COURSES

We offer a wide variety of courses to suit the industry need from basic Barista courses, to advance and professional barista courses, Coffeepreneurship, enthusiast to latte art and roastery courses. In addition to these offerings, we also do inhouse bespoke courses to meet individual corporate or private business needs. Our courses are blended learning and can be learned with a mixture of online LMS and face to face coaching. Please call us to discuss your individual or company needs.

Are you opening a coffee shop? In need of barista training? Or, are you a home coffee enthusiast interested in consumer coffee classes?

Barista Academy of southern Africa has classes geared toward everyone: Entrepreneurs in the process of starting a coffee business, working baristas looking to polish skills, and home coffee enthusiasts alike. We outfit our training centres with state-of-the-art espresso machines and brewing equipment that simulate a real-life cafe environment – making learning easy.

Planning to Open Coffeeshop

Your Step-By-Step Roadmap For How To Open A Coffee Shop

Learn how to open a coffee shop business with no previous experience necessary! Come away with the know-how, resources, and a step-by-step plan of action to launch and grow your own independent coffee shop business. Over the last 25 years this very class has been the launch platform for hundreds-and-hundreds of successful coffee shop businesses all around the world!

Specialty Coffee Course

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Coffee Shop Management course

This coffee shop management training course is a highly detailed single day workshop designed to be the turn-key solution for a coffee shop, bakery, and cafe owners that need to get themselves or their coffee shop managers trained and up to speed on critical business operations and management skills to effectively run a coffee shop.

With an emphasis on making course curriculum easy to understand and absorb, our team of coffee business experts created a management training program that focuses on the key factors that can make the biggest impact on a coffee shop’s day-to-day operations. This class is perfect for existing coffee shops and/or shops that recently hired or promoted a new manager. Students will come away from this coffee shop management training course equipped with the practical knowledge of what it takes to be an effective team leader and manager of operations as it relates to the company’s customer needs, employee needs, and store needs. Each student will be provided with a detailed binder of class notes and management resource materials to take home.

Cost R4999.00

Duration 3 months

Blended eLearning program

Entry requirement: Must be working as a coffee shop supervisor for years.

Latte Art Course

An advance Barista crash course for anyone who wants to learn how to pour latter art.

Want to learn how to pour latte art like a pro? Does this statement sound familiar? – “The person in the YouTube video makes pouring latte art look so easy, but for some reason mine never comes outright.” If you answered “YES!” then you are exactly who we created this latte art class for!

Art Class is an 8-hour, hands-on barista training class designed for coffee professionals and home enthusiasts looking to learn how to pour latte art, and perfect milk skills. You will learn advanced milk steaming and texturing techniques, pouring mechanics, and how to pour the most popular latte art designs – the heart + ringed heart, tulip, and rosetta. This class provides ample personalized one-on-one instruction from our team of pro coffee educators and we keep class sizes small to ensure everyone has plenty of practice time. Our top priority is to keep your learning experience fun, approachable, and results-oriented!

Cost R 999.00

Duration 8 hours

entry requirement: Must have a foundational course or at least 6 month experience as professional Barista.

Professional Barista Course

The 5-Day Barista Training Class combines our popular Espresso & Milk Skills Class and Quality Coffee Brewing into one comprehensive barista training workshop. Students will gain the skills necessary to feel confident working in a quality-oriented coffee shop environment, or as a skilled home barista. Students will learn how to properly operate an espresso machine, grinders, and traditional coffee brewing equipment. In addition, students will learn how to steam milk, prepare all the classic espresso-based drinks, and maintain equipment. Students will also perform guided hands-on brewing experiments and tasting exercises with today’s most popular coffee brewing equipment to learn how to isolate and control individual factors that affect coffee’s taste. The barista skills taught in this coffee class are absolutely vital for brewing consistently great tasting coffee and espresso, and knowing how to troubleshoot off-tasting results. Upon completion of this course, you will receive a certificate of training, certifying that you have attended and successfully completed this professional barista training course.

Cost R2499.00

Entry requirement: No experience required

Duration 5 weeks of blended learning, 5 face to face classes and 4 days at industry work placement.

A certificate will be awarded on the successful completion.

This Cathsseta accredited

course, but if you want to

certified by Cathsseta

Cost R3500.00

Coffee Enthusiast Course

This course is designed for the novices and socialites those who want to hon their knowledge of coffee to impress family and friends. It is an intense informative three-hours course theoretical with a PowerPoint presentation, demo, videos and lecture with a tasting of espresso and cappuccino. you will learn during the course the following,

1. Coffee origin, botany and history

2. Coffee types

3. Roasting profiles and grinding

4. Water suitability for coffee

5. Milk frothing

6. Tasting protocols and tasting techniques.

it is an evening course 5-8 pm

Cost R250.00