Home Barista Coach

Welcome

If you want to improve your coffee game at home look no further. No matter your starting point we can help you make better coffee more consistently.

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I want to help home baristas realise that making the highest quality coffee is possible for anyone. No matter your starting level of knowledge.

I love working as a barista because I get to create positive experience by serving beautiful, carefuly crafted drinks. Home Barista Coach is a way to have that impact on a much broader scale, by empowering you to make the coffee you really enjoy drinking, effortlessly, at home.

New Linea Mini

Stu is extremely informative, professional and has helped me take my barista skills to the next level.
He is always happy to help out and very easy to communicate with.
I highly recommend!

Anthony A

Rocket Giotto Mess

I've owned a Rocket Giotto espresso & Compak K3 grinder for 5 years and never managed to pull a good shot with a naked portafilter, I was getting a lot espresso spraying around making mess and wasting coffee. Stu's knowledge fixed it almost instantly. 5/5 stars, would recommend.

Rob Moss

Silvia Rancilio

Hone Barista Coach has been really great! Stu has got me making cafe quality drinks at home. He has a ton of passion and knowledge on all things coffee.

Matt Lee

New to Espresso

Really happy with the coaching from Stu, he’s easy to get along with and super helpful.
Would happily recommend him to anyone wanting to learn the true art to coffee making!

Colin Leggett

No matter your starting point

There are essentially 3 stages of being your own barista at home.

The first stage is the person that loves great tasting coffee and dreams of making cafe quality drinks at home. An espresso machine is on the horizon.

The second stage is the person that has an espresso machine at home, ocassionally makes drinks but can never quite get it right.

The third stage is the person who is confident making coffee but really wants to jump into the deep end and start learning advanced esspresso techniques.

Of course not everyone fits neatlly into each stage so no matter where you find youself we can guide you onto the path to becoming a Home Barista.

Customising the process for you

Making a great coffee comes down to understanding how to choose the right beans, set up your grinder and extract the coffee correctly for the bean, and (if you like it white), steam the milk.

Within that, there are a number of steps and processes, that aren’t a dark art, and can quickly become almost natural, so that you’re making consistently good coffee.

No matter what equipment you have, or coffee you like to drink, once you know how, it’s easy. Think of it like a personal barista course, designed for the equipment you have, and the coffees that you and yours like to drink.

Whether you knock back an espresso before your morning ride, or want to create the perfect texture in a flat white when your friends come for morning tea, we can coach you through the process so you are confident behind the machine.

Also, if you get new beans, or want to make a ristretto for a discerning friend you're confident making changes to your machine or grinder.