Home Barista Course 2025 Dates

by Mark Hayward | January 17, 2025

We’re starting off the new year strong with some new Home Barista course dates!

We have three barista course dates set, Saturday February 1st 10am-1pm, Saturday March 1st 10am-1pm and Saturday April 5th 10am-1pm. Think you might be interested in signing up? Due to limited spots please send us a quick email at [email protected] letting us know you’re interested and we’ll put you down on our list. Once you confirm with us your preferred course date we ask the $60 course fee is paid in order to secure your spot. Payments can be made through e-transfer to [email protected] or paid in-store.

If you’re interested in sharpening your home barista skills, we definitely recommend joining us.

Hosted at our Stouffville location, we bring you step by step through the espresso process ensuring you can make the perfect cup of coffee from home.

We encourage and welcome you to bring your own machine and grinder ensuring you learn to make the most of your home espresso set up. Don’t have a machine? no worries, we will provide you an espresso set up to work with.

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