With over 40 years’ experience within the coffee industry we’ve learnt a few things along the way. We love passing on our knowledge and expertise allowing you to produce amazing coffee.
Barista coffee training is a crucial component, ensuring you and your team members meet your customers’ expectations now and in the future. John Street Beverage offers a wide range of barista courses and training literature to fit individual needs and budgets, helping develop and improve skills, techniques and hot beverage offerings.
The barista Foundation course focuses on barista basics, developing a skill-set on a traditional espresso machine and grinder. You will gain a great insight into the correct procedures required to produce all espresso-based drinks, along with steaming and texturising milk and how to correctly construct the drinks on your coffee menu.
Our Advanced barista course has been designed for those baristas who have a real passion for coffee and builds on the Foundation course above, whilst emphasising the importance of cleaning and customer service. This will also promote confidence and an understanding in training staff and/or team members to a significantly high standard.
The VRQ City & Guilds Level 2 Barista Foundation qualification offers comprehensive training and education in barista skills that range from the history of the coffee bean to customer service. The qualification itself is accredited by both City & Guilds and the BSA (Beverage Service Association). Please note this is held and supported by one of our partners in Brigg, Lincolnshire DN20 0SP.
Latte Art course is our most popular course for those who have already covered either the Foundation or Advanced course. During our latte art training you will understand the milk steaming process and how to create perfect micro foam time after time. Once mastered, you will learn how to pour creating a heart and Rosetta.
Coffee preparation, extraction, producing espresso-based specialty drinks and the machine cleanliness can be made to sound over complicated and an exact science, this comprehensive training manual has been aimed at providing all the information you need to produce the best out of our coffee in a simple and easy to understand guide. Quick reference laminated sheets also help with all the relevant information to teach others ensuring they have the skills and knowledge to make the highest quality espresso- based specialty beverages.
If you’re thinking of investing in barista training courses, you’re making a fantastic decision. It’s never too late to start learning and you can never know too much about coffee. So, no matter your skill level, we have the training course for you.
If you’re a beginner in coffee making, our foundation course is perfect for you. Alternatively, if you have recently hired new staff who are in need of learning the basics of coffee making, you should check out this course. In our foundation course you will learn about different beans, how to set up and use a grinder, milk texturing and the tools required of being a barista
Once you undergo this training course you will have a general understanding of coffee craft which will in turn help you begin your barista journey.
Once you have mastered the basics of barista training and you’ve had some experience, you can look towards advancing your skills. Undergoing our advanced course looks great to potential employers and it will help you on your personal coffee journey.
Our advanced course goes into more detail of the art of coffee making. This includes how to create the perfect cup of coffee with Latte art patterns, such as a heart, rosetta and tulip. It’s skills like this that set your coffee making skills over the edge.
There’s no such thing as too much training. Even experts need to brush up on their skills sometimes. After all, the more you learn, the more you grow. By undergoing one of our barista training courses, you’re sure to expand your barista skills.
Our training courses are designed for groups and individuals. So, if there are any members of staff who would like to undergo further barista training, contact John Street Beverage. By providing your staff with extra training and qualifications, your business will reap the benefits. Highly trained staff means that your coffee business will flourish because of all the fantastic coffee your baristas create.
When you choose our barista training courses, you will be taught by one of our experienced baristas who know everything there is to know about coffee. Our decades of experience in this field have equipped us with the necessary knowledge to teach this subject. We have up to date knowledge on the best equipment, styles and methods of creating the perfect cup of coffee and we can’t wait to share it with you.
We are a reputable family-run firm that has been in the business for over 40 years and we have a genuine passion for delicious, premium coffee and other products. That’s why we have created our helpful training courses so you can enjoy learning about coffee making.
We specialise in providing the finest coffees, teas, chocolate, accessories, and consumables to homes and businesses. It’s our goal to help as many companies’ as possible with our great products. We sell beverages in bulk to other coffee lovers and fanatics due to our expertise in this area. What’s more we exclusively collaborate with the top baristas and roasters in the industry so you know you’re receiving high quality goods from us. We are a popular choice among cafes and coffee shops since we offer a wide variety of wholesale beverages and goods.
If you’re ready to enhance an increase your skills, take a look at our barista training courses and get ready to excel to the next level.
Training Room
This three-hour training session is designed to be carried out at our Greenhithe training room or at your place of work using your own equipment. The course is designed for those working in the coffee industry and wishing to learn how to make all espresso-based drinks. This has been structured to give you and up to five staff a good understanding on both the product and the importance of maintaining consistency, freshness of coffee, machine cleanliness and customer service.
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"The ongoing support from John Street Beverage provides staff training and monthly support on how we can further improve the speed and consistency of our quality Street&Co. coffee. This has helped us to ensure we deliver excellent coffee on every serve. "
Jo Wilson, Catering Manager The Mulberry Tree, Ruxley Manor Garden Centre, Kent
