Resources
Make The Coffee Go
Make the coffee go:
- The Professional Barista's Handbook and by Scott Rao
- Espresso Coffee: Updated Professional Techniques by David Schomer
- CoffeeBootCamp.com by Willem Boot Coffee Consulting
- Counter Culture Pro Dev Series (for all coffee pros) or Counter Intelligence (if you’re a wholesale customer)
- Onlinebaristatraining.com by Bellisomo Coffee Advisors
- Brew methods
- Chris Baca’s One-Minute Coffee Tutorials (and whatever else you find of his on youtube)
- Specialty Coffee Association Education
- Barista Camp
- Roasters Guild Retreat
Know Thyself
Know Thyself:
- Adulting by Kelly Williams Brown
- Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven Covey
- The Happiness Project (book) The Happiness Project (website)
- Meyer’s-Briggs Personality Assessment (real - $50) (similar - free)
- Getting things Done by David Allen
- Start With Why by Simon Sinek
- StandOut 2.0 by Marcus Buckingham
Taste All the Things
Taste all the things:
- World Coffee Research Sensory Lexicon pdf (2016 - Current Coffee Industry Standard)
- SCAA Coffee Taster’s Flavor Wheel (1995 - helpful for roast development lexicon)
- Counter Culture Coffee Flavor Wheel (for when you want to find juuuust the right descriptor).
- Imbibe Magazine
- Q Graders Exams
- The Amateur Gourmet by Adam Roberts
- The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
- An Everlasting Meal by Tamar Adler
- How to Cook a Wolf by MFK Fischer
- SOMM (DVD)
Be Nice About it
Be nice about it:
- Setting the Table by Danny Meyer
- Satisfaction by J.D. Power & Associates
- Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose by Tony Hsieh
- Pour Your Heart Into It: How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time by Howard Schultz
- Tobin Ellis Hospitality Design (especially if you are interested in bar/cafe crossover)
- Nathanael May’s interview on Finding Joy in Chris Deferio’s Keys to The Shop Podcast.
- Lessons in Service from Charlie Trotter
Find your crew:
Join a guild or trade organization:
Go to events - See my events page
Online coffee communities:
- barista hustle
- Baristas Guild of Washington State (open non-Washingtonians too)
- the coffeewoman
News and Radio
Please note that the list above may contain affiliate links, which means that if you click on one of the product links, I may receive a commission from the vendor. Basically, think about it – a girl doing specialty coffee growth strategy’s gotta eat – so if you were thinking about buying a new latte art training video or book on hospitality, do it through my links! It helps me out a bunch and gives me more time to answer your other more tantalizing coffee questions. You know that if I were made of money, I would buy these things for you, right?