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Want to learn about the basics of barista-ing? This class covers the essentials that you need to navigate your way around tuning up coffee to taste.

What's Included

Our barista will welcome you with a drink of your choice to enjoy during the session.
Light bites from the Lakehouse Kitchens Culinary Team to accompany your espresso.
Expert instruction on grinding, dosing, and tamping.
Expert instruction on texturing (steaming) milk
BONUS: A bag of locally roasted beans from Giobean or Oso Negro to take home to practice your new skills!

Skills Covered

What to look for when purchasing the best beans for your coffee equipment
Amount of coffee grind to use using your espresso machine
The Italian 5-M's: requirements that guide the professional Baristas to extract the Perfect Espresso
Using an espresso machine
Differences between light, medium, dark, and decaf roasts
Proper grinding levels for different coffee brewing equipment
Tamping technique
What an espresso should look like coming out of the machine

This class offers information on how to distinguish proper coffee extraction, identity desirable taste notes, as well as the technicalities and methodologies behind creating silky and smooth milk texture in your coffee beverage. You'll get to perfect your skills using a variety of Breville espresso machines in our Chef's Theatre.

You'll explore differences in grind size, roast level, and milk texture in espresso beverages. Proper equipment, tools, and machine maintenance will be discussed as well.

Have questions about this class? Visit our FAQ or email info@lakehousekitchens.com
Love this class? Check out the full calendar of cooking & beverage classes!
Don’t forget you receive 15% off your next retail purchase at Lakehouse Home Store with your Culinary Cashback class voucher!

Visitors Guide

Tourism Kelowna would like to thank Westbank First Nation and Okanagan Indian Band for the privilege to live, work, and play on the tm̓xʷúlaʔxʷ (land), that is the unceded and traditional territory of syilx Okanagan peoples, the original stewards of these lands and to whom we give thanks to as our hosts

Kelowna Visitor Centre: 

238 Queensway

Kelowna, B.C. V1Y 6S4 Canada

1-800-663-4345

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