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ESTA Tea Barista Foundation
A tea course designed to focus on practical skills including brewing and tasting tea, customer service, hygiene and workflow behind the bar.
Overview
Tea Barista Foundation is one of the building block modules of the European Speciality Tea Association's education initiative, the Tea Certification Programme.
This course is ideal for anyone who has a professional interest in tea and wants to know more about brewing and serving this amazing beverage. It has been designed to mainly focus on practical skills including brewing and tasting tea, and will further cover a basic knowledge of tea, hygiene and workflow behind the bar, and touch on customer service skills and menu building.
Learning Outcomes
- Similarities and differences: tea vs coffee
- Tea, botanicals and blends
- Storage understanding
- Hygiene & workspace management
- Importance of water
- Tea brewing fundamentals & methods
- Tea tasting and common brewing tools
- Café management & customer service
- Popular tea menu extensions
Certification
Upon successful completion, learners will receive a certificate of completion by Bettr Academy and a Foundation level certificate for Tea Barista issued by the European Speciality Tea Association (ESTA).
Students need to pass an online written exam and obtain a positive Tea Barista skills report from the Authorised Tea Certifier teaching the course to achieve the ESTA certificate.
Who This Is For
Tea Enthusiasts
You love tea and want to explore coffee with the same curiosity.
Cafe Owners / Managers
Develop team capabilities. Elevate service quality. Improve retention. Invest in your people.
Certification
Accreditation
Certificate of Completion by Bettr Academy
Prerequisites
- WSQ Provide Specialty Tea Service,
- ESTA Botanicals Foundation,
- ESTA Camellia Sinensis Foundation,or
- ESTA Introduction to Tea (coming soon)
FAQs
Still have questions?
Get in TouchStart with your goals. Are you exploring coffee as a hobby, building barista skills, or shifting careers entirely? Each course is designed for different experience levels, from foundational to advanced. Browse by category or use our course finder for a guided recommendation.
Request to reschedule must be submitted in writing to academy@bettr.group at least 3 working days before course commences, subject to a $30 admin charge. If the request to reschedule is given less than 3 working days, it will not be approved unless accompanied by a valid medical certificate or equivalent, subject to a $30 admin charge. You may reschedule a class only once. After which, the course fees will be forfeited.
Yes, weekend slots are available for some of our courses. Weekend dates are very popular, so register early!
Upon successful payment of course fees and/or approval of SkillsFuture Credit claim, you will receive an e-mail confirmation within 7 working days. If you did not receive an e-mail confirmation, please write in to us.
