The American Barista and Coffee School

Upcoming Classes

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Cutting Edge Curriculum

ABC's classes are designed to give you or your staff the information and training needed to succeed in today's highly competitive retail specialty coffee market. Class sessions include lectures and demonstrations followed by hands-on practice. Our small class sizes insure a personalized experience taught by coffee business professionals who have owned and operated successful retail coffee operations.

The ABC's state-of-the-art espresso lab features the latest equipment and products from the specialty coffee industry's leading companies, and an actual coffee bar setting for "real-life" training. Here you will gain the skills needed to prepare not just espresso-based drinks, but a complete coffeehouse menu, including blender drinks, smoothies, granita and light food items such as panini.

American Barista & Coffee School Classes

  • Business + Barista Training: this intensive seminar includes two days of lectures on business start-up and three or four days in the espresso lab learning proper beverage and food preparation.
  • Management + Barista Training: this intensive seminar includes one day of lectures on operations and management and three or four days in the espresso lab learning proper beverage and food preparation.
  • Barista Training: this hands-on class takes place in the espresso lab and includes proper beverage and food preparation of a complete coffehouse menu.
  • Latte Art + Advanced Barista Training: includes principles of latte art and advanced pours and techniques.
  • Roasting, Blending, Cupping and Sourcing Workshops: includes green coffee selection, blending, roasting, sourcing and evaluating coffees for espresso applications.
  • Consumer Classes: offers coffee instruction from seed to cup and home preparation techniques on the best home equipment available on the market.
  • Specialty Classes: includes marketing, equipment maintenance and coffee cupping.

Even Large Companies Look to ABC's to Train their Employees

  • Starbucks
  • Longbottom Coffee & Tea
  • Fresh Cup Magazine
  • Dean & Deluca Gourmet Foods
  • Schaerer Espresso Machines
  • Espresso Supply
  • Cirqua Water Systems
  • Torani Syrups
  • Royal Cup Coffee    
  • Webbeams
  • Maui Wowi
  • Caffe D'Arte Coffee Roasters 
  • Coffee Bean International
  • Equal Exchange
  • Kerry Food Group
  • Bunn Brewing Equipment
  • Noco Petroleum
  • Caffe Calabria Coffee Roasters
  • Nuova Simonelli Espresso Machines
  • Espresso Specialists
  • Pixie Mate
  • La Spaziale Espresso Machines
  • Batdorf & Bronson Coffee Roasters
  • Noble Coffee Roasters
  • La Marzocco Espresso Machines
  • Brasilia Espresso Machines
  • Victoria Arduino Espresso Machines

Instructors

President
Counsulting Director
Consultant
Consultant
Trainer
Trainer