Barista Skills
Barista Skills
FOUNDATION >> 5 CREDITS TOWARD SCA COFFEE DIPLOMA
This is a full day course designed to introduce core barista skills to people with no previous barista experience. Successful candidates should be able to simply calibrate their grinders and make espresso, cappuccino, lattes, and steam milk to core standards.
Full Day Course with IBCA and SCA Certificate // $597 including all materials
Hours: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
INTERMEDIATE >> 10 CREDITS TOWARD SCA COFFEE DIPLOMA
During the first part of this intensive training class, you will learn about coffee history, green coffee, roasting, grinding, brewing, extraction and preparation, milk, water, service skills, presentation, cleaning and sensory technology. The second half of the class is spent in the practical espresso stations. This is where you get hands-on experience with grinders, grinder adjustment, espresso machines, extraction, and pulling the perfect espresso shot. Not only will you learn about milk, steaming and texturing, but you will practice it on the spot by preparing the perfect traditional espresso, cappuccino and latte. The class will be concluded with time learning the basics of latte art.
Two Day Course with IBCA and SCA Certificate // $905 including all materials
Hours: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
PROFESSIONAL >> 25 CREDITS TOWARD SCA COFFEE DIPLOMA
Similar to the Barista Skills Intermediate Course, except this class goes deeper into the coffee world from coffee history, green coffee, green coffee retail, coffee added value labels, certifications, roasting, grinding, brewing, extraction, preparation, milk, water, service skills, presentation, cleaning, maintenance, sensory cup technology, health and coffee. You will then spend the second half of the class refining your skills on grinding and extracting as well as milk texturing, followed by a practice session to hone skills in latte art.
*Students must have passed IBCA or SCA Barista Skills Intermediate Course prior to registering for this course.
Three Day Course with IBCA and SCA Certificate // $1,365 including all materials
Hours: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Optional Add-On IBCA Specialty Courses
There is so much more to running a coffee business, so IBCA offers additional courses on useful subjects that do not count toward the SCA Coffee Diploma:
Latte Art (half day) // $245
Espresso Cup Tasting and Blend Development (half day) // $245
Brewing Coffee and Tea (half day) // $245
Single Cup and Advanced Brewing (half day) // $275
Coffee and Cocktails (half day) // $299