Barista for Beginners

This course offers a course fee subsidy through funding from the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) for NZ citizen and permanent migrant adults, who have finished secondary school and are aged  16+. The unsubsidised course fee is $92.

We need to collect extra information such as age, ethnicity, educational achievement and gender for statistical purposes. You must also provide evidence of NZ citizenship or residency if requested. A condition of accepting this course fee subsidy is that you commit to attend the full course.

This is blended-learning course using a combination of online video tutorials (within the class) and hands-on practice using a Breville Barista Express espresso machine. There is a small amount of course work to complete before the course. Your tutor will email a link to you in the week before the course.

Course outline:

Learn coffee fundamentals including:

• What is espresso?

• Processing and roasting coffee beans

• Storing coffee beans

• Anatomy of a coffee machine

• Grinding and dosing espresso coffee

• Extracting the perfect espresso shot

• Understanding the different types of milk

• Stretching and texturing milk

• Splitting milk

• Pouring milk to make espresso drinks

• Top tips for espresso coffee service

• Cleaning an espresso machine