Coffee Business and Barista Training Bundle (4days) - Vancouver

$1,599.00 ~~$1,999.00~~

Day 1 class times 10am to 130pm
Day 2 class times 10am to 130pm
Day 3 class times 10am to 4pm
Day 4 class times 9am to 530pm

Prerequisite: No prior experience required
All classes include notebook and certificate of training

This 4-day bundled course brings together all of our most important classes to give you a clear pathway on how to open and run your own cafe business.

Opening a Coffee Shop - Online (1day or 2days)
Barista Level 1: Online Theory
Barista Level 2: Online Theory
Barista Level 3: In-person Labs
Barista Level 4: In-person Labs

Opening a Coffee Shop (1day or 2days) - Online:

This course is designed to help you plan, design and critically think through the process of opening your own cafe.

Some of the topics covered:

Canadian coffee market: It’s past, present and future
Customer expectations and who they are
Specialty Coffee
Quality Control
Service Models
Vision
What to look for, what to avoid and how to gather Intelligence the correct way
All about the competition
Drink and food menu and equipment related decisions
Choosing your equipment suppliers, espresso machine and coffee roaster
Finding a location, choosing a general contractor, tradespeople and case studies
Marketing, Promotions, Holiday planning and Branding
People Management, Staff Training & Fostering a Barista Culture
Managing Your Numbers
Quantifying Results
Freshness

The only differences between taking this course in a one-day or two-day format is scheduling. Both the one-day and two-day course have the same content.

Barista Level 1 Online Theory:

Most people know very little about coffee despite its being the most consumed drink in the world. Our collective coffee wisdom mostly comes from branded advertising, factoids and corporate propaganda. Have you ever wondered why people drink the coffee that they do drink? Is it based on taste preference? Are there more flavours to taste in coffee then coffee itself. In these classes we pull back the curtain and reveal the truth about coffee.

Some of the topics covered:

Foundational barista knowledge
Debunking coffee myths
The role and influence of the barista
Defining the types of cafe to clarify the job market
Specialty and commodity coffee types
Changing the coffee marketing narrative
How to talk about and taste the essential Coffee Wheel of flavours
The tongue map, umami and basic elements of tastes perception
Varietals and Species of Coffee
Decaffeination
Basic coffee agronomy and processing
Regional Coffee Profiles

Barista Level 2 Online Theory:

Prerequisite: Barista level 1

In this coffee class you will learn the barista mission and fundamental skills. Understanding ‘why’ you do something makes you more consistent with each and every customer. This will insure the cafe you work at delivers consistent quality tasting drinks. Our way of teaching will inspire and empower you to be the best professional barista.

Some of the topics covered:

Essential barista knowledge
What is espresso, its history, fundamental theories and preparation
Defining what is drip, pour over, press pot, french press, moka pot, stove top espresso
Essentials of espresso, tools and equipment
All about grinders for bulk, drip, decaf and espresso
Adapting to and adjusting for retention, dosing, tamping and flow
Fundamentals, processes and stereotypes of coffee roasting
Peak of coffee freshness and understanding expectations
Typical 3rd wave roasting scenarios and outcomes
Roast types correlated by cafe quality
Importance of Espresso Machines and their history
Espresso Machine Types
Differentiating and defining what is a beginner, advanced and expert level barista and how to approach for mastery
Equipment cleanliness and maintenance
What is the real true value of the barista

Barista Level 3 In-person Labs

Prerequisite class: Barista Level 1 and 2

Even if you have read barista how-to books, watched youtube videos and have prior cafe work experience, we still recommend you take our barista level 1 and level 2 before registering for this level 3 class. This class is hands-on and interactive involving and using all your senses. You will learn to manipulate techniques to enhance taste and fine-tune the technically correct drink.

Some topics covered:

Tasting exercises for understanding the basic elements of tasting and tastes perception
Developing and understanding your palate
How to talk about what you taste in coffee
Blind coffee cupping
Comparative cupping for roast level, branding and taste descriptors
Cupping for quality
How different methods affect coffee flavour
How should Espresso taste?
Roasters influence on taste
Grinders role in affecting taste
Machine engineering and taste
Baristas impact on taste

Barista Level 4 In-person Labs

Prerequisite course: Barista Level 1,2 and 3

This barista class is hands-on and will teach you to be consistent by following our step by step instructions, practising over and over again for making and tasting great coffee.

Some topics covered:

Espresso definition, essentials and preparation
How to use and care for coffee equipment and tools
Grinder differences, efficiencies and burr sets
Making adjustments to the grinder to change taste depending on retention, dosing and tamping
Identifying espresso components for safe easeful use
Learn to troubleshoot coffee
Basics of beverage preparation
Learning how and making a technically correct drink
Practice, practice practice
How to grind, dose and tamp coffee
Espresso drink names, sizes and recipes
Latte and cappuccino milk texturing principals
One-person bar and two-person bar practice
Milk based drink names, sizes and recipes
Advanced barista techniques
Dialing in coffee by extraction ratio
Dialing in coffee by taste
Latte art heart, detailed heart, rosetta and tulip instructions
Machine cleanliness and maintenance