Barista Coaching.

Just looking for barista coaching for your staff?

We’ll build the two things we believe every café needs most: consistency and confidence. Through hands-on coaching on your own equipment, your team learns how to dial in espresso, texture milk correctly, and follow reliable workflows that deliver the same great coffee, every time.

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Our Barista Training

Our coaching strengthens individual skills, boosts team confidence, and creates a dependable, repeatable standard across your coffee offer.

We offer three prescribed levels of coaching, dependent on experience or needs. Check out the overviews below.

All are full day 1-1 or 2-1 courses at your premises, coached by an SCA qualified barista, with prices from £500. Send us an email for more details, to talk about your needs, any issues you are experiencing or bespoke requirements.

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Ground Up Barista

  • Understand the basics of coffee (beans, roast, origin) and how that affects flavour.

  • Set up espresso machine and dial in coffee

  • Operate an espresso machine and grinder reliably: dose, grind, tamp, extract.

  • Technique of steaming and texturing milk correctly to produce consistent milk

  • Problem solve around espresso pouring for consistency

  • Understand and perform proper machine and grinder cleaning and maintenance.

  • Work behind the bar efficiently including hygiene practices, workflow and time management.

  • Understand customer-service expectations.

Our Courses

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Level Up Barista

  • Analyse and control espresso extraction variables to produce repeatable espresso shots

  • Dial in espresso confidently with precision,

  • Texture milk to an intermediate standard, achieving stable microfoam and suitable temperatures

  • Pour simple latte art pattern such as a heart

  • Evaluate espresso using sensory skills to aid trouble shooting and problem solving

  • Efficient workflow, managing multiple drinks and working within a team

  • Demonstrate confidence and professionalism behind the bar, conversing confidently with customers about coffee

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Filter Up Barista

  • Identify and compare multiple filter brewing methods

  • Calibrate grind size, dose, water ratio, and temperature for consistent, high-quality extraction.

  • Understand how coffee origin, roast level, and processing method affect extraction and flavour.

  • Apply sensory evaluation to detect under- and over-extraction

  • Execute precise brewing technique for the cafe filter option, troubleshoot brewing issues

  • Integrate a filter brew into cafe workflow

  • Understand water quality and temperature and their impact on taste and extraction.

  • Use taste comparison to help develop sensory skills.