Course Description

Learn from coffee expert Richard Hardwick about the history of coffee, grinding and how to brew the perfect cup

You should have an interest in coffee and wish to learn more. No special knowledge is required before starting the course. If you wish to try the Syphon, Aeropress, Chemex and V60 methods of brewing you may require extra equipment.

Would you like to learn more about coffee? Understand its origins, understand roasting & grinding? Would you like to find out how to make a better cup of coffee? Do you want to stop drinking bad coffee? If so, this is the course for you.

In this 30 lecture course Richard Hardwick, founder of Bespoke Beverages and HALO Coffee – With the help of one of London’s top Barista trainers, Henry Ayers of the already legendary Gentlemen Baristas, will give you all you need to be a coffee expert in a series of in depth, up close videos filmed in the historic Coffee House.

We will cover origins, beans, how beans are ground and why different grinds taste different.

We then move on to brewing and the different techniques employed. Richard covers the Syphon method, Aeropress method, Chemex method & V60 method, and then demonstrates the equipment needed to employ them.