names, sizes, and recipes (ristretto, normale, lungo, americano)
• How espresso should taste
• Roaster influence on taste
• Dose and grinder impact on flavour
• Machine engineering and taste
• Barista impact on taste
• Milk-based drinks: macchiato, cappuccino, latte, cortado, flat white
• Preparing drinks to standards
• Milk texturing and microfoaming principles
• Latte art instruction, demonstration, and practice
• Essential barista knowledge

Barista Level 3 Curriculum

This course advances Levels 1 and 2 training to help students perfect the one-person bar — a critical skill for efficient, high-quality café operations. Students also explore how and why people taste coffee the way they do, challenging common myths and marketing narratives.

• Specialty vs. commodity coffee
• Tasting exercises and palate development
• Understanding coffee myths
• The essential coffee flavour wheel
• Taste perception, tongue mapping, and umami
• Blind cupping
• Comparative cupping for roast level, branding, and descriptors
• Cupping for quality
• Choosing a roaster and understanding taste influence
• Dialing in coffee by taste
• Preparing drinks to standards
• Milk texturing and microfoaming principles
• Coffee freshness and quality expectations
• Adjusting grinders for retention, dosing, and tamping

Barista Level 4 Curriculum

A practical, down-to-earth latte art course covering simple to advanced designs. Students practice repeatedly while instructors demonstrate techniques and share professional bar skills.

• The true value of the barista
• Adjusting for retention, dosing, tamping, and flow
• Espresso preparation as the foundation for latte art
• Latte art designs: moon, heart, detailed heart, rosetta, tulip
• Refining pouring techniques
• Advanced barista techniques
• Equipment and espresso fundamentals
• Preparing all drinks to standards
• Milk texturing and microfoaming principles
• Dialing in coffee by taste
• One-person and two-person bar practice
• Equipment cleanliness and maintenance

Registration: Pre-registration required, no dropins.

Class Sizes are small with most of the class time being hands on giving you lots of time to learn.

Specials: Combine with the Opening a Coffee Business and save.

Private Groups: We can accommodate private group training on weekdays and weekends - just ask and we are happy to schedule your course to work best for your coffee business needs.

Each class includes:

• Printed Student Manual, Study Guide, and Certificate of Completion
• Complimentary Membership to the Wholesale Student Buying Club (valued at $799.00)
• Lifetime Alumni Membership and Benefits