Lydia is an SCA authorised trainer who enjoys meeting people and creating relationships over a cup of coffee.
When Lydia was just about 8 or 9 years old, her grandmother made her a small cup of local kopi, sweetened with condensed milk - thick and yummy! To this day, she still has vivid memories of her grandmother making kopi with a small sock filter and serving it in the quintessential, old-school kopi cups. To her. a good and memorable cup is about the experience, often shared over conversations with friends and family, although these days she drinks more chinese tea!
Education has always been Lydia’s calling - she went from lecturing in hospitality to lecturing in coffee!
Interests
Favourite drink: Espresso with a dash of cold milk
Fun fact: Lydia doesn’t actually drink local kopi now, unfortunately due to acid reflux :(
Qualifications
- SCAE Barista Skills Level 1, Bettr Barista, 2013
- SCA Barista Skills Intermediate, Bettr Barista, 2014
- SCA Barista Skills Professional, Bettr Barista, 2017
- SCA Brewing Foundation, Bettr Barista, 2016
- WDA ACTA-Certified Trainer and Assessor (2016)
- SCA Brewing Intermediate, Bettr Barista, 2017
- SCA Brewing Professional, Bettr Barista, 2018
- SCA Sensory Foundation, Bettr Barista, 2018
- DACE, Diploma in Adult Continuing Education (2017)
- SCA Green Coffee Foundation, Bettr Barista, 2017
- SCA Green Coffee Intermediate, Bettr Barista, 2018
- SCA Authorised Trainer (2019)
- ESTA Authorised Tea Certifier (2022)