COFFEE SUPPLIERS/ROASTERS
FuLl steam ahead
Created in 2012, Iron & Fire takes clients on a journey through fresh roasted speciality coffees. Founder, Kev Burrows, talks to us about baristas, trends, video training and the importance of customer support.
How important to a café or coffee shop is a trained barista? Quite simply, it’s integral to their success. From being able to extract correctly to steaming milk and creating latte art, making a great cup of coffee is something that requires training and specialist skills. Beyond this, a welltrained barista will also know how to batch drinks effectively, meaning the customer gets a superbly prepared drink as quickly as possible. 28
Properly trained baristas serve superb coffee with a smile, leading to great reviews, repeat business and that all important extra cup! Is there more expectation around barista standards? For a long time, other parts of the world, such as Australia, were far more sophisticated in their coffee demands than the UK. This has changed and we have now caught up, with people here
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