Certified baristas, crema of the crop
Posted by TheShot on 18 Jun 2006 | Tagged as: Barista
As an update to a previous post, the AustralAsian Specialty Coffee Association (AASCA) is about to announce plans for formal barista accreditation and licensing. According to today’s The Australian, AASCA barista licensing in Australia is set to launch next month at the 2006 AASCA conference: Certified baristas, crema of the crop | The Nation | The Australian.
Licensing is often a mixed bag for many skill-based professions. Although it provides some standards for café owners who might not otherwise be able to verify a candidate barista’s credentials, accreditation programs are frequently subject to skewed, if not sometimes outdated, standards.
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on 04 Nov 2006 at 4:40 pm PT 1.TheShot.coffeeratings.com » Australia: Coffee industry experts spill the beans on baristas said …
[...] As reported here in a previous post, Australia is planning to address the problem, in part, through formal barista accreditation and licensing. But according to Rob Forsyth, barista and chairman of the AustralAsian Specialty Coffee Association, there is also the lost art of listening to customers — especially for a new crop who think they know it all: Coffee industry experts spill the beans on baristas - National - smh.com.au (from tomorrow’s Sydney Morning Herald). A little knowledge truly can be a dangerous thing. [...]