Whilst Italy may not be home to the worlds best coffee it was the birthplace of the first espresso machine, so naturally whilst here we thought we would test our skills out at one of the barrister schools in Florance. Having our own machine at home proved to be no help at all, in fact we quickly learnt that we were definitely doing it wrong!!!
The coarse started out naturally with an espresso straight up, followed by a brief yet descriptive looking into the world of coffee. From growing to grinding, location, climate, good bean spotting and even some insight into the worlds best baristas, with Australian being up there in the top 3, we were pretty well educated in the short time we had. With everyone's heads in a bit of a spin from the knowledge overload we all then took a short coffee break (sorry bad pun but it really was a coffee break). Once our legs stopped shaking from all the caffeine we went over to the bar where Gabriel took us through the ins and outs of a proper world class espresso machine. After a few demonstations we each took a couple of turns at producing the 'perfect' Italian cappuccino along with our own version of the latte tulip. Now whilst I must admit initially I thought I would have a natural talent for latte art and drawing a flower with some milk would be a piece of cake, this was most certainly not the case. Louise on the other hand proved to be quite the artist with a milk jug, where on her second attempt she produced a very Melbourne hipster-esk worthy cafe shark. Whilst neither of us will be searching the wanted adds for cafe jobs upon our return we still managed to have a heap of fun and learn a great deal about the world of coffee. So when we get back feel free to drop by and let us show you our barista skills...
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