Virtual Coffee - The Hottest Online Coffee Zine! (#)

  „ABC's is the first school in the country devoted to coffee business education and hands-on barista training. At ABC's, students will learn in both a classroom and lab setting the fundamentals of successful coffee business management and proper beverage and food preparation techniques. Classes include a 5-day intensive seminar for new startups, a two-day seminar for existing retailers, a two-day hands-on workshops for baristas, and specially designed seminars for corporations. The first class for new start-ups will be held May 17 through May 21.“

http://www.virtualcoffee.com/articles/spring04/ article1.html - Cached

See Technorati for links to this site, see Alexa for related sites and search this website for ›Coffee Business‹.

Some slightly related:

CoffeeGeek - Coffee & Tea Culture, Tasting, Ethical & Fair Trade, and Tea & Coffee Trends

  „The Expo’s preliminary program for the trade opens on June 9th and 10th and features two hands-on Barista training workshops – “Barista Basics & Espresso Training” and “Intermediate Barista Workshop”- and two all day seminars - “Opening a Successful Coffee Business” and “The Business of Tea – How to start your own business”. Sunday, June 13 offers a “post-expo” four-hour coffee house expedition along Vancouver’s Commercial Drive, a roasting demonstration at JJ Bean House of Coffee and a Tea Stroll. Sunday is open to both trade and consumers.“

http://www.coffeegeek.com/resources/pressreleases/ coffeeexpojune22004b - Cached

Virtual Coffee - The Hottest Online Coffee Zine!

  „The winner of the Western Regional Barista Competition will go on to compete in the Specialty Coffee Association of America’s United States Barista Championship, March 2005 in Seattle. Baristas are those talented people who master espresso machines and make coffee and espresso-drink making a profession.“

http://www.virtualcoffee.com/brewin.html - Cached

Virtual Coffee - The Hottest Online Coffee Zine! - Virtual Coffee Staff

  „and Founder of The American Barista and Coffee School . His early involvement and insights into the American gourmet coffee movement have been written about in numerous national and international industry trade publications, where Mr. Milletto has been hailed as a pioneer of the American espresso industry and dubbed "Mr. Espresso USA."“

http://www.virtualcoffee.com/staff.html - Cached

Tea & Coffee 01/04 - Working at Starbucks: More Than Just Pouring Coffee

  „The manager or assistant manager is assigned to showing the new partner the ropes, but even their hands-on experience is divided similarly to the book. The barista is taken through each station and after they practice a few times, they are given a test; for instance, if the barista was being shown how to make a cappuccino, he or she has to make the drink to standard independently. If done correctly, the partner can move onto the next station; if not, they must continue at this station until they have passed drink-making abilities. As I said before, this is not the Marines of coffee making, but it certainly can be considered the boot camp for producing the finest coffee makers in the industry - each new hire if they decide to take the challenge, will become THE ULTIMATE COFFEE CHAMPION!“

http://www.teaandcoffee.net/0104/coffee.htm - Cached

Archived in Coffee Business, Barista, Barista Coffee, Coffee