Thursday, March 09 – BARISTA SKILLS FOUNDATION – SCA COFFEE DIPLOMA SYSTEM
Barista Skills is for people focussing on the key skills required to set your grinder, make espresso and foam and texture milk for cappuccinos. This module allows you to gain a deeper understanding of the coffee itself and build on your practical skills for milk technique and latte art, not to mention health and safety, customer service and basic business.
Friday, March 10 – LATTE ART
The course of Latte Art is for those who want to learn the techniques of decoration of basic shapes: heart, leaf, apple. Through this course the barista will have the opportunity to offer its customers a cappuccino made with the right technique of milk installation, using the right professional equipment and with the added value of a cured and innovative presentation.
Teacher authorized SCA: Mariano Semino
Duration: all day
Participation is limited to a maximum of 5 people. Applications will be considered in order of date of receipt
Wednesday, May 17 – ESPRESSO ITALIANO TASTING – ISTITUTO INTERNAZIONALE ASSAGGIATORI CAFFE’
Making a perfect espresso is not a simple task. A large number of variables has to be kept under control: the coffee blend, the coffee grinder, the espresso machine and the barista’s hand of course. Every single variable will influence the final result and the judgment on the quality of the espresso in the cup is up to the taster. Learn how to distinguish good espresso from poor one and how to get a precise sensory profile of the cup in front of you. Theory includes; espresso tasting: aims, enviromental and psychological conditions of tasting; the judgment of the sense organs: the aspect, the aromatic profile, the taste; the tasting card: what it is and how to use it; the geography of coffee production and of its consumption, the coffee growing, the coffee manufacture, the roasting and its chemical and organoleptical transformations, packaging methods and their influence on the conservation of aromas, the blend and its influence on the final cup; the coffee grinder and the espresso machine: different types, how to choose the machinery, how to use it to get always a perfect espresso, the ordinary maintenance.
You will taste and judge different espressos based on differet blends and prepared in different ways. Some of the preparations are faulty so that you learn to distinguish top-quality espresso from defective one.
At the end of the training class you can take the final examination to get the tasting license.
Teacher authorized IIAC: Gian Paolo Braceschi
Duration: all day
Participation is limited to a maximum of 10 people. Applications will be considered in order of date of receipt
Tuesday, June 27- BARISTA SKILLS INTERMEDIATE– SCA COFFEE DIPLOMA SYSTEM
Course reserved for those who have already attended the course Barista Foundation
Barista Skills Intermediate ovides a deeper understanding of the coffee itself and builds on the practical skills learnt at Foundation level. Milk techniques, including latte art, are introduced as well as health and safety, customer service and basic business. This course is suitable for people already working as baristas.
Teacher authorized SCA: Mariano Semino
Duration: all day
All activities will take place at our training room at LA GENOVESE Reg. Bottino 1 / M – 17031 Albenga SV
For information, prices and registration please contact:
Alessandro Borea
Tel: 0182 50452 – email: a.borea@lagenovese.it