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ABC’s is the single greatest investment for any newcomer to the industry, and a lot of veterans as well. The instructors are not selling you the dream that you will make millions selling specialty coffee but instead giving you the tools and knowledge that only experience can truly give you. They are artists, operational masterminds and marketing masters who are passionate in teaching others this fine craft.
Marc Caron | Montreal, Canada
Learn to Pour Latte Art with Training DVDs from Bellissimo Coffee InfoGroup
Bellissimo Coffee InfoGroup, the founder of ABC's, has set the standard for training and education in the specialty coffee industry. Bellissimo's barista training DVDs have been used by thousands of baristas around the world to learn how to pour latte art or to hone their existing skills.
Advanced Barista Training: Extreme Latte Art
2006 winner of the Specialty Coffee Association of America's "Best New Educational Product" award.
Award This 40+ minute DVD features four of the country's most talented baristas demonstrating sophisticated latte art techniques, expanding the viewer's idea of what is possible when espresso and milk are combined in a cup. In addition to The Simple Heart, viewers will learn more complicated pours including The Triple Rosetta, The Apple, The Autumn Leaf, The Little Flower and The Fire-breathing Dragon.
The featured baristas — Billy Wilson of Portland, Oregon, Chris Deferio of Ithaca, New York, Austin Gregory of Seattle and Bellissimo consultant Matt Milletto — exhibit a passion for coffee and flair for showmanship that make the DVD entertaining as well as educational.
The featured baristas also discuss the fundamentals of coffee grinding, espresso extraction and milk texturing.
The DVD was shot at the American Barista & Coffee School in Portland, Oregon and directed by Bruce Milletto, president of Bellissimo Coffee InfoGroup.
Click here to buy from Bellissimo Coffee InfoGroup $69.95
Training with the Champions
After over a year of filming, Bellissimo has brought together in one DVD some of the best baristas in not only the United States, but in the world. In this approximately 45-minute training and educational DVD, each barista shares his or her techniques and philosophy of coffee and espresso, as well as what it takes to be a champion.
This training DVD is the first in which regional, national and world barista champions share their passion one-on-one with the coffee world. Featured are 2006 World Barista Champion (WBC) Klaus Thomsen and three former United States Barista Champions (USBC): Matt Riddle, Bronwen Serna and Phuong Tran. Northwest USBC champions Kyle Larson and Billy Wilson are also included, along with Cup of Excellence judge Stephen Vick, who is featured in a special cupping section. Making appearances are long-time barista competition judges Sarah Allen, editor of Barista Magazine, and Brent Fortune, owner of Crema Bakery and Café of Portland, Oregon.Click here to buy from Bellissimo Coffee InfoGroup $49.95