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Hands-on
Home Setup
Bring cafe-quality coffee home with a budget-friendly setup, practical knowledge, and hands-on skills, and discover a creative hobby worth sharing.
Prerequisites
None. Beginners welcome.
Who it is for
Home baristas
What we cover
1:1 Hands-on
120 minutes
Beginner friendly
How the session works
- A hands-on session where you learn on a real espresso setup.
- We go through the steps below in order, from bean to cup.
1
Bean to cup process
How coffee goes from bean to roast to cup, and what each stage means for taste.
2
Setup guide and equipment guide
What to buy, what to skip, and how to build a budget-friendly home bar.
3
Espresso basics
Dose, grind, ratio, and time, and how to pull your first balanced shot.
4
Milk steaming for lattes, flat whites, and cappuccinos
Learn how to steam silky smooth milk good for taste and latte art.
This step is milk steaming and very basic latte art. Designs are taught in the Latte Art course.
Next: Latte Art
Once your milk is silky, the Latte Art course takes you from foundations to patterns, one to one.
Latte Art