Practical guides from Barista School Ireland, made to print and keep beside the machine, and a full start-up kit for opening your own coffee business. Emailed to you as a download link straight after payment.
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Home Barista Gift Bundle
Our Home Barista Handbook and Latte Art Practice Plan together, ready to give. Emailed to them on the day you choose with your message, or to you to hand over.
The Home Barista Handbook: dialling in, recipes, milk, cleaning and a four-week practice plan
The Latte Art Practice Plan: 21 short daily drills, from a first heart to a tulip and a rosetta
Sent to them by email on the morning you choose, with your message, or to you to print or forward
Two guides for €25 instead of €31
Two PDF guides · 26 pages in all · For personal use
€25€31
For home espresso
Home Barista Handbook
Everything we teach about espresso at home, in one handbook to keep beside your machine.
Dialling in, step by step
Recipes, ratios and a troubleshooting table
Milk for each drink, and a cleaning routine
A four-week practice plan, a dial-in log and a drinks menu card to print
PDF · 16 pages · For personal use
After the Barista Workshop, Express or Level 2, or for anyone with a home machine
€19
For your pour
Latte Art Practice Plan
Twenty-one short daily drills that take you from your first heart to a tulip and a rosetta.
Milk texture checkpoints
Where to hold the jug and cup at each stage
Common faults and how to fix them
A printable tracker to see your progress
PDF · 10 pages · For personal use
After the Latte Art Masterclass or the latte art part of the Barista Workshop
€12
For café teams
Café Barista Toolkit
The systems that keep a café’s coffee the same on every shift. Print it, copy it, and keep it on the clipboard by the machine.
Opening and closing checklists
A daily calibration log and a recipe standard sheet
A two-week onboarding plan for new baristas
A cleaning schedule and a quality spot-check form
PDF · 15 pages · For use across your business
For café owners, managers and BSI/QBA graduates
Want a second pair of eyes on your bar? The Owner’s Line: one of our owners on WhatsApp, €150 a month + VAT.
€49
For new coffee businesses
Coffee Business Start-up Kit
Everything we would want in front of us before opening a café, a coffee kiosk or a coffee van in Ireland: the plan, the paperwork and the numbers.
A 48-page guide: choosing a format and site, registrations, VAT, food safety and employment in Ireland, equipment, roasters, pricing and a 12-week launch plan
A business plan template laid out for banks, Microfinance Ireland and LEOs
Five working spreadsheets: start-up costs, menu pricing and margins, break-even and 12-month cash flow, a weekly KPI and stock tracker, and an equipment budget
A directory of 45 Irish specialty roasters, checked October 2026
Six printable worksheets, from a site scorecard to a fridge temperature log
ZIP download · 48-page guide, business plan template (Word and PDF), 5 spreadsheets for Google Sheets or Excel, roaster directory · For use in your business
For anyone planning a café, kiosk, coffee van or trailer, and for BSI/QBA graduates going it alone
Want a second pair of eyes on your bar? The Owner’s Line: one of our owners on WhatsApp, €150 a month + VAT.
€249
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