Is the Barista Academy an Accredited Coffee Course?

At this point there are approximately 28 operators offering barista courses of some description. Black Market Roasters is one of those offering a professional coffee courses designed to help people interested in quality coffee learn the basics and then the advanced techniques behind the bar.

How do you choose a Barista Course in Sydney?

The key to choosing a Barista Course is to look at the company doing the training and their experience in the industry. In our opinion, owning or working in a busy retail café environment is crucial to understand how the basics of coffee extraction can be applied in the real world.

When you make coffee according to the accredited coffee course guidelines, you follow a set of basic principles. It is fine to teach these and focus on the theory and how it can be applied in a calm, slow and domestic situation.

Though at Black Market Roasters we take it one step further. We take those accreditation principles and bring them into the real world so that baristas can then use that in a café trial or in the café they work at.

Working in a café can be stressful at times and we aim to put students in a real café situation and teach them the necessary points to make quality coffee. Whilst we are not an accredited training organisation, we provide a practical industry training solution.

At Black Market Roasters, we have a BASIX Barista Course in Sydney, Botany where we run through in 3 hours how to make espresso in a café style environment. Clients get a comprehensive Barista Handbook as well as a statement of attainment at completion of the course.

Our Barista School in Sydney also offers an Advanced Barista Course as well as a Latte Art Course to help aspiring baristas to achieve a well-rounded skill set.