Australian Barista Academy

Training Courses

Fundamental Barista Skills

This course provides a solid foundation for those passionate about pursuing a career in the specialty coffee industry or for home baristas keen to achieve the best results in their home setting.

Workflow and troubleshooting

Entirely hands-on, this course is spent perfecting all the café-style drinks in a stress-free learning environment.

Sensory skills and Coffee Knowledge

In this session, we look at what’s involved in the production of great coffee from producing countries, and how this is reflected in coffee quality and flavour.

Latte Art techniques

Completely practical. Students are guided through advanced milk texturing as well as pouring techniques essential to achieving latte art.

Advanced Barista Skills

This course delves deeply in to the theory and practical skills required to achieve high levels of espresso coffee quality and consistency.

Fundamentals of Manual Brewing

Discover a diverse range of equipment and learn how to brew with confidence.

Refractometry applications for coffee

This course outlines the use of a refractometer and the MojoToGo software across both filter and espresso coffee, as well as exploring possible applications for extraction yield results in a coffee program.

Introduction to cupping

This free course is run in conjunction with our cupping events to provide those new to cupping with an idea of how a cupping works. It outlines the purpose, setup and participation in a traditional cupping.

Facility Hire

Depending on your requirements, the Academy is available for hire by the half day, full day or week.

Corporate Packages

Allow the barista academy to host your next team building event.

News

Street Parking at Rosslyn St unavailable

Posted by Andrew Easthope on
Wednesday, 27 March 2013 in
Coffee News

Due to railway works, street parking at Rosslyn St is unavailable.

The Q course is back!

Posted by Andrew Easthope on
Saturday, 09 March 2013 in
Coffee News

This is your opportunity to partake in one of the most recognised and meaningful qualifications in the coffee industry in a fun and supportive group environment. We are über-excited to have Trish Rothgeb (Wrecking Ball Coffee, USA) as our instructor.

Exciting new courses and improvements to training structure

Posted by Andrew Easthope on
Wednesday, 02 January 2013 in
Coffee News

Good things are set to roll out at the ABA in 2013 – new courses and restructured, more accessible content has arrived!

Holiday and New Years Trading and Delivery

Posted by Ashley Brian on
Thursday, 06 December 2012 in
Coffee News

Each of the Australian Barista Academy’s will close at 12pm on Friday 21 December , 2012 and reopen on Wednesday 2 January, 2013. If you’re looking for a Christmas gift then why not try the shop section on the Five Senses Coffee website.