Latte art does require experience in texturing good quality milk and while we do tweak and finesse your milk texturing skills in this latte art course, we do not want you to lose valuable latte art time learning the fundamentals.   By completing the barista level 1 & 2 course, we know you’ll be ready to learn latte art.   Those with industry experience may also be ready to undertake in our latte art training pathway.  If you’re not sure if you’re ready… give us a call and we can arrange a quick assessment. 

Well that depends on weather or not you’re already doing latte art.   If you’ve never done latte art before, we’ll start by teaching you the latte art toolbox.  That is; all the processes and techniques to advance your latte art without picking up bad habits from youtube/instagram videos. 

Beginners will start with perfectly contrasted love hearts, we will then turn those hearts into tulips.  Following tulips you’ll progress to rosettas, then swans.

More advanced latte artists can learn the basics of creating high contrast in their designs (no washout around your designs).  With experienced latte artists we can establish what you feel comfortable with and push you to the next level with new designs and techniques.  

As a beginner, no, and don’t book with anyone who says you can.  Latte art is a journey.  Most good latte artists learnt on the job, under the watchful eye of a better barista.   The better barista would teach them something, then tell them to practice and master that lesson before they can be taught the next design.  So the process for latte art education follows a ‘learn-practice-learn-practice process’  with practice time amounting to weeks of daily practice on the job or on a home machine.  Basic designs need to be mastered first before more advanced designs can be learnt using the lessons of easier designs.  If you’re not fortunate enough to work under the tutelage of a gun barista, or are not actively working, book with us.

Barista Level 2 Graduates are ready for latte art, but we recommend finding work in a cafe first so that you can practice what you learn with us immediately.  If you have a good machine at home this will also suffice.  The key here is practice.

If you’re working in the industry making coffee currently, and wanting to nail latte art, this course is for you.

We’re flexible, click the ’email us’ button and you’ll be prompted to tell us when you’re available. We’ll call you back with a time that suits  you  and we’ll book you in. 

No and we encourage our Level 1 graduates to follow the instruction in our ‘Resume & Job Hunting Workshop’ and get out there and get work ASAP.  Mastering latte art certainly assists in securing work.  Latte art shows mastery of your craft, and is highly sought after by employers.  It’s not necessarily the measure of a good barista but it does open a lot of doors. 

In our experience latte art cannot effectively be taught in a group environment.   Much attention needs to be given in correcting the individual movements and processes, and this simply cannot be delivered when attention isn’t laser focused on individual students.