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On Track Coffee Consulting Blog
“Everyone but Jack look!”
When my wife and I and our best friends traveled to Ireland a few years ago I drove the rental car the entire time. I enjoyed being behind the wheel, learning to let people whiz by on my right side and drive roads as narrow as a bike path. But, my least favorite statement was…“Everyone [...]
35-second, triple basket ristrettos
Yes, the baristi have been playing…again.
We have a new espresso blend the guys are wild about. Wonderful crema, full but balanced flavor, smooth as “buttah”, to use the euphemism. It was only a short hop from there to playing with the grind a bit “just to see what would happen” if they lengthened the timing [...]
Coffee: not always what it appears to be.
My wife and I had to meet with her agent last week. Because of her agent’s traveling schedule we agreed to meet in a small town not far from where we live. While there we needed to find a place to sit and chat for an hour or two. We asked a local if there were any [...]
Body language
Does it mean anything when an employee with whom you’re having a serious discussion sits with his arms crossed?You guessed it: the employee in question is the guy from the previous post who is under the mistaken impression that he’s invaluable. I refrained from talking with him about it till I had calmed [...]
Sherry doing her Dutch dance!
That’s Sherry, JP’s operation’s manager and Midwest Barista School teacher/trainer in the yellow top.
Profile
- What is your position in the coffee industry?
- barista, coffee shop owner, barista trainer, coffee enthusiast, industry professional, consultant
- Where are you located? ( City and Country )
- Holland, Mi
- How many years have you been in the industry?
- 15
- If you are a barista or shop, are you interested in a barista exchange with another coffee shop/barista?
- no
- About Me:
- I have been in the hospitality industry basically my whole life. I graduated from Ferris State College with a degree in Food Service Management in 1983. I do consulting, am the founder of the Midwest Barista School and write for various industry publications.
- About My Company:
- JP's Coffee Bar
High volume community coffee house in Holland, MI.
Midwest Barista School (MBS)
Exists to educate and train people in coffee and business.
On Track Coffee Consulting
We believe to help others be successful we must first be successful ourselves.
- Website:
- http://www.jpscoffee.com
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-3 day (Mon-Wed) Creating a Competent Barista - Our 3 day barista training will provide any person with the basics to make him/her a knowledgeable and capable barista, able to create quality espresso beverages. The training includes both classroom and hands-on training.
-4 day (Mon-Thurs) Creating an Advanced Barista - This takes the 3 day Creating a Competent Barista and adds the 1 day Advanced Barista training. The additional training will take your capable baristi and train them in advanced espresso extraction, milk preparation, drink creation and latte art basics.
-5 day (Mon-Fri) New Business Owner - This takes the 4 day Creating a Advanced Barista and adds the 1 day Business Management to it. Our training will make the attendee a capable barista, then add the Advanced Barista training to round out the training and complete it with our experience in business creation, implementation and operation.
You can also just attend the Thursday Advanced Barista Class or Friday Business Management Class as a 1 day class. To attend the Thursday class there needs to be room and you need to have a solid foundation or experience as a barista. You can also schedule a Private Advanced Training day with only you and/or you and another from your company. This is a great class to focus directly on what you want to accomplish as there are no other people in the class and you get 1 or 2 trainers training you all day.
More info is found here www.midwestbaristaschool.com along with more detailed info, pricing, dates and more.
i'm looking into the possibility of some training. being the coffee aficionado that i am, i'm familiar w/ all the history and how to run a retail operation in theory, although i need the hand-on experience. i've worked in shops before, but not currently- although i'd like to get back into practice soon. i really want to learn latte art and expand my skills...what class(es) would you suggest for me?
thanks much!
teresa
Unfortunately we don't have a store front, we're based within the Business Design Centre in angel, islington. But send him round and I'll make him a latte if he's keen!
Barista Jam sounds pretty neat and I'd love an invite! My address is 10485 48th Avenue APT. E-2 Allendale, MI, 49401
If you want to join, I started a group for us Michiganders. Check it out.
http://www.baristaexchange.com/group/westmichigancoffee
Jack
1. Moon Monkey - a couple of young men that have competed in the WBC and are La Marzocco distributors from Central Illinois who are putting in a couple of "3rd wave" shops up here ( in quotes because I love the idealism but not the hype)
2. You should send it to my home address - 734 Lockwood NE, GR, MI, 49503
3. The new shop is at 910 Cherry St - with Rowster Coffee in the back - some good bean (some direct, some COE) being roasted on site. Still in the works. Opening this Summer
4. Great about the training - the truth is I'm pretty happy a lot of my prep skills - I just want to take it from good to great.
Let me know about the Jam for sure.
JosH:D
Talk to you soon - Josh:D
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