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Welcome to the North Coast Barista School and Coffee College. We are part of the Troubadour Coffee family and the only barista training and coffee school program in northeast Ohio. We collectively bring nearly 10 years of specialty coffee experience to you. We have been coffee shop owners, operators and managers. We have been baristas, roasters, retailers, bakers and coffee shop makers. All we are missing is you!

If you are in northeast Ohio or nearby and looking to learn about starting a coffee business and/or barista training, we should be talking! 


sky blueOur courses are designed to bring a lot of information together in a reasonable amount of time, but delivered with relevance in a realistic manner from people that have actually been coffee shop owners, operators AND baristas. That is the difference between us and other schools. We have made the mistakes that we'll tell you about so you won't have to waste your precious time and money making them yourself.  Attending barista school and training has never been easier!

The biggest reason good folks fail in this business is undercapitalization. Second reason is a bad location. Third is lack of training and consistency.  Reality is, if you are going to be spending anywhere from $30,000 to $300,000 or more for starting a coffee shop, wouldn't it be in your best interest to get some good advice and barista training from someone that has done this before?  Even if your plans are to become a professional barista, you will still benefit greatly from our barista school.

If you are planning on starting a coffee business or want to just learn valuable barista training see our class descriptions and choose a course of learning.  We can help you to get on track!  Home espresso enthusiast?  We can help you become the ultimate barista on your home machine in our home barista training session.sky blue

We also offer a wide variety of coffee shop consulting services.  Contact us here to begin discussing your future. We can come to you, you can come to us (see class schedule), or most of our consultations can be done via phone or Skype and email (except barista training). Please see our consulting site for starting a coffee business for more information on our other services.  Ciao!