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).
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Sun 02 Mar
- TEC funded course fee subsidy for qualifying learners: $49.00 incl. GST
- $98.00 incl. GST
Sessions
Sunday workshop
Sun 02 Mar 10:00 - Sun 02 Mar 16:00At Selwyn College, Auckland.Event is fullJoin waiting listPlease note there is NO refund or transfer if you cancel less than 5 working days in advance of a class starting. Our refund policy can be read in full here.
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Sat 05 Apr
- TEC funded course fee subsidy for qualifying learners: $49.00 incl. GST
- $98.00 incl. GST
Sessions
Saturday workshop
Sat 05 Apr 10:00 - Sat 05 Apr 16:00At Selwyn College, Auckland.Please note there is NO refund or transfer if you cancel less than 5 working days in advance of a class starting. Our refund policy can be read in full here.
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Sun 06 Apr
- TEC funded course fee subsidy for qualifying learners: $49.00 incl. GST
- $98.00 incl. GST
Sessions
Sunday workshop
Sun 06 Apr 10:00 - Sun 06 Apr 16:00At Selwyn College, Auckland.Please note there is NO refund or transfer if you cancel less than 5 working days in advance of a class starting. Our refund policy can be read in full here.
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Sun 18 May
- TEC funded course fee subsidy for qualifying learners: $49.00 incl. GST
- $98.00 incl. GST
Sessions
Sunday workshop
Sun 18 May 10:00 - Sun 18 May 16:00At Selwyn College, Auckland.Please note there is NO refund or transfer if you cancel less than 5 working days in advance of a class starting. Our refund policy can be read in full here.
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Sat 07 Jun
- TEC funded course fee subsidy for qualifying learners: $49.00 incl. GST
- $98.00 incl. GST
Sessions
Saturday workshop
Sat 07 Jun 10:00 - Sat 07 Jun 16:00At Selwyn College, Auckland.Please note there is NO refund or transfer if you cancel less than 5 working days in advance of a class starting. Our refund policy can be read in full here.
Description
Course dates 2024
- 2 March FULL
- 3 March FULL
- 6 April FULL
- 18 May FULL
- 19 May new date FULL
- 23 June FULL
- 17 August FULL
- 21 September FULL
- 22 September FULL
- 10 November FULL
Course dates 2025
- 2 March
- 5 April
- 6 April
- 18 May
- 7 June
- Later dates to be confirmed.
Course fee subsidy
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 or visitor visas, and refugees. To qualify, registrants should be over the age of 16 years and 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.
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
This is blended-learning course using a combination of online video tutorials and hands-on practice using an espresso machine. During the course, or shortly afterward, your teacher will share a link for the online tutorials so that you can reinforce the day's practical learning. This course does not earn NCEA credits. Please let the office know if you would like a certificate to recognise your completion of the course.
What to bring
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.
