Wat Ket, Chiang Mai · 2020
Six students. Two machines. Here is the division.
Every school in this trade says hands-on. This one publishes how many minutes of it are yours, and shows the arithmetic that gets there.
Espresso Foundation
4 h 30 min
with your own hands on a group head
practice hours = (hours at the machine) × (machines ÷ students)
18 contact hours — includes demonstration, theory and tasting — only the machine hours are divided
A tamper and a kettle are the two tools this school teaches. Espresso in one room, filter in the other. Nothing else is claimed by the name, and nothing else is taught.
Four courses
This is not a business course
It does not cover leases, costing, licensing, hiring, supplier contracts or menu pricing — and a person opening a café needs those more than they need latte art. We do not teach roasting, and we do not teach farming.
If what you actually need is how to run the business, a short course in coffee will not give it to you. The provincial SME office runs costing and licensing workshops, and we would rather say so before you book than after.
What the certificate is
At the end of your course we give you a certificate of attendance issued by this school. That is what it is. It is not a qualification from a certifying body, no employer is obliged to recognise it, and anyone who tells you a three-day course makes you a certified barista is selling you the certificate rather than the skill.
