Barista Tips & Guides

Why Does Your Coffee Taste Watery?
Why Does Your Coffee Taste Watery?
Ever pulled a shot, taken a sip, and thought... where's the coffee? You're not alone, and it happens just as often in cafes as it does at home. The good... Read more...
The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Espresso Machines: Tier Ranked!
The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Espresso Machines: Tier Ranked!
The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Espresso Machines: Tier Ranked! So you're thinking about buying your first espresso machine. First of all welcome to what will become one of the best... Read more...
How to Store Your Coffee Properly
How to Store Your Coffee Properly
Discover how to store your coffee beans properly to keep them fresh and full of flavour. Avoid common storage mistakes and taste the difference. Read more...
Best Coffee Machines Under $1,000 in 2025
Best Coffee Machines Under $1,000 in 2025
With so many espresso machines on the market, it can be hard to know where to start. Every week, new models appear promising café-quality coffee at home. But which ones... Read more...
Top Mistakes New Home Baristas Make (and How to Fix Them)
Top Mistakes New Home Baristas Make (and How to Fix Them)
Just set up your coffee machine but not getting café-level results? Here are the biggest home barista mistakes and how to fix them for a better-tasting brew. Read more...
Is coffee good for you?
Is coffee good for you?
"Coffee is addictive! Coffee is evil! Coffee is bad for you!" These are some of the sentences we've all heard throughout our lives. They have been going around since the... Read more...
How to keep coffee fresh
How to keep coffee fresh
Why is the Airscape Coffee Canister necessary for any home barista? Coffee is one of the most sensitive and volatile products; its literally allergic to everything: Light, Oxygen, Heat, Cold,... Read more...
Clean your espresso machine
Clean your espresso machine
At the core of every single home espresso machine, no matter how complicated, is a very basic and very familiar baseline of components. These components, no matter how different they... Read more...
Ultimate guide to filter papers
Ultimate guide to filter papers
Filter, or Pour over Coffee, is regarded as one of the purest tasting coffees you can make. Held to high esteem by the coffee elite, filter coffee is the pinnacle... Read more...
Five options for used Coffee Grinds
Five options for used Coffee Grinds
Australians are known for their coffee. Unlike South America or Africa, Australia doesn't grow beans worthy of the world stage. Sure we grow some pretty good beans but realistically we... Read more...
Upcycled coffee cherries
Upcycled coffee cherries
TACKLING THE WAR ON WASTE Written by Liam Burge Coffee is one of the largest waste producers on the planet. Every year roughly 20 BILLION kgs of the waste off... Read more...
HOW CAN I TELL IF MY COFFEE IS GOOD?
HOW CAN I TELL IF MY COFFEE IS GOOD?
Currently in Australia there are: 6700 “Coffee Businesses" operating 792 Coffee Bean Distributors and just around 40 000 baristas currently employed Australia is girt by high quality, delicious coffee and... Read more...