HOME COFFEE TRAINING: THE FUNDAMENTALS
Get ready to learn with experts and upgrade your home coffee game!
FOUNDATION COURSE
HOME COFFEE TRAINING: THE FUNDAMENTALS
The Global Coffee School’s Foundation Course, Home Coffee Training: The Fundamentals is an 8-week cutting-edge course in the comprehensive 'at home' mastery of coffee and barista skills.
The Foundation Course is the first in the Home Coffee & Barista Skills Masterclass Series, covering a range of theory and core-skill focus areas for beginners, including:
Week 1: Introduction & Theory
Week 2: Getting Started
Week 3: Cupping & Tasting Coffee
Week 4: Pro-Pour-Over
Week 5: Espresso 101
Week 6: Espresso Drinks & Latte Art – Dairy
Week 7: Espresso Drinks & Latte Art – Plant-Based (Vegan Edition)
Week 8: An Introduction to Coffee Cocktails, Mocktails & Drink Design
Via this GCS Online Education Portal, you can access and stream video lessons on-demand anytime, or download and watch offline, from desktop, phone or other devices.
Each video class, accompanied by full lesson description, key learnings, ‘pro-tips’ and ‘home-hacks’, can be accessed in order, by week, via the tabled tabs to the right of this page.
You will also find your practical homework tasks, theory tests, a lesson ‘toolkit’, ‘kit list’ and a host of resources to help you on your way in the column on the right-hand side of the page for each week.
Finally, in the Portal’s top bar menu, you will find two more helpful resources - the Roaster Directory and ‘Gear’. Here you can also access the ‘Noticeboard’, where exciting Global Coffee School and Community News will be posted.
The Roaster Directory lists a whole host of specialty coffee roasters and retailers across the world, which you can search according to the country or region that you are in if you want some inspiration or to find a roaster local to you from whom to buy your beans.
The ‘Gear’ page contains a comprehensive visual list and descriptions of all the equipment and kit pieces and that we will use or refer to within the Foundation course.
If you still have questions about The Global Coffee School and the Foundation Course, these may be answered via the FAQ’s page which is the final tab.
Home Coffee Training: The Fundamentals
is taught by Gwilym Davies.
A very warm welcome to you all – get ready to learn and upgrade your home coffee practise. We hope you enjoy your time with The Global Coffee School!
ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Gwilym Davies
Gwilym Davies is one of the world’s best baristas, having won the World Barista Championships in 2009. He is also a renowned roaster, café founder, coffee trainer and international coffee competition head judge & expert MC.
He is an authorised Specialty Coffee Association trainer for baristas, brewing and sensory and has taken the role of head judge for international coffee competitions including the World Barista Championships and Coffee Masters.
Gwilym opened Prufrock in London in 2010 after a decade managing and working in some of the UK’s firm favourites, including Monmouth Coffee.
He now live close to Prague in the Czech Republic where he spends his time roasting coffee and teaching at his training centre as an SCA certified instructor and a Barista Hustle Coach, with a focus offering the very best in coffee education.