Featured Graduate
What an AWESOME course! Wonderful instruction! Thank you so much for sharing your expertise, your passion and your dedication to the art and science of coffee from the growing to the preparation to the most amazing coffee/espresso I have tasted in my life. Your whole team is GREAT! Thank you for your patience and your caring. Not only is your knowledge base 100%, your teaching styles, friendly, down-to-earth personalities, professionalism and your love of what you do create an outstanding...
Read More...educational experience. We packed so much information and activity into one week, I can’t believe it. I loved this week so much! Gracias.
Jasmine Placido | Portland, OR
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State-of-the-Art Classroom + Espresso Lab
ABC’s is near downtown Portland’s picturesque waterfront. 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.
Some of the features of our state-of-the-art training facility include:
- Classroom featuring the latest technologies, including interactive presentations and video training
- A state-of-the-art espresso lab with a wide variety of equipment and products from the most highly respected companies in the specialty coffee industry
- On-site coffee bar for “real-life” training, includes a POS system
- Fully equipped sensory room for coffee, water, milk and tea cupping classes
- Multi-blender and granita station and panini lab
- Built-in media center
- Internet access via a wireless system
ABC's state-of-the-art sensory room.
ABC's espresso lab features seven automatic espresso machines from the industry's top manufacturers.
ABC's also offers students the opportunity to experience a manual lever espresso machine.
In addition to automatic and lever espresso machines, ABC's espresso lab also includes a superautomatic espresso machine.
Students sample origin coffees during a cupping workshop in ABC's sensory room.
ABC's multi-blender and granita station.