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SCA & Q Grader Coffee Certifications: Complete Guide to International Barista Exams and Professional Coffee Credentials
Connect with professional barista communities through Coffee Workshop (WeChat: cafe_style). The coffee industry's diverse certification landscape can overwhelm aspiring professionals seeking structured learning paths. To navigate coffee credentials effectively, begin by understanding the certifying bodies that establish these professional standards.
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Shanghai Hosts Deaf Barista Competition! Providing a Platform for Coffee Professionals with Disabilities to Showcase Their Skills～
On December 20th, a quiet barista competition kicked off in Shanghai Pudong～Unlike previous barista competitions, the more than 10 contestants participating in this event were special baristas. Although they cannot hear or speak, they all share a deep passion for coffee. Throughout the competition, the contestants enthusiastically
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Siphon Coffee Brewing Skills: How to Brew Coffee with a Siphon?
Professional coffee knowledge exchange For more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style) How to master siphon coffee brewing techniques? It mainly comes down to controlling variables, which essentially means managing the heat source and stirring. Heat Source Section: Q: What constitutes appropriate heat intensity? A: When water is in the lower chamber: The heat intensity can actually be set higher to accelerate water vapor evaporation. If there's no shaking...
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What Water Temperature for Pour-Over Geisha? Panama Geisha Brewing Method - Achieving Excellence Without Surprising Skills
For professional coffee knowledge and more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account: cafe_style). FrontStreet Coffee - Geisha Pour-Over Coffee Introduction As early as 1931, Geisha Mountain in southwestern Ethiopia was discovered. In the following decades, it traveled through Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania.
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Pour-Over Coffee Water Control Techniques: Flow Rate, Speed, Methods, and Brewing Posture Tutorial
Today, FrontStreet Coffee was scrolling through WeChat Moments and came across a compelling perspective that we decided to share with everyone! This brief statement perfectly captures the purpose of the final coffee bed formation. While observing the coffee bed cannot determine whether coffee tastes good or not, it can reflect your pouring habits and water control skills. The importance of water control in pour-over coffee brewing when coffee is not brewed well.
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What Kind of Service Mindset Should Baristas Have? Is Being a Barista Hard?
"In the past, when visiting coffee shops, I enjoyed the barista's professional skills and warm service. Now, when I go to coffee shops, I have to be extra careful, afraid that the barista might ignore me if they're not in the mood..." I'm not sure when baristas started to become less approachable... At the same time, more and more baristas enjoy showing
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Barista Certification Levels: How to Obtain SCA Coffee Certification, Exam Content, Costs, and Value
Barista certification is divided into three levels: Junior Barista (Professional Level 3), Intermediate Barista (Professional Level 2), and Senior Barista (Professional Level 1). The scope of professional certification includes: 1. Professional service personnel specializing in coffee preparation and grinding 2. Professionals specializing in coffee selection
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Xiaohongshu Completely Transformed My Understanding of Barista Skills!
As a content creator who spends 24 hours a day online (except when sleeping), I recently experienced life on an assembly line. But I wasn't idle! Really! While working diligently, I secretly scrolled through Xiaohongshu... (shhh!) Perhaps because I've been scrolling so much, my feed is constantly recommending some fascinating content.
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The Perfect Shape of Pour-Over Coffee Grounds! Can You Determine Brewing Skills from the Coffee Bed? How Long Should You Bloom Pour-Over Coffee?
Yesterday, a friend talked with FrontStreet Coffee about an interesting phenomenon. He found that most people, when brewing coffee, choose to stare intently at the changes in the filter cup even during waiting intervals without pouring water, as if trying to glean information from the coffee bed. And indeed, some believe
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Barista Skills: How to Make Cold Drip Coffee? One Drop Every Few Seconds? Learn the Steps to Make Cold Drip Coffee
Cold drip coffee is a popular specialty coffee in recent years, featuring intense flavors and a refreshing, icy texture. So how can you make a delicious cup of cold drip coffee? The basic operations for cold drip coffee making involve a device with 3 parts: the upper part holds ice water, the middle part contains coffee grounds, and the bottom part collects the extracted coffee
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How to Practice Pour-over Coffee Water Control Skills: Techniques for Circular Pouring Size and Height
Is your water flow inconsistent, too strong or too weak, not vertical, not circular enough, or breaking through the coffee bed? When making pour-over coffee at home, have you struggled with these water control issues? Despite setting up brewing parameters and pouring strategies in advance, once the timer starts, your hands seem to become uncooperative, and the water flow becomes erratic
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What is WBC? What are the categories in world-class coffee competitions? What do the World Coffee Championships consist of?
