London Barista Resource & Training
No danger of you forgetting any of the theory – our message is really to approach your coffee like you are a cook. Weigh your ingredients, regulate temperatures, time your extractions, clean your equipment, and read and taste as much as you can so you know what you have sourced and love what you are serving.
These are the training resources & services we offer:
- Private Barista Training
- Group Classes and the Saturday/Sunday School
- Large Groups
- Practice Sessions
- Get in Touch / Make a Booking
Private Barista Training
For barista training where you can put your own group together, we can tailor make the class to you. It is £135 for a two hour class and you can bring a friend with you at no extra charge and anyone else for an additional £45 per person. Every lesson we fill you in on the latest innovations and all the basics that make up a London Barista’s day to day.
Group Classes and the Saturday/Sunday School
Kirby Berlin, Australian Latte Art Champion 2011, has launched our Saturday/Sunday School. School starts at 10am with a completely hands on approach. We concentrate on a different area each week. Classes cost £65 per person for three hours. We keep the courses rotating so you can pick and choose or just work your way through each area at your own pace. Here’s the course outline and the monthly rotation:
1st Saturdays: Espresso
Possibly the most useful piece of equipment on the espresso bar or the home barista’s kitchen bench is the scale. We will introduce the time saving and coffee saving notion of a brew-ratio. It is the cook more than the chemist that we look to for honing our techniques in modern espresso but the scientist has rightly shown us that we need to put our theories to the test. Come prepared for a lot of shot making, tasting and weighing.
2nd Saturdays: Latte Art
We love our latte art and our baristas are very experimental and creative with their presentation. Some art on a drink can engage and delight your customers; a sign that the whole process has been performed with precision and pride. It is a great team building exercise learning this craft, and it is much easier than it looks.
3rd Saturdays: Brew Methods
Each morning when we dial-in coffees for our Brew Bar we give a lot of consideraton to which brew method is best for which coffee. We have evolved brew methods that our students and staff can easily replicate so the only variable you need to tweak is the grind setting. This is the dial we’re talking about when we say “dialing-in.”
4th Saturdays: Coffee Tasting
These events involve a discussion on how we select which coffees we use on the Brew Bar. We can train you in ways of describing what you taste and of choosing which brew method is best for which coffee.
Once you have tasted beans of different origin, varietal and processing technique side by side and gotten your head around the terminology, your experiences with coffee can really gain dimension and luxury.
5th Saturdays: Masterclass
Every now and then there’s a fifth Saturday in the month. Prufrock conducts a special event with a MASTERCLASS by one of our favourite baristas. These events still get very hands on but we like to give the teacher a free reign to teach whatever it is they most feel like sharing from their lives in coffee.
Large Groups
We’ve got over 2000sq feet at Leather Lane to offer large private tastings and socials for a light hearted approach and an overview in modern barista techniques. We have had a lot of fun over the last few months putting on events including public Q&A coffee tastings and barista classes. We do a lot of team building workshops in our Barista Resource and Training Centre (London BRaT) at Leather Lane. For bigger events we usually plan evening sessions to make use of the cafe area from 6pm onwards after we close up shop. Prufrock can tailor make courses to any size or shape.
We’ll help you get your head around the modern barista’s vernacular. We can train you in ways of describing what you taste and of choosing which brew method is best for you. Once you have tasted beans with different varietals and processing techniques side by side, your experiences with coffee can really gain luxury and dimension.
Practice Sessions
Our centre for Barista Resource and Training works a bit like a music rehearsal studio. An hourly charge is there for people that want to train on professional machines un-assisted, whether in preparation for competition or for brushing up your latte art prior to a cafe launch or even as an opportunity to trial machines from different manufactures side by side.
Get in Touch…
If you are interested in any of our services, please don’t hesitate to contact us:
Training Enquiries: training@prufrockcoffee.com
Telephone: +44 (0)207 404 3597 +44 (0) 7853483479
