Complete Barista Course

COMPLETE BARISTA COURSE
Barista Academy created a training program for beginners but also for those who work in the coffee sector but haven’t set the basic principles to their routine.
Many times, we blame it to the coffee quality or to the “weather”, but do we really know what we do and why we do it. What is the theory behind the machinery we use and what really influence the quality of the beverages we serve?
Barista training course in 8 sessions covers all the details from seed to cup, including:
1st session
- Coffee fruit
- Process: The most important factor
- Roasting and how it affects the cup quality
- Storage
2nd session
- Coffee evolution: From the first served coffee up today
- Different methods and equipment we use
- The era of espresso and how it evolved
- The first coffee machine and the development up today
- What is instant coffee and how it is produced
3rd session
- Preparation of the coffee station
- What we check in the machinery
- How we adjust the grinding size
- Evaluate the extraction
- Cleaning procedure during the day
4th session
-Tools and utensils
- Ibrik coffee: parameters that influence the quality
Techniques and different methods
- Instant coffee: The correlation with the egg yolk!
How we use the steam wand for instant coffee
- Frappé: When and how it got invented
Preparation techniques
- Dalgona: How it got the name
Preparation technique
5th session
- Filter coffee: Basic principles
An historical review of its evolution
Methods that marked this evolution
Preparation techniques
6th session
- Espresso: Basic principles
Analysis of the 10 critical steps of the procedure and
how they influence the final result
How we evaluate the extraction
Espresso based recipes
7th session
- Cappuccino: How it got the name?
Steaming the milk
Alternative methods for practice
Serving techniques
Cappuccino recipes
8th session
- Tea: Basic principles
- Chocolate: Preparation techniques for cold and hot version
- Smoothie: The story behind that beverage
Smoothie recipes
- Cocktails: History and recipes of the classic coffee cocktails
- Cleaning: Detailed analysis of how we use special detergents

If you are an experienced Barista and you have the skills in some of the sectors you can choose one or more of the 8 sessions individually according to your preference and needs.

When you register in the course, you will receive the codes and the link to the platform you are going to use for two weeks.

You can view the course from any device, but we suggest using a bigger screen than your mobile phone. The videos are available 24 hours, and you can watch them on-demand at your convenience.

At the end of each session there is a series of questions that you will have to answer correctly to “unlock” the next session. In case of mistake the system will indicate in which chapter of the video you have to review to give the correct answer.

At the end of the session, you can print your certification

There is a FAQ’s page at the end of the Home page but if you still have more questions feel free to send us an email

The curriculum and preparation techniques were created by Panagiotis Nikas, Coffee Instructor and book author.

Panagiotis Nikas
He has been working in the coffee sector since 1987, when coffee was not the major beverage in the market. He had the opportunity to participate in the evolution of coffee and witness the change in people's preference in his coffee shops that operated for 22 years.
This gave him a vast knowledge to be able to work as a coffee consultant, a profession that led him to start the Barista Academy.
In 2016 he created the most properly structured training facilities in Athens providing an individual coffee station for each of the participants.
He published 3 books
• The handbook of Home Barista (only in Greek)
• On a coffee trip in Ethiopia (bilingual Greek and English)
• On a coffee trip in Costa Rica (translated in English)
and he is working in two more books.