WA: Barista Foundations Training
Join us for a comprehensive hands-on Barista Foundations Training event at Toby's Studio in Northbridge, WA. Essential for both new and experienced baristas as well as cafe owners, our team of trainers, baristas and roasters developed the course for the specialty coffee market.
By completing the training, the attendee is expected to:
- Have a basic understanding of the process of making espresso-based drinks, quality and efficiency of workflow
- Set/Dial in a grinder
- Dose, collapse, distribute and tamp correctly
- Lock in group handle and pull shots referring to time and yield
- Appreciate the importance of a recipe for quality and consistency in a cafe
- Demonstrate how to apply Toby's recipe cards by dialling in a recipe using scales
- Appreciate and experience the impact on espresso flavour from not following recipe guidelines
- Use correct basic flavour description terminology: acidity, flavour, mouthfeel, finish
- Practice ongoing adjustments to the grinder during a shift to maintain recipe guidelines
- Perform basic ongoing cleaning and back flushing
- Texture milk correctly in two stages (texturing and heating)
- Apply the skills and techniques required to pour milk-based coffees correctly (understand the coffee menu)
- Identify correct foam levels for various milk-based coffee drinks
- Perform an 'end-of-shift' clean and pack down (grinder and espresso machine)
Location: Toby's Studio, 1 Fitzgerald Street, Northbridge WA, Australia
