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The Perfect Espresso Shot at Home

As coffee professionals we see many short comings in coffee made by the home barista.  Here are four easy tips which will almost instantly improve your home latte.  You’re welcome.   1. Quality Coffee Firstly and perhaps most importantly you need to be using fresh coffee, every single time. Typically, coffee tastes best between week […]

The Truth About Water Quality and Coffee

Have you ever had an absolutely stellar coffee at one of your favourite cafes or local roasters, bought a bag of their coffee beans only to be let down by the flavour when indulging in a cup at home? Did it lose some of the nuanced aromatics or develop some harshness or acidity? Well chances […]

Caleb Cha’s Top Tips for Perfect Milk

Caleb Cha has spent nine years in the specialty coffee industry and in that time he has certainly picked up a great deal of knowledge from his practice, research and experimentation. Caleb specialises in working with milk and pouring creative latte art designs with great precision and skill. After summarising his enlightening presentation on the science behind […]

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World Latte Art Champion Spills the Beans on Learning Latte Art

Latte art is not for the faint of heart. After all, it’s not easy to use milk and coffee as your medium. In this unique field, Caleb Cha is a bona fide champion. We consulted Caleb Cha, having not only won the Australian, but also the World Latte Art Championships in 2015, Caleb seriously knows what he’s talking about when it comes to latte art!

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How To Get A Barista Job

Finding your first job can be a daunting task, especially if you’re not really too sure how to go about it. Luckily for you there is more than one way to get your foot in the door and land a barista gig!

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Fine Tuning Your Espresso Extraction

Getting your espresso extracting just right is an ongoing battle, one that all baristas know well. As you know, there are more than a handful of variables to take into account when troubleshooting. We have put together a comprehensive list of extraction problems you’re likely to run into and some of the reasons why they occur to help you get on the way to perfect coffee every time.

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