Chef to Barista

My trip to Brisbane this week was a great success.I am now a qualified Barista. After a 3 and 2 hour course and lots of coffee making I finally received my certificate.

A small room with 5 coffee machines greeted us with the smell of coffee everywhere. Ten coffee addicts took part in the Barista Basics course.

The first hour was spent learning about coffee, the characteristics, roast, colour size and type, origin etc. We perfected the setting of the grinder, highly important as this sets the flow of water through the coffee, it should be between 25 & 30 seconds. The pour of the espresso is the first thing to master. The rich thick creme is a must for all coffee.

Kitchen closed, rain stop play

Well it’s almost the end of the month and I haven’t added to my blog. What can I say! You know the scenario by now, work in the kitchen just takes over, and it does take it out of you. But hey that’s life.

I thought that I would just recap on what’s happening in Yeppoon. Things had been a little slow due to all the rain that we had last month causing roads to be closed and flooding some unlucky premises. This was the bottom of my road. I managed a couple of unprepared weeks off, with the help of two new chefs joining my team, but it was time out all the same.