South Australia's history is different from the rest of Australia in so much as this state was not originally settled by convicts and gatekeepers, this is where all the land owners came to set up farms and businesses in the new world. South Australia has a vastly different social history as a result of those origins and part of this is the influx of Italian and Turkish migrants after the second world war. Yes they went all over Australia, but many of them came here, and they were the ones who wanted to set up business or work a trade - and they arrived with a great deal of culture that was centuries old and rich in tradition; part of the tradition was coffee. Elsewhere in the country they were looking for work on building the Snowy River Dam and similar large infrastructure projects, here they wanted to stat a shop or a market garden or a winery... There's a lot more to it than this, but in so far as this being a potted background, it's one explanation for the eventual outcome.
Now South Australia has arguably more coffee drinking citizens than any other capital in the country. If you take a look around there are an awful lot of coffee shops here - and none of them seem to be empty.
It is a viable option to do a course in Coffee Appreciation here at the Coffee Academy, I kid you not; and it's not a bad course. For just under a hundred dollars you can get the extra insight into coffee you have always needed to give you that edge in the coffee wars.
The coffee wars? You bet! With the amount of coffee shops we have, everyone wants to have an edge to bring the customer back for their second and third cup. You can do accredited courses in serving espresso coffee and running a coffee service believe It or not. Best way to get a foot in the door of the Barista business.
The short courses are presented quite seriously but with a light touch. You ask questions when you feel you have not heard everything you were hoping to hear and chances are Brian, or whomever is heading the class will give you the answers you need or a good lead in terms of finding them.
Brian Raslan is the Brian I refer to, a nice guy with a heart of gold and did I mention he teaches the courses and is an award winning internationally recognised Barista judge to boot? read more