1. Opening A Coffee Shop
Our recommended minimum curriculum for learning how to open your own business consists of attending:
- “Opening a Coffee shop” course and
- the Complete “barista training” course.
You may be thinking that you will just hire baristas and manage the business. But what happens when your head-barista leaves unexpectedly or just quits? How will you maintain your high-quality expectations?
It is best that you attend the barista classes even if you don’t plan to work as a barista.
When you know the fundamentals of working as a barista then you can also:
- help troubleshoot problems on the bar,
- fill in when someone doesn’t show up for work,
- step in when your cafe gets overwhelmingly busy and you are needed
- train new barista staff
Most entrepreneurs tell us that before they took the courses they believed the latest trends, the right decor and most beautiful fancy equipment are all they needed to have a successful cafe.
That kind of thinking is part of a bigger problem where most, approximately 70-90% of all new cafes that open will fail.
Because, owning and operating a cafe is much more than buying the latest trends and requires precise training from seasoned professionals. This course covers all the aspects that go into planning and opening a cafe. It is a combination of both the technical aspects and the business elements required to start a cafe.
During the course, the following is covered;
- Cafe types, layout, management & equipment
- Valuing a business
- Identifying risks
- price marking
- health, safety & quality control
- food records
- margins and menus
2. Barista Training Course
A good barista can provide not only an espresso, but an experience. A good barista is informed and passionate about their occupation. A good barista is an ambassador, teaching people how to appreciate coffee, helping consumers identify tastes, and educating them on what to buy, what to drink, and what to trust.
How will you learn how to do all of that? Our recommendation is to attend the Complete Barista Training Bundle course. We offer a Barista Course with both dairy and non-dairy techniques covering the full range of milks across all the coffees.
Roast Coffee Academy is the only place where you will be trained on manual, semi-automatic and also lever coffee machines. We are dedicated to producing the highest quality professional baristas. This is unique to Roast Coffee Academy. Whether you intend to work as a barista, or are planning to run a cafe or coffee cart (or just are passionate about coffee and need home barista training), this is the course for you. During the course, the following is covered;
- Coffee Roasting and blend selection,
- Learning to operate a coffee machine,
- Maintenance and cleaning of coffee machine,
- Setting the coffee grinder,
- Perfecting espresso extraction times,
- Tamping and packing coffee for shots,
- Assessing the qualities of the coffee,
- Milk steaming and how to make silky micro foam for the milk-based coffees,
- Making the coffees including espressos, lattes, cappuccinos, flat whites etc,
- General Barista skills,
- It will give you the basic skills required to be a barista
For intermediate level barista training, the average time taken is 15 days while advanced level barista training takes averagely 25 days.
3. Roasting Coffee
Our coffee Roasting Course is a combination of theoretical and practical elements. During the course, the following is covered;
- A practical ‘hands on’ roasting course on a commercial coffee roaster,
- An introduction to Cupping, Sourcing & Assessment of green beans and processing methods,
- The process of roasting,
- Conducting sample roasts,
- Creating sample roasts with a drum roaster,
- Assessing the qualities of the coffee through cupping,
- An introduction to coffee profiling
We train the student to learn and master the art and skill set needed to roast coffee as a hired Barista or even Coffee shop owner able to set the standards in which they have become a pro. At our Academy, intermediate level training takes an average of 6 weeks and advanced level training takes an average of 3 months.
4. Consultancy
At Roast Coffee Academy, we have trained numerous coffee shop, espresso cart owners and espresso drive thru operators throughout Uganda and United Arab Emirates.
As a new shop owner our consulting team will help you learn current and cutting edge operational, marketing and barista techniques that are guaranteed to help your business reach its full potential.
Our skilled espresso coffee consulting team will lead you step by step through the process of opening your business. With several years of experience, we understand how to run a successful espresso cart, kiosk, drive through or neighborhood coffee shop, and enjoy doing it.
For new coffee business consulting services, our expertise covers the following;
- Coffee Concept and Brand development
- Coffee bar design and equipment layout
- Equipment, small-wares and vender selection
- Menu development package and beverage guides
For on-site coffee business consulting services, our expertise covers the following;
- On-site store evaluation and optimization
- On-site barista training
- One day hands on training