Hi All,
Frustration has brought to this point on finding out what the concensus is of the following:
Do people who work behind a few thousand dollar machine to make a beverage which can be very difficult to get right, need to be Certified in a National program?
Firstly, I am not a Barista by occupation but I have done a extensive coffee training course which was over 30 contact hours a few years ago. I also have 24 K7 coffee trees in the ground at Mt Tamborine in the gold coast hinterland and Have bought green beans from this magic site over the years.
I have been very frustrated that I we need to dicuss which coffee shop makes a good coffee where if the Baristas all had the same level of training from a natianal training program, there would be some expectation then on the final result.
I have been called a "Coffeesnob" in that I am too picky but if the people who have some idea cannot find a good coffee, what chance to the general public have?
I have a Sunbeam 6900R with the Cafe Series Grinder and much rather my coffees to what I spend my hard earned money on.
For those Baristas out there, I would really like to hear from your perspective on this issue. Do you seen dodgy practises and do you think that Baristas in general understand what to look for and how to change the grinder etc ?
I look forward to your responses on this issue. I only want to make this industry stronger....
Frustration has brought to this point on finding out what the concensus is of the following:
Do people who work behind a few thousand dollar machine to make a beverage which can be very difficult to get right, need to be Certified in a National program?
Firstly, I am not a Barista by occupation but I have done a extensive coffee training course which was over 30 contact hours a few years ago. I also have 24 K7 coffee trees in the ground at Mt Tamborine in the gold coast hinterland and Have bought green beans from this magic site over the years.
I have been very frustrated that I we need to dicuss which coffee shop makes a good coffee where if the Baristas all had the same level of training from a natianal training program, there would be some expectation then on the final result.
I have been called a "Coffeesnob" in that I am too picky but if the people who have some idea cannot find a good coffee, what chance to the general public have?
I have a Sunbeam 6900R with the Cafe Series Grinder and much rather my coffees to what I spend my hard earned money on.
For those Baristas out there, I would really like to hear from your perspective on this issue. Do you seen dodgy practises and do you think that Baristas in general understand what to look for and how to change the grinder etc ?
I look forward to your responses on this issue. I only want to make this industry stronger....

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