The Barista Skills Professional course is designed to test advanced skills and detailed knowledge of the science behind processes used by a professional barista (for example, a barista with 6 months or more of work experience).

Successful candidates will have explored and demonstrated the advanced skills typically expected of a head barista. In particular, participants will learn a sophisticated tasting methodology and descriptive explanation of coffee flavors; gain a detailed understanding of drink ingredients and the techniques available to maximize the quality of the drinks made, understand how to manage the skills of others to produce quality drinks, demonstrate an understanding of how to develop brew recipes and a systematic method of structuring beverage menus, and finally be able to consistently apply the highest standard of latte art and milk steaming techniques.

A written exam tests professional course knowledge while a practical exam tests the skills described above based on different working activities carried out during the course.

This program is a 21-hour course (7 hours X 3 sessions)

Goals of the class:

• Detailed understanding of ingredients
• Techniques to manage the quality for the drinks made
• To manage the skills of others to produce quality drinks
• Provide excellent customer service
• Able to maintain equipment to ensure continued quality
  

What you will learn:

• Espresso process
• Sensory evaluation
• Optimum balance of multiple coffees
• Milk effect on coffee flavor
• Water, extraction & brewing
• Milk technique; composition and processing, foam creation, quality and stability, proteolysis and lipolysis, coffee acidity’s effect on milk
• Foam standards
• Latte art standards - free pour
• Drinks production
• Hygiene, health & safety
• Customer service
• Cleaning, maintenance & trouble shooting
• Cafe management
• Water quality
• Measuring TDS / alkalinity / total hardness/ph.
• Water filtration - testing and filtration systems