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Led By illy’s Master Barista Giorgio Milos

16 April 2010

Think a little lemon slice is espresso’s crowning touch?  Giorgio Milos, illycaffè’s Italian Master Barista, says an emphatic “no,” and is coming to the U.S. to explain why, serving up a potent blend of coffee knowledge to consumers and leading hotels, restaurants and cafés.
 
Milos will spearhead illy’s drive to set the record straight on espresso and other coffee preparation, demystifying and debunking myths, and taking Americans’ coffee knowledge to new heights through hands-on training, expert tasting sessions and more.
 
Milos is a 36-year old leading coffee expert with barista training dating to his teens, starting in illy’s catering division.  A champion barista, he is a Specialty Coffee Association of Europe-certified Master Barista and on faculty at illy’s Università del Caffe (UDC), where the world’s leading restaurants and cafes come for by-invitation-only master coffee training.  On loan to the U.S. throughout the year, Milos is bringing UDC’s principles and practices to America’s leading gourmet retailers, restaurants, hotels, cooking schools, and top independent cafés that serve illy.

The consumer-facing side of the program, under the Master Barista Series banner, will offer Milos-led instruction in preparation and tasting.  The focus is hands-on, learning how to best enjoy and prepare fine coffee, simplifying and demystifying the process, and banishing a myth or two (lemon peels: not on Milos’s tasting curriculum).   Courses include “Be Your Own Barista,” for coffee enthusiasts giving hands-on training in areas like espresso preparation, milk steaming and specialty beverage making, with healthy doses of coffee history and agronomy, essential to any budding home barista.  “Coffee Sense,” focusing on tasting and “Coffee Aficionado,” covering history, theory, tasting and preparation in more depth.

 

Learn the origins of coffee
Understand behind the bar espresso preparation
Create a perfect cappuccino

 

Northern California

Monday, April 19
9AM – 11AM
Caffe Cento, Fairmont Hotel
Atop Nob Hill
950 Mason Street
San Francisco, CA

 

12 Noon – 2PM
Williams-Sonoma, Union Square
340 Post Street
San Francisco, CA

 

Tuesday, April 20
9:30AM – 11:30AM
Caffe Teatro Library
24 Orinda Way
Orinda, CA

 

2PM – 4PM
Caffe Greco
423 Columbus Avenue
San Francisco, CA

 

Wednesday, April 21
9:30AM – 11:30AM
Purple Onion Caffe
26 East Main Street
Los Gatos, CA

 

2PM – 4PM
espressamente illy
San Jose Airport

Oregon

Tuesday, April 27
11AM – 1PM
Chuck’s Place
148 B. Avenue
Lake Oswego, Oregon