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Perfect Espresso PRESENTATIONS
Want to be informed, challenged and inspired by a coffee expert?
Christine is available as a coffee consultant and speaker on any number of topics related to the art, science and study of coffee. With her passionate and fun approach, she aims to inform, challenge and inspire.
- great for conferences and workshops
- lots of fun for social events
- ideal for professional development of baristas in cafes and restaurants
- designed to enhance formal coffee training courses in coffee schools and colleges
- suitable for developing and updating hospitality industry knowledge.
While Christine tailors each presentation to the particular audience, here are just a few of the topics she can present as a coffee speaker to your team:
A short sharp introduction to espresso
In this whirlwind coffee training session, you will learn the basics of espresso and how to make coffee beverages – from a luscious latte to a creamy cappuccino. Full of practical techniques and hands-on tips for the home barista or commercial barista, you will be left wanting more.
Making sense of the espresso menu
Gone are the days of just asking for a coffee. In this fact-filled barista training, you are guided through the espresso menu – with tips for the coffee barista on how to achieve perfect espresso beverages – and explanations of the cultural and historical backgrounds of the coffee recipes.
Travel the world drinking coffee
Coffee is not the same the world over. Each country has its unique version of espresso beverages. In this presentation, you will learn interesting trivia about coffee history, the differences in coffee around the world, coffee tips on what to order and what to expect in various countries
Blood, sweat and tears in your morning latte
This thought-provoking seminar challenges you to change the way you think about your caffe latte. You will go on an historical coffee journey to Africa, Asia and South America – to expose some of the social and economic injustices as well as environmental destruction caused by coffee. Be prepared to be shocked.
About Christine
Driven by a passion for coffee and the quest for perfect espresso, Christine connects with baristas, coffee schools and coffee connoisseurs around the world.
Christine's expansive research about coffee and how to make espresso was the start of a journey she now shares with her husband, Paul. Together their coffee crusade leads them all over Australia – from coffee plantations in the northern tropics to southern cities for discussions with coffee roasters and blenders.
Following in the footsteps of coffee history, they traversed Europe, collecting conversations with espresso experts and stories from coffee houses and museums ; wandered the Middle East, the traditional home of coffee; and explored deepest South America visiting coffee plantations and grand colonial cafes.
Christine is the ultimate coffee expert with over 20 years of experience in teaching and working in the hospitality industry. She established Coffee Education Network in 1999, a coffee training consultancy and helped thousands on their espresso journey – to appreciate the espresso concept more fully and improve their espresso techniques.
She is the author of the Perfect Espresso series of coffee books and barista training resources that cover more than how to make espresso. They include everything you need to know about coffee – from how to prepare your beans and espresso machinery – to coffee recipes finished with latte art designs – and how to serve espresso beverages to customers with stylish efficiency. She is also a wealth of knowledge about the history of coffee and how to organise a coffee business.
As well as teaching classes, she also presents at conferences, social functions and events. If you would like Christine to speak at your college, conference or next event, click here.