Espresso education:
Talk Coffee can provide training at our Northcote warehouse and roastery. Managing director, Chris has a family coffee background and is a degree trained teacher and ex-cafe owner with extensive experience in schools and also TAFE institutions.
For those just beginning, we'll get you on track to great coffee with our "Introduction to Espresso" session. Our "Domestic God Shots" is a session for advanced users, comfortable with their machine. This session will help you to get the best out of your machine and grinder to ensure that you produce consistently outstanding coffee. Courses are available on Tuesday or Thursday mornings by arrangement and will resume in late January 2012.
Our courses:
Espresso a la carte- $100 for the first hour then charged at $50/30min or part thereof
Come in and play freestyle. Let's work on your issues together to get you pulling hte best shots possible.
Introduction to Espresso- 2 hours- $200 + $150 per extra participant (max 2)
This course is designed to suit those who are considering the purchase of an espresso machine or who have recently purchased a machine and would like to produce cafe quality espresso and milk based drinks. We will adjust your grinder to ensure that you get a great cup from your setup and assist you to produce great espresso and silky milk. We will also educate you on how to produce the drinks in the coffee menu and how to maintain your machine.
Domestic God Shots- Mastering your machine- approx 3 hours- $250 + $150 per extra participant (max 2)
So, you have the basics and would like to gain more control over the espresso process? Now you want to produce coffee like your favourite barista can. We will teach you how to correctly adjust your grinder to produce the best espresso your machine is capable of, and to do so consistently. A range of dosing, distribution and tamping techniques are covered. We will used advanced methods to problem solve deficiencies in espresso. Milk texture technique can also be covered within this course.
Home roasting and cupping- 2.5-3 hours- $250 + $150 per extra participant (max 2)
Roasting your own coffee at home is easy, inexpensive and fun! Why pay $40 per kilo for coffee which may be stale when you can roast your own for less than $10 per kilo?
Commercial roasting and cupping- 1/2 day- $450 + $350 per extra participant (max 4) Available to purchasers of Has Garanti and Coffee-Tech roasters only
Once you have placed a deposit on a Has Garanti or Coffee-Tech roaster, we teach you how to roast your own coffee on our commercial roaster and we rebate your training fee, so you learn for free!
We provide you with training on how to sucessfully operate and maintain your roaster and how to cup your results over a number of roasts. Each participant roasts coffee unsing a variety of roast profiling techniques and you take your roasts home to try. A total of four roasts will be completed. Participants who wish to gain further experience after completing this course can then hire our roaster and use our facility under supervision while awaiting delivery.
Custom sessions
We can develop a session to your specific requirements- just ask!
Our services:
Want your green beans roasted? We can contract roast to your specifications in 5kg quantities at $50 per roaster load. We can also pack and label your coffee or supply packing materials.
Contact us to book your training session . Coffee education is also a great way to have a fun evening or afternoon as a staff reward!