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). You need to bring a mobile device (see below).
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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 16:00At Selwyn College, Auckland.Event is fullJoin waiting list -
Sat 12 Nov
- TEC funded course fee subsidy for qualifying students $40.00 incl. GST
- $92.00 incl. GST
Sessions
Session 1
Sat 12 Nov 10:00 - Sat 12 Nov 16:00At Selwyn College, Auckland.Event is fullJoin waiting list
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 and hands-on practice using an espresso machine. You will receive an email with a link to the online learning within the week of 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
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. If you have a small portable espresso machine you are interested to practice with, please email your tutor about the possibility of bringing it along.
