Barista Training Courses
Barista Training Courses
Consistently great coffee has us coming back for more, and that’s what we want. Whether you are new to hospitality or a home barista wanting to get more out of your morning cuppa, we can help. Our barista training courses are very hands-on, and held in our purpose-built training room at our Bibra Lake premises. Our barista trainer, Lisa, has a lifetime of experience in the industry and loves helping people to achieve the best-tasting coffee.
We always welcome the opportunity to discuss all things coffee, whether it is about espresso, filter brewing, coffee machine maintenance or the latest trends in the industry. We can always tailor barista classes to your needs, too.
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To book one of our in-depth barista training courses, use the button below to view current dates.
Wholesale Coffee Training
We want the coffee that you serve in your cafe to be the very best it possibly can be consistently. We created our purpose built Training Room and Cupping Lab to enable us to teach you the latest and best practices in espresso preparation. Our training is hands-on, practical and recipe based and our trainers have a wealth of hospitality experience to help with work flow, processes and café information.
Leaf Bean Machine feel that it is our job to keep up to date with the constantly changing specialty coffee information and to pass it on to our customers. Whether it is coffee theory, brewing techniques and devices or latte art, we are passionate about all things coffee and here to help you.
Latte Art
Following on from our Barista Basics course, this two hour latte art course will build upon your existing coffee preparation skills, teach you the art of milk texturing and take your latte art to the next level.
Participants will learn:
- Consistent milk texturing technique
- How to achieve perfect micro-foam every time
- Three basic Latte Art designs: heart, rosetta and tulip
- Master pouring techniques that achieve the correct amount of foam in each cup and finish them with a beautiful design
Recommended experience:
We recommend that students have previously completed our Barista Basics course prior to attending our Latte Art course.
School Coffee Training
Specially designed for secondary school students, this course focuses on the skills required to make great coffee either at home or in a hospitality environment.
Students will learn:
- How to operate a coffee machine (barista technique)
- Espresso recipe and the factor that affect espresso flavour
- How, why and when to adjust a coffee grinder
- The defining characters of each drink on the cafe menu
- Steam milk and pour basic milk drinks
- ‘Split’ milk to consistently pour neat foam
- Thoroughly clean the espresso machine and grinder
Barista Training for Corporate Events
Whether you’re looking for an in-house team-building event or want to entertain clients with a day of coffee tasting, we can run corporate coffee training courses for Perth-based groups of up to 15 people.
Community Groups
We are passionate about coffee and about helping others, so we have combined the two! Four times a year we offer free barista training courses to community groups who are involved with teenagers at risk. If you are involved with a group who may benefit from our barista training then please contact us using the enquiry form here.
Filter Brewing
Filter brewing is growing in popularity with many coffee lovers using AeroPress, MoccaMaster, CCD, or Chemex to make their morning cuppa. We love making (and drinking!) filter coffee. Our team is very excited to bring to our community this step-by-step practical class on how to make filter coffee. Great for those who are wanting to know how to make coffee at home, if you’re wanting to broaden your understanding of coffee or, if your cafe makes filter brews.