Barista for Beginners
Through a combination of online learning and hands-on practice, learn about espresso and learn to make popular espresso coffees. A course fee subsidy applies for permanent residents of NZ (conditions apply).
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Sun 19 Jun
- TEC funded course fee subsidy for qualifying students $40.00 incl. GST
- $92.00 incl. GST
Sessions
Sunday workshop
Sun 19 Jun 10:00 - Sun 19 Jun 16:00Selwyn College, Auckland.Event is fullJoin waiting list -
Sat 24 Sep
- TEC funded course fee subsidy for qualifying students $40.00 incl. GST
- $92.00 incl. GST
Sessions
Saturday workshop
Sat 24 Sep 10:00 - Sat 24 Sep 16:00Selwyn College, Auckland.Register4 places remaining -
Sat 29 Oct
- TEC funded course fee subsidy for qualifying students $40.00 incl. GST
- $92.00 incl. GST
Sessions
Saturday workshop
Sat 29 Oct 10:00 - Sat 29 Oct 16:00Selwyn College, Auckland.
Description
NOTE: This course offers a course fee subsidy through funding from the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) for NZ citizen and permanent migrant adults, their partners on work visas, refugees, NZ citizen and permanent resident young people aged 16+ who are not currently enrolled in a secondary school. 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, residency or refugee status if requested. A condition of accepting a course fee subsidy is that you commit to at least 80% attendance of your 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
You'll learn about different espresso coffee drinks and how to make:
- an espresso
- a long black
- a macchiato (both long and short)
- a latte
- a piccolo latte
- a flat white
- a cappuccino
- a mocha
- an iced coffee
- takeaway espresso drinks
At the conclusion of this course you'll earn a certificate endorsed by the Institute of Hospitality. This course does not earn NCEA credits.
What to bring
Bring your own device (laptop or smartphone) with internet connection in order to follow the online video classes, take the quiz and download the certificate. All ingredients ($15) are included within the course fee. As this course runs over the lunch-hour, bring a sandwich or similar for lunch.