Just as the film industry has the Oscars, the music world has the Grammys, and sports has the Olympics, the coffee world also has its own world-class competitions symbolizing supreme honor. These events are not only grand stages for coffee professionals worldwide to showcase their skills and techniques, but also trendsetters guiding the specialty coffee community's popular trends, while simultaneously driving industry advancement.
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The Correct Pour-Over Coffee Brewing Method! What Is the Core Concept of the Three-Stage Approach? How to Brew Coffee with Coffee Grounds? Is There Skill to Making Coffee?
To replicate the delicious coffee enjoyed in coffee shops at home, some friends not only purchase the same coffee beans but also adopt identical parameters and methods for brewing. Unexpectedly, the brewed coffee often falls short of expectations, always missing that final touch of excellence. Why?明明都是同样的豆子，同样的比例
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Practical Coffee Roasting Knowledge: Essential Baking Skills You Won't Learn in Coffee Roasting School
Professional coffee knowledge exchange. For more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account cafe_style). Complete coffee roasting techniques | The purpose of coffee roasting and the characteristics of coffee beans. From the plantation to your cup, coffee's journey where aroma is most crucial is the roasting process. We grow coffee trees in tropical regions, concentrating the abundant sunshine from the equator into coffee beans, and then...
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What Negative Flavors Can Be Found in Pour-Over Coffee? How to Improve Your Coffee Tasting Skills? What is the Dryness Caused by Roasting?
For coffee tasting, recognizing its negative flavors is also an important aspect. While most people can easily identify positive flavors, when encountering an uncomfortable cup of coffee, they can only describe it with general negative terms such as "mixed," "bitter," or "astringent." Of course, we could simply use these general descriptors
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The 2022 Guangdong Gaokao Essay Question: Worthwhile Reflection for Coffee Professionals!
This afternoon, the 2022 Guangdong Gaokao Chinese essay question was freshly released. The original question from the exam paper is as follows: Read the following material and write according to the requirements. (60 points) "Ben Shou, Miao Shou, and Su Shou" are three terms in Go. Ben Shou refers to the standard and proper way of playing that conforms to the principles of the game; Miao Shou refers to the brilliant and unexpected moves; Su Shou
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How to Make Americano Coffee: The Correct Coffee-to-Water Ratio and Comprehensive Americano Brewing Guide with Taste Description
With the development of the times, coffee culture has continuously evolved. Having experienced two waves of coffee trends, although we are now in the third wave of specialty coffee, espresso remains important. The art of espresso making is an essential skill for every barista, and nearly every coffee shop offers espresso-based beverages. We often
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Pour-Over Coffee: Water Ratio, Grind Size, Time, and Temperature Recommendations - A Guide to Proper Single-Origin Coffee Brewing
Many friends have visited FrontStreet Coffee by reputation. Besides being impressed by FrontStreet Coffee's wide variety of coffee beans, they also admire the baristas' brewing techniques. Many of these friends want to discuss pour-over brewing techniques with the baristas. FrontStreet Coffee takes this opportunity to share insights on how to improve coffee brewing skills. Before that, FrontStreet Coffee asks
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Should Baristas Participate in Coffee Competitions? How to Register for the World Coffee Championships?
For more professional coffee knowledge and coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style). For more specialty coffee beans, please add FrontStreet Coffee's private WeChat: qjcoffeex As the WCC (World Coffee Championships) kicks off these days, many baristas who are currently competing or have completed their competitions have been...
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What Exactly is the Job of a Barista?
Whether in the past or present, the cool and artistic appearance of baristas making coffee at the counter, along with the relaxed and comfortable atmosphere of coffee shops, has led many people to add "barista" to their list of ideal jobs. Compared to many technical professions, a barista's work seems particularly easy... With the increasing number of coffee shops,
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