Espresso Academy Coffee Courses
The course catalog at Espresso Academy in Italy is super wide! From home barista courses to the entire range of professional SCA courses, covering latte art, coffee shop management, and espresso machine technician courses.
All courses are internationally certified by SCA and IBC, ranging from basic to professional levels.
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For those who really want to know the world of coffee with a technical and scientific approach. For those who are thinking to build their future in coffee. For those who have a really, really great passion for the beans!
A very complete trail in coffee. We start from the green coffee beans, to the Italian barista technique regarding espresso extraction, cappuccino and latte art.
A one day long, very intense course cutted for those who are diving in the barista profession as well as for those who are discovering the magic of the home barista.
The course leads, on request, to the SCA Barista Skills Foundation.
A full and intense Italian coffee course, two full immersion days about learning how to prepare a perfect espresso and cappuccino, latte art, setting and tasting different coffees. The hands on section is huge and the course leads to the SCA Barista Skills intermediate.
An intensive course that introduces into the world of Latte Art, from a perfectly frothed milk, the control of the flow and the wrist, the basic pattern of the heart, the leaf and the tulip… go for the latte art competitions!
From the most basic to the most complicated figures such as the “vortex” and the “swan”, to the competition rules and the Latte Art Grading System certification. For those who want to reach a high level in Latte Art!
A one day long, very intense course cutted for those who are diving in the barista profession as well as for those who are discovering the magic of the home barista.
The course leads, on request, to the SCA Barista Skills Foundation.
Basic coffee brewing, and also SCA Intermediate and Professional levels. Courses that have the aim to provide from the basic concepts of strength and extraction up to the most advanced technique and science of V60, Chemex and cold brew systems.
From basic to the professional, the skills of recognition, analysis, comparison and description of the organoleptic characteristics of coffee. The ultimate goal is to become a professional taster, capable of selecting coffees from (and for) international markets.
These courses, from foundation level to professional SCA, aim to give the competence to evaluate and trade green coffee, as a commodity or specialty. In the courses we speak about varietals, classification of defects, and the market of the futures and Incoterm
From the foundation to the professional SCA level, we go into: the science of roasting, the most suitable roasting machine for our project, the chemistry and physics of the bean during roasting, the use of softwares and roasting curves and much more...
A course dedicated to who wants to be able to set up and maintain his espresso machine, and for who is thinking about a career as espresso machine technician.
A one day long, very intense course cutted for those who are diving in the barista profession as well as for those who are discovering the magic of the home barista.
From the choice of the location to the risks of the first days (start strong!!) all the route, from the financial analysis to the food cost and the study of the best (and worst) history cases… All, step by step, for the opening of a coffee shop!
A very intense day with the aim to give you all the foundations of the bartending and mixology art. From the right glasses and liquors to the practice in pouring and shaking. From the basic to the Mixology world!
A journey thought for all coffee enthusiasts and home baristas. In the very homeland of espresso, a journey that starts from the ancient espresso coffee machines (have you ever tried a lever machine?) up to the most modern extraction concepts, where we can improve your home barista and latte art skills. All not forgetting what we love most: coffee: how to recognize the quality at the first glance, how to taste, how to prepare the 90+, the best coffees in the wor