Coffee School

Okay so I’m aware RCG and RSA classes are going to be boring but the staff here go out of there way to make it the most miserable experience of your life. Between the incompetent front desk staff (booked me for the wrong day then overcharged ME for the rebooking fee), the nasty instructors, and the unventilated fluorescent lit prison of a classroom be prepared to want to scream at someone.
YOU MIGHT SAVE $ 10 GOING HERE BUT IT IS NOT WORTH IT.

There was a time when I felt like throwing in my corporate career and work in a café as a barista. Sounds very much like a Y-​gen quarter-​life crisis phenomenon, doesn’t it? Now that I have one foot leading out of the corporate world, the idea is still attractive. I’m waking up and smelling the coffee (sorry).
So it was during this stage of indecision that I decided to do a coffee course and get my RSA. The Coffee School is an Australia-​wide operation with one office in each state. The NSW office is small and consists of a coffee room filled with machines and a small classroom for RSA and other certificates. The coffee course was really good and I learnt how to use a commercial espresso machine with practical experience, knowledge regarding different types of coffee beans and also latte art. At the end of the course I got a certificate and they were willing to provide assistance in getting a job as a barista, if required. The RSA course was very much based on common-​sense and I did not learn a great deal from it. Just don’t serve alcohol to intoxicated or under-​age people. The Government requires me to pay $ 120 for that piece of golden wisdom. Hmm…
Overall both courses were conducted well, especially the coffee course. Even if you don’t end up as a barista, its interesting to know how to make a good cup and draw a flower on your latte lol.