7 Things Every New Barista Should Know

And of course, check out our video guide on How to Pull the Perfect Shot of Espresso:

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0:50 — Buy fresh coffee
2:30 — Avoid coffee’s biggest enemies
3:21 — A good grinder matters
4:10 — A scale, the most important accessory
4:55 — Follow a recipe
5:40 — Keep it Simple
6:40. — Purge your grinder
7:20 — Recap

What we used in this video:

[speaknup]

Great Video!. Wish I had this resource when I was starting out. It addresses all of the important lessons needed to be learned, with none of the fluff and hard sell on equipment you really don't need.

[uhlrbxg]

As I’ve said on many of your videos … thank you. Well produced, nicely shot and most of all digestible for any level of coffee enthusiast. Thank you.

[MateuszOcalictocozgineoDariusz]

Like your advices but let us make it even better, knowing that coffee beans get spoiled by air and light, let’s don’t keep any of it in grinder, so please place on scale 18 grams of beans for each espresso then place it in grinder and at same time we not going to have to purge the grinder because there will be nothing left in it, blessings to all of you

[MrBeastkiller]

This is the best video for every baby barista, and every coffee enthusiast. An excellent and well researched, non traditonal beginners video. Rather, an, Essentials in Coffee Making. Fantastic work team! :) - Tyrone

[AlejandroPDX]

Awesome video! The Portland store is awesome. Great products and awesome staff. Clive is great

[susanmessenger]

Thank you Sam !!! Great video ! I have only just started in my Barista Education. Glad I found you this early. Cheers !

[jaling]

Awesome things to learn! Thank you for sharing these!

[lauraveronicapezzi]

Thank you for keeping it simple. I look forward to start experimenting with my grinder from now.

[ishantsingh]

My two most worthiest investments, a coffee scale and a DIY WDT tool. Daily consistency = achieved !

[tarifhalabi]

Great video. Valuable tips and well presented. Thank you.

[keelieyohara]

I have a Rancilio Rocky grinder and an ECM GIOTTO machine. I grind 40 grams of Lavazza Rossa into a triple shot filter basket. I pull a 60 gram shot into a clear 6 ounce glass cup. I finish Up with half and half steamed to micro foam. I am in heaven.

[marc]

Looking for a way to simplify your routine ? Bye the Eureka mignon Libra. Select 1, 3g on the "one cup" button / 18g on the "2 cups" button. Purge your grinder with the "one cup" button. And be sure to have a great expresso with the "2 cups" button.

[begotten]

Thanks Sam for your sharing your expertise! ☕️☕️☕️🥇🥇🥇

[danielf_swe]

Thank you so much for a great video! 👍

[AgqGHyA]

is it ok if i buy grinded coffee? or grind it at home is a must?

[iamanovercomer]

Thanks, good info ‼️👍
Use coffee roasted up to 5 days for 👍, I want to make sure, is that just for exposso, latte ... what about regular drip coffee ❓

[andreyv]

Tweaking the grinder daily is kind of overkill. I've been home brewing for a couple years and i will occasionally tweak my grinds, but definitely not daily.

[edwickson]

This is nice considering many many years ago I learnt it the hard way. Anyway, is there any particular step to become coffee educator like yourself or you just simply show people that you're capable?

[OvertheHills]

"A 1 to 2 oz shot with fresh coffee will weigh less than a shot at the same volume made with older coffee." Of course, you mean fluid ounces which is a measure of volume, not of weight.

[rawrss]

If I'm hitting the dose (18g), yield (36g) and time (~28sec), beans are (~7 days) from a local reputable roaster, but still no crema... What else can I do? Are some beans just “no/low crema“?