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About the School

At the Rubra Coffee Institute we have a passion for everything coffee. We don’t see ourselves as just coffee trainers. We want to share with you all of the things about coffee that make us so passionate about what we do. In the process we hope to also inspire and educate you to make a perfect cup of coffee, every time. We won't just show you how to make a great cup of coffee, we will break down every step in the coffee making process and look at the science of why we do things a certain way.

In our state of the art training facility we use some of the best and most technologically advanced coffee equipment available, including Dalla Corte espresso machines and Mahlkönig and Mazzer grinders. All of our trainers have extensive experience working in cafes and the coffee industry as well as being qualified trainers having completed Certificate IV in Training and Assessment.

Can't find a course that is suited for you? No problem. We are happy tailor our training to ensure you get exactly what you are after. Whether you are a home enthusiast, budding barista or a company wanting to provide a team bonding session with a difference, we have a course that will suit. If you can’t find a course that is suited for you, we’ll create it!

Are you hoping to find employment in the coffee industry after completing one of our courses? Anyone having completed any Rubra Coffee Institute course has the option of being included on our Barista Database. Every cafe who uses Rubra Coffee has access to this database so that they can employ staff with the knowledge that they have been trained to the high standard provided at the Rubra Coffee Institute.

Wanting to gain that important cafe experience? After taking one of our courses, take the skills you learn and sign up for a volunteer shift at City Farm Cafe. Rubra Coffee has an ongoing partnership with City Farm, which is an organic community garden, education and network centre that operates on permaculture principles situated on once was a scrap metal yard and battery recycling plant, located just behind Claisebrooke train station. City Farm Cafe is run by not for profit organisation Men of the Trees and is partially run by volunteers. After one of our courses you can volunteer to jump behind the coffee machine at City Farm Cafe, where you will buddy up with an experienced barista. What better way to put everything you’ve learnt into practice!