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Barista Training

Barista Training

On-site Professional and Home Espresso Set Ups
We come to you!

Barista training is an essential part of ensuring the quality and consistency of coffee production, customer satisfaction and efficient stock management.

With 10 years+ hands on experiance, Gillian’s training equips you with the knowledge and skills to expertly operate and optimise your professional coffee machine. Through hands-on training, she’ll help you master the intricacies of grinding, dosing, tamping, and extracting espresso shots consistently. Aspiring baristas will also learn to calibrate and maintain their equipment, ensuring performance dependability. Additionally, she can cover drink preparation techniques, milk steaming, latte art, and the art of flavour profiling. Her goal is to dispel any fears around coffee shifts and empower your baristas to create consistently outstanding coffee!

Available in Central Scotland: Glasgow, Edinburgh and surrounding areas.

Beginner / Refresher

A hands-on interactive 2 Hour group session for up to 6 people. Each person will recieve a group demonstration as well as 1 on 1 time to perfect each element before we move on.

  • Espresso pulling best practices

  • Achieving good milk texture

  • Full run through of all espresso drinks and how to make each one

  • Best practices for cleaning and looking after your espresso machine

  • Handy booklet with all info covered in the session

Intermedite / Deeper Dive

Building on the previous session, an additional 1 hour session to delve deeper into the undestandings of the espresso machine, refining espresso flavour and latte art.

  • Dialling in and tasting espresso (make it taste as good as possible)

  • Grinding and shot variables explained

  • Latte Art techniques

  • Handy booklet with all info covered in the session

Home Espresso Set Up

A home visit to help you set up / install your new espresso set up in a 2 hour session. Additonal training includes:

  • Getting the best from your set up

  • Best practices for preparing espresso

  • Best cleaning practices

  • Demonstration of espresso & milk drinks

  • A handy booklet with the knowledge covered in the session