Saigon Coffee Academy

UK Barista Shortage

Planning on studying in the UK and having a student job? Did you know that the UK has a barista shortage? We can help you prepare.

Barista shortage in the U.S.

Going to the US to study and need a student job? The US has a shortage of baristas and we can help you prepare.

Get Barista Skills for First Job

A comprehensive course to develop skills for university students who wish to work at a cafe while studying.

Our program provides competence, confidence, and skills in guest service and working in a professional setting to give you the competitive advantage to succeeding in your first job. Learn more.

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Introduction to Coffee

A great introductory course for those pursuing a career path as a barista or for coffee lovers that want to know more about the wondrous bean that produces a rich and energizing drink.

Our program provides hands on experiential and sensory learning about the subtleties of coffee and the foundations of making a good coffee drink. Learn more.

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ProBarista

Going beyond introductions and honing knowledge and skills to a professional level.

Our program involves intensive knowledge and guided skills development in the pathways of espresso coffee and artisanal coffee brewing. Learn more.

Our training programs

Barista Skills for First Job*

Gain the knowledge and skills for working in a cafe or coffee shop

Gain the foundations in skills and knowledge in coffee
Gain professional barista skills in artisanal brewed coffee
Gain professional barista skills in espresso coffee machines and equipment

13 sessions / 7.75 million VND – Sign up now.

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Introduction To Coffee

Learn the foundations of coffee by learning:

Coffee History and Theory
Foundations of Artisan Brewing Techniques
Foundations of Espresso Coffee Drinks

3 sessions / 1.5 million VND – Sign up now.

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Professional Barista: Espresso Coffee Drinks*

Learn the professional techniques of making espresso coffee drinks in a professional setting by learning how to:

Pull an espresso shot
Make the many different espresso based coffee drinks

6 sessions / 4.75 million VND – Sign up now.

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Professional Barista: Artisanal Brewing*

Learn the professional techniques of making brewed coffee with artisanal techniques in a professional setting by learning how to:

Brew high quality coffee using professional brewing equipment
Create hot, iced, and cold drinks using various methods

4 sessions / 3.25 million VND – Sign up now.

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Professional Barista: Full Course*

A combination of both professional barista classes in one class. Learn how to be a top level barista in a professional setting learning how to:

Create various drinks using an espresso machine
Create artisanal brewed coffee

10 sessions / 6.25 million VND – Sign up now.

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*All Professional Barista Courses have the prerequisite of the Introduction to Coffee course

Gain Skills For a First Job while Studying at University

The Saigon Coffee Academy is a professional skills training academy that provides coffee training to individuals that wish to acquire strong foundational skills in becoming a professional barista. We provide professional level training using the latest equipment and techniques. Each training session lasts for 3 hours in one of our training rooms or in the Saigon Coffee Academy lab.

We promise to provide:

Professional level certified training
Over 75% of training time will be hands-on skills development with a training professional
Maximum of 6 students per trainer in a class

Learn everything needed to be confident, competent, and capable for a first job

The Saigon Coffee Academy can provide you with the skills and certifications to assist you in acquiring a job as a barista when you study overseas. The entire package is a combination of professional skills of a barista which include: knowledge about coffee and its origins, sensory skills in different types of coffee, skills in brewing and pouring drinks commonly found in a cafe and coffee shop, F&B service skills for baristas, and international health and hygiene practices.

The program is a full package that combines the courses: Introduction to Coffee, Professional Barista: Espresso Coffee Drinks, and Professional Barista: Artisanal Brewing. Each course will be taught by professional baristas and provide certificates to assist in the job application process.

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Introduction to Coffee

The Saigon Coffee Academy is a professional skills training academy that provides coffee training to individuals that wish to acquire strong foundational skills in becoming a professional barista.

We provide professional level training using the latest equipment and techniques. Each training session lasts for 3 hours in one of our training rooms or in the Saigon Coffee Academy lab.

We promise to provide:

Professional level certified training
Over 75% of training time will be hands-on skills development with a training professional
Maximum of 6 students per trainer in a class

Introduction to Coffee

This program is an experiential and sensory knowledge development course that also provides the foundation skills for making good quality coffee drinks.

This course provides sensory skills development through sights, smell, taste, and touch to grade and categorize coffee and adjust skills to produce an enjoyable cup of coffee.

This course also provides focused and guided foundational training on how to brew coffee at an artisanal level and create a professional level espresso coffee drink.

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Professional Barista: Espresso Coffee Drinks

The Saigon Coffee Academy is a professional skills training academy that provides coffee training to individuals that wish to acquire strong foundational skills in becoming a professional barista. We provide professional level training using the latest equipment and techniques. Each training session lasts for 3 hours in one of our training rooms or in the Saigon Coffee Academy lab.

