Why some of the coffee shops don't seem to be successful in all the customers and some of them are left without any? How to get people to visit your location and come back over and over again? What makes a successful coffee shop? A successful coffee shop doesn't just happen and there are many reasons behind a successful coffee shop.
I visited the city for the first time years ago and totally fell in love with, well, everything. Since I have visited regularly. It's a stunning mixture of history and modern, rough street corners next super posh high street shops and of course interesting coffee scene. Russia has been traditionally more tea then coffee country, and when 94% of people drink tea you could say it still is pretty tea concentrated nation. But statistics show that coffee consumption is getting bigger and bigger every year. I also believe that in big cities such St Pete and Moscow the coffee culture is already blooming really nicely. Here is my best picks from my last visit this fall.
So, you would like to learn this artisanal craft, but maybe you are still wondering how to become a barista? Well, the stereotypical tattoos and beard-combo probably won’t make you a barista, but they sure won’t stop you from becoming one. Here are my best tips how start your path to become a pro barista!
Instagram is a source of coffee inspiration but it can be also used to learn more about coffee. We try to spread coffee knowledge in our account @barisainstitute but I wanted to introduce a few more accounts where you can learn lots about coffee. Here are in my opinion the best accounts for coffee knowledge in Instagram.
For many of us Instragram is a place to relax and to browse to find new and cool stuff. But for baristas and coffee lovers it can also be place to learn new skills and connect with like-minded people. There is quite a lot of accounts that collect and share pic about certain subject, from those ones one can find lots new account to follow. Bur for me at least following the accounts is also way to show support the people who actually made the content so prefer to check out the whole feed and prefer to follow individual account instead of collections account. I collected few of my favorite coffee account for your inspiration and information. Enjoy!
There is a saying in Finnish “cleanliness is half of the meal”. I know it doesn’t make any sense in English but the message is important. Cleaning your espresso machine might the most boring part of being a barista but it is really important. You are not able to get great tasting espresso if you don't clean your espresso machine properly and daily! Let's check how to clean your espresso machine.
Syphon brewer is probably the most exciting way to brew coffee. Syphon brewing involves fire or halogen beam heater, vacuum effect and fancy looking lab equipment which all make so exciting. Syphon brewer, invented in Germany in the early 19th century, is a full immersion brewer which leads to full-bodied and full-flavoured cups. Brewing coffee with syphon can be a little tricky so let’s see the steps how to brew coffee with syphon.
From May to June, I spent 4 weeks in Kenya at coffee farms and I had a chance to meet about 15 coffee farmers. Listen their stories, get an overview what are the risks and challenges for coffee farmers. How they live every day, what their homes and farms look like. What makes a coffee farmer happy, what are the hopes and expectations of a coffee farmer. In the following interview, you can read the thoughts of an young coffee farmer David from Kenya.
In part 1 of this tasty series of blog posts we showed that coffee and food are easily combined after all. Then we shared some lovely recipes for you to try. Now here we are with the Sweet Part 2!
Welcome to our coffee blog! Here you will find coffee blogs from Paulig Barista Institute trainers. We are all passionate coffee lovers from the Nordics and Baltics. In addition, we give barista training at Paulig Barista Institute and you can learn more about our barista courses here. In our coffee blogs we want to share our expertise and love for coffee. Join our barista community!
