LONDON – Esta will introduce what it believes is the first tea education module aimed squarely at baristas and coffee shop owners at World of Coffee in Athens. Tea Barista Foundation is one of the building block modules of the European Speciality Tea Association‘s education initiative, the Tea Certification Programme.
Esta introduces the education module aimed at baristas and coffee shop owners
Esta’s aim is to provide the leading authoritative tea education programme in Europe and beyond.
This course provides the necessary understanding for a barista or shop owner working in a café on a foundation level.
Tea Barista Foundation is an ideal course for anyone who has a professional interest in tea and wants to know more about brewing and serving this amazing beverage.
This course has been designed to mainly focus on practical skills including brewing and tasting tea and will further cover a basic knowledge of tea, hygiene and workflow behind the bar and will touch on customer service skills and menu building.
Tea Barista Foundation can be followed as a 4- hour course in classroom or 2 sessions online.
Students need to pass an online written exam and get a positive Tea Barista – skills report from the Authorised Tea Certifier teaching the course, to achieve the certificate for Tea Barista Foundation.
David Veal, Executive Director of Esta said “One of my personal and professional goals is to be able to go into a coffee shop, look at the menu and see speciality tea have equality with speciality coffee in terms of presentation and choice, quality of product and skill, passion and knowledge that the barista can pass on to the customer. This module will be one of the important steps in achieving that goal.”