We promise to provide:

Professional level certified training
Over 75% of training time will be hands-on skills development with a training professional
Maximum of 6 students per trainer in a class

Professional Barista Skills for the Full Program

Professional espresso coffee is an intensive, guided, professional level training program that focuses on providing the necessary skills and techniques to create espresso-based coffee drinks while competently operating various types of espresso coffee machines.

This program involves developing skills in making drinks, troubleshooting problems that can occur, along with skills in maintenance of professional quality espresso coffee machines.

The combination of these skills and knowledge sets creates a professional that can operate and adjust to ensure that a great cup of Italian style coffee is consistently served to a professional standard.

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Professional Barista: Artisanal Brewing

The Saigon Coffee Academy is a professional skills training academy that provides coffee training to individuals that wish to acquire strong foundational skills in becoming a professional barista.

We provide professional level training using the latest equipment and techniques. Each training session lasts for 3 hours in one of our training rooms or in the Saigon Coffee Academy lab.

We promise to provide:

Professional level certified training
Over 75% of training time will be hands-on skills development with a training professional
Maximum of 6 students per trainer in a class

Professional Barista Skills in Artisanal Brewing

Professional coffee brewing is an intensive, guided, professional level training program that focuses on providing the necessary skills and techniques to brew coffee using common and uncommon coffee brewing equipment and brewing techniques.

This program involves the focused skills not only on various methods on how to brew coffee, but how to adjust methods and techniques to adjust to create a great cup of coffee for professional service.

This program involves developing skills in making drinks, troubleshooting problems that can occur.

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Professional Barista: Full Course

The Saigon Coffee Academy is a professional skills training academy that provides coffee training to individuals that wish to acquire strong foundational skills in becoming a professional barista.

We provide professional level training using the latest equipment and techniques. Each training session lasts for 3 hours in one of our training rooms or in the Saigon Coffee Academy lab.

We promise to provide:

Professional level certified training
Over 75% of training time will be hands-on skills development with a training professional
Maximum of 6 students per trainer in a class

Professional Barista Skills for the Full Program

This program is a combination of the two professional pathways for professional baristas; artisanal brewing and espresso coffee. These two pathways are brewing coffee at a professional level and espresso coffee at a professional level. Professional coffee brewing is an intensive, guided, professional level training program that focuses on providing the necessary skills and techniques to brew coffee using common and uncommon coffee brewing equipment and brewing techniques.

This program involves the focused skills not only on various methods on how to brew coffee, but how to adjust methods and techniques to adjust to create a great cup of coffee for professional service. Professional espresso coffee is an intensive, guided, professional level training program that focuses on providing the necessary skills and techniques to create espresso-based coffee drinks while competently operating various types of espresso coffee machines.

This program involves developing skills in making drinks, troubleshooting problems that can occur, along with skills in maintenance of professional quality espresso coffee machines. The combination of these skills and knowledge sets creates a professional that can operate and adjust to ensure that a great cup of Italian style coffee is consistently served to a professional standard.

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some of Our other Services

Coffee workshops

Coffee Workshops for Groups and Individuals

We hold workshops on the skills of Brewing Coffee and Tea at Home, Making Vietnamese Coffee Drinks, and Creating Latte Art.
All workshops have limited numbers to ensure that all individuals get to learn the skills while having fun.

Coffee tours

Coffee Tours for Groups and Individuals

We have half day and full day tours within Ho Chi Minh City where individuals can experience the coffee of Vietnam.
Our tours include a special workshop where you can gain skills in making the various types of coffee you tasted in the visits to the coffee shops.

audits and assessments

Audits and Assessments for Businesses

We ensure that high quality and high standards by met by auditing and assessing on skills, quality of drinks.
We ensure that brand quality standards are met and exceeded set by our international partners.

barista training for businesses

We train teams on the technical and soft skills needed for the creation and service of espresso and brewed coffee and tea drinks.
All skills are established by international standards and we are capable of training Australian, Italian, or American methods of coffee making and service.

guest service development

Guest Service Development and Training for Businesses

We help coffee shops, restaurants, and hotels by providing technical and soft skills training on guest service to meet international standards and expectations.
We create operating procedures for guest service for foodservice operations large and small.

research and development

We create new drinks and new methods of making drinks for our clients so they can have an advantage over the competition.
We improve processes to improve speed of production and lower cost of goods served.

Saigon Coffee Academy

Location:

Inside PJ’s Coffee Sala

145 – 147 Nguyen Co Thach Street, An Loi Dong Ward, Dist 2, Hồ Chí Minh

Contact:

Please write to us at: sales@trginternational.com

TRG Food & Beverage

F&B is the latest addition to the TRG family. We are master franchises of PJ’s Coffee and Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory in Vietnam. Besides that, we also offer coffee consulting and technical skills training.