Barista Training Courses

Absolute Coffee puts a tremendous amount of time and effort in barista training. We run barista courses on several occasions throughout the month, at our dedicated barista training centers.

The coffee courses are fun and performed in small groups or 1 on 1 training and we always teach you latte art.

why barista training?

A confident and trained barista will bring customers back to your coffee shop.
A barista course will make you enjoy your cup of coffee so much more!
Barista training for people who start coffee shops will have a huge advantage. A small investment for a huge reward.

The Barista training centres

Worksop
(20 minutes from Sheffield)

This barista training centre is located in The Turbine which is an environmentally friendly building. Our main training centre.
London
(Wimbledon)

Very popular and a huge success. This training room has 5 espresso machines and is conveniently located in London.
Liverpool

Just south of Liverpool is a training room that we use to teach barista skills. Located great for people who live around North-Wales, Liverpool, Birmingham and Manchester.
Kendal

Right in the centre of the beautiful town of Kendal, in The Lake District. This is a wonderful location for barista training and is located perfectly for people in the north.

More than just coffee and for everyone

The coffee courses that we offer are more than just courses about coffee. We will teach you about how to serve your coffees in an efficient and professional manner. Ensuring that you achieve not only the best out of your coffee beans but also from your staff and business.

Our barista courses are attended by professional barista's and coffee enthusiasts, who desire to learn more about their passion. Customer service is very important and we would like to show you how we would work as a barista in a coffee shop.

Our Barista Trainer

The barista courses are run by Youri Vlag. Youri has years of experience in the coffee industry, having previously worked as a barista, a coffee shop manager and barista trainer. Youri enjoys participating in barista competitions and with his endless passion and enthusiasm for coffee, you'll find Youri is the best man for the job.

On site Barista Training

We strongly recommend our barista courses at the training centre yet we appreciate that sometimes it can be difficult to organise staff and travel. Let us bring our skills and knowledge to you.

Our Barista Courses

In just a few hours we will teach you all about the production of coffee and the basics of coffee roasting. You will master our 4 easy steps to the perfect espresso, learn the workings and importance of coffee grinders and the espresso coffee machines, including cleaning procedures.

With the 4 easy steps accomplished and your new found coffee knowledge, we will show you how to produce all the drinks on the barista's menu and perfect your milk steaming technique.

The Caffe Latte and Cappuccino are becoming more and more popular and we therefore focus a great deal of time in the barista training on these drinks. Milk steaming is practiced a lot by everybody in our coffee courses.

To top off your coffee experience we will introduce you to Latte Art. Enjoy learning how to pour hearts on top of your drinks.

All the barista courses include latte art training. Our trainer has trained many people the skill of latte art and can teach anybody how to pour hearts and rosetta's. You will also learn different designs with the skill of etching. A very fun course and extremely useful for anybody. Latte art really impresses your customers and is a great way to motivate staff.