Home Barista

Course details

In this course, world champion barista Mikael Jasin shows how to make the perfect cup of coffee at home.

You'll know about coffee characteristics to understand why coffee tastes and smells like it does. Then use this knowledge to brew great coffee that hits the spot.

What you will learn

• What you need in your essential home barista toolkit
• Expert knowledge of coffee beans so you can buy the perfect coffee for your exquisite tastes
• How to take good care of the coffee beans
• How to choose the right milk and secrets to steaming it at home
• Brewing great coffee from the foamiest cappuccino to an awesome americano coffee
• Turning your perfectly-brewed coffee into a work of art using milk and sauce

Module 1: Introduction

• Meet Mikael: coffee expert and champion barista 
• What you will learn from this course 
• Coffee as an agent of change 
• A history of coffee
• The essential home barista toolkit

• The complete guide to coffee beans and regions
• Buying the perfect type of coffee for you
• How roasting changes the flavor of coffee
• How to perfectly grind and store your coffee
• Choosing the right milk: Cows, oats, and almonds, oh my! 

• Immersion: Indonesian tubruk
• Immersion: French press
• Drip: Conical
• Drip: Flat bed
• Drip: Batch brewer
• Hybrid: Aeropress
• Pressurized: Mokapot

• The perfect cafe au lait 
• The delightfully foamy cappuccino and the deliciously creamy latte
• The finest macchiato 
• The exceptional americano

• How to perfectly steam milk at home
• Creating great coffee looks by etching with sauce
• Latte art two ways: Free pouring milk to create hearts and tulips

• The fabulously frosty frappé
• The refreshing summer coffee
• The warming winter coffee
• The delectable Irish coffee
• The spirited coffee whiskey infusion
• Thank you and goodbye