• Home Barista is a new business trend not only in Singapore, but also global. It is about managing online coffee delivery/ pick up service in addition to possibly to do private barista services. Why online? It is cost efficient, impactful in terms of sales reach providing home barista service to or near the clients’ doorsteps, and also flexible in terms of operating hours. Business needs to differentiate and in this course, learners will learn to shape their home barista from products’ differentiation for example cold brews versus hot brews to differentiating the service range propositions. 

In order to participate into this home barista course, learner must complete first the F&B Entrepreueneuship Home Entrepretreneurship, which more info can be found in the following link Home Business Course (F&B) – Walker Enterprise Pte Ltd. In the foundational F&B Entrepreneurship Home Business, learners would have already develop and plan their business concept and also had some exposures as well as training into coffee from farm to cup or from coffee roasting to coffee brewing. The fundamentals understanding and also preliminary planning are required to be able to part take in this course as not to slow down or weight down the learning journey of other learners in class. 

The syllabus that you will be learning in Home Barista will be as follows: 

Module 1: Fundametals of Coffee Knowledge 

In this session, learners will be taught the trade secrets, fundamentals, and also insights pertaining coffee in totality such as different types of coffee variety, differences in Arabica and Robusta, how coffee is traded and graded, the nature of coffee, and so on. These coffee insights are knowledge that are obtained from years of experiences working in the coffee trade from farm to cup. The purpose and learning outcome of this session, is to ensure that learners will get solid foundation in coffee knowledge enabling them not only on how to converse, present, but also understanding the science behind cofffee. 

Day 1 (AM): 4 Hours 

Module 2: Coffee Business and Coffee Operations

In this context, learners will understand on the business angle insights from designing and operating a coffee counter including on how to market, manage, and also grow the coffee business tailored to the concept of the home barista that is decided to each learner. In this module, we will look at the coffee brewing equipment and coffee accessories, understanding the tools used in running coffee brewing business and also on how to choose good quality but accessible at the same time. How to plan working layout, menu, costing, inventories, and so on. Then comes the business side which is how to market, secure orders, control fulfillments as well as deliveries, and then the growth plan of the business. This session will focus the entirity of the business of running coffee.

Day 1 (PM): 4 hours 

Module 3: Coffee Brewing Skills Development 

In this section, it will be about practicing the coffee brewing techniques again and again until perfection is reached. In this session, our goal is to brush up the learner skill to be able to cater not just making good coffee but also to be able to handle the operating requirements of the business such as the speed of preparations, opening as well as closing the workplace, and also on making necessary latte art that will be useful duting private barista sessions. The knowledge also comes about on how to grind, tamp, brew, and draw for common coffee menu and then we also cover cold brew preparations as well as other brewing techniques. The learning outcome required for this session will be the proficiency in making the required coffee products based on the given menu without fail. 

Day 2 (AM/PM): 8 Hours 

Module 4: Setting up the Home Barista Business Essentials

In the previous modules, learners learnt on the fundamentals of coffee to be well-informed, and then on the business operations as well as planning, then the skills development, and in this module, is all about action and implementation. The checklist in which we will cover in this module includes: 

a) Logo, business name, branding, and final concept of the business (USP and UVP definition) 

b) Budgeting of the business from business setup and operations (Planning and Forecast) 

c) Channels of business (setting up the online channel of the business to market and fulfill orders) 

d) Development of business channels (marketplaces, social media, and order management platforms) 

e) List of SOPs and operative support for the fulfillments 

f) Marketing checklist and action plan (programs to bring leads to the businesses)  

For more info you can email us at ask@walkerenteprise.com.sg or WhatsApp us at +65 8443 9914