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Africa Barista Championship
African Fine Coffees Association
21st African Fine Coffees Conference, Tanzania · 2025
Minds Behind OriginLab
From the soils of Guji,
to the world stage
Earned, not claimed.
Championship stages, training centres and awards: every certificate behind the courses, as issued.
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Africa Barista Championship
African Fine Coffees Association
Addis Ababa · February 2024
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Best Barista Reward
Hyatt Regency Addis Ababa
Barista competition at Cascara, with YA Coffee
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Barista
Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority
One month at the Coffee Training Center · 2023
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Coffee Cupping
Life Agro Training Institute
Analysing cupping taste, 240 hours · 2023
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Recognition
National Intelligence and Security Service
For his work on the film “The Eagles” · 2023
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Journalism
E-Kash Consultancy, Training & Promotion
Six-month course · 2022
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Photography & Film
Tom Videography & Photography Institute
Videography and photography, 416 hours
Five skills, one cup.
Courses built on the SCA Coffee Skills Program, from the green bean to the finished cup. Taught by a two-time Ethiopian national barista champion.
Barista Skills.
The espresso bar, from grinder to cup.
- —espresso extraction and grinder calibration
- —milk texturing and latte art
- —workflow, hygiene and customer service
Brewing.
Every cup a recipe you can repeat.
- —grind, ratio, time and temperature
- —pour-over, immersion and batch brew
- —measuring extraction and strength
Green Coffee.
What the bean carries before it is roasted.
- —species, varieties and processing
- —grading, defects and moisture
- —storage, shipping and buying
Sensory Skills.
Taste it, name it, agree on it.
- —the senses of taste and smell
- —the SCA cupping protocol
- —calibrating with other tasters
Roasting.
Where green turns to brown, and flavour is made.
- —roast development and profiling
- —reading colour, time and defects
- —cooling, safety and consistency