Welcome to our Training Centre
At Prufrock Training & Consulting our goal is to ensure that all of our students have a great learning experience when attending a course or workshop with us, taking away new knowledge and improved coffee skills, feeling confident in their abilities.
Our courses are taught using top-level professional equipment, by a barista trainer with more than ten years experience in the coffee industry. Prufrock Coffee has been on the forefront of Speciality Coffee since we opened one of the first speciality coffeebars in London in 2011, and we're always working to improve the coffee we serve and how we serve it.
Since 2017 we're part of Square Mile Roastery, bringing in-depth coffee knowledge and the opportunity to work with people passionate about sourcing and roasting great quality coffee, while collaborating with coffee farmers around the world in a sustainable way.
SCA Barista Skills Foundation
A one-day course covering key barista skills. Working on top-end professional equipment, you’ll learn the basics of brew recipes, consistent dosing & tamping, grind adjustment and tasting. You will go on to learn how to steam and pour milk to produce attractive and creamy-textured lattes and cappuccinos.
The class is designed to quickly familiarise you with espresso machinery so that you are fast and neat with your presentation of espresso based drinks.
Perfect for: the start of a new career, or a home enthusiast wanting to understand the basics of making consistently tasty coffees.
Home Barista
If you love drinking delicious espresso and want to start brewing at home, then our Home Barista course is for you!
Courses are run in our Prufrock Coffee Training Centre where you will get hands-on experience with our Victoria Arduino Black Eagle and Sage Dual-Boiler espresso machines, as we focus on understanding the fundamentals of what it takes to make a delicious espresso.
start building your barista skills with us
SCA Introduction to Coffee
A fun half-day course that introduces the novice to all the key concepts in Speciality Coffee.
SCA Barista Skills Foundation
A one-day course covering key Barista skills - efficient workflow, grinder setting, milk steaming and pouring.
SCA Barista Skills Intermediate
A two-day course introducing extraction theory, professional tasting and brew recipes.
Introduction to Latte Art
Learn how to produce perfectly smooth, glossy microfoam milk for your coffee, then improve your pouring with plenty of hands-on practice and coaching.
In our newly relaunched Latte Art course we will break down the techniques of free pouring, and look at how the 3 key free pour patterns are made – Heart, Tulip and Rosetta.
This fun, hands-on course runs for 2.5 hours and is a great complement to our Home Barista or SCA Barista Skills Foundation courses.
Workshops & Events
We offer tailor-made workshops and teambuilding events for your company or group of friends.
Come for a palate training workshop finished with a coffee tasting session, or learn the basics of espresso-making and latte art, with lots of hands-on practise and a fun latte art competition at the end.
Gift Cards
Are you looking for the perfect gift for a coffee enthusiast, or would you like to book a coffee course for someone but aren’t sure which date will suit them?
Our Gift Cards make the perfect present, allowing your special someone to book onto a course of their choice, and get hands-on with barista skills, brewing or latte art.