A career

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• askthecoffeeguy

  August 2006

  As a cafe owner myself and as one who has worked my way up through the ranks, I suggest that you contact those venues that appeal to you most.   I'm sure that you have a couple of favourite venues in mind, where you already go for coffee. What not start there, and even offer to (gasp) do some unpaid work i exchange for experience? Or, if that doesn't work for you, try hotting them up for a job!  even if you get a knock-back, I'm sure that you will also get some good pointers in the right direction. the other thing you could do is to volunteer to put some hours in with a boutique coffee roaster, to boost your experience and knowledge of the industry there are plenty around, but if you get stuck for ideas, drop me a line privately, and i can make some recommendations ACG

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• askthecoffeeguy

  August 2006

  scuse my typos in the above missive!

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• tommy

  August 2006

  the other thing you could do is to volunteer to put some hours in with a boutique coffee roaster, to boost your experience and knowledge of the industry

  this would definately pay off, the info you will pickup from a roaster will turn out to be invaluable. most roasters are keen to spread the coffee love so i cant imagine that you will find much resistance

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• Lukey

  August 2006

  my advice would be is pick one and the best the you can instead of trying to be both. if you want to roast then be a roaster, and get someone else to do the barista side. or, be a barista and source your beans from a roaster and work with that roaster to get the coffee/blend you want to use. to be both is very hard and IMO you can do both and get average to good results or be one or the other get a great relult. have a chat to some roasters and they'll tell that its much more than turning on the roaster waiting 15 min until golden brown. luke

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• Luc

  August 2006

  Thanks peoples! I am looking into doing a barista course this week. Options are; 1.The Lavazza one at www.coffeeclass.com.au (Can start this Monday) 2.William Angliss or 3.www.cafelearning.com.au But when I try and click on the link it comes up with an error. Is the site just down or is this school no longer operational? ACG, I did a bit of surfing and had a looked at Eureka Coffee and their cafe in Fitzroy. May check it out this week. If I do decide to go down that avenue, a place like this is something I'll be looking at. So do you know of others similar to this? I'll send a PM. Cheers

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• takeaim

  August 2006

  I can recommend the william angliss course, was a good way to learn the basics.

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• Bon

  August 2006

  Have a look at this place: http://www.venezianocoffee.com.au/

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