Canadian Barista Institute - Liberty Village Campus, Toronto, ON

Coffee is a trillion dollar industry with a concentration of this wealth in large corporations. The quality of that coffee is most times poor. Coffee's for every person and an every day beverage. Quality does not need to be sacrificed. We want to redistribute this wealth to the grassroots and teach quality to both the consumer and all points of the supply chain.
We began in the late 1980’s as business consultants and quickly grew into Sanctioned Organizers of all Canadian Specialty Coffee competitions and in the early 2000’s as Coffee Educators with 5 campuses spread across Canada.
Today we host hands-on barista training, business as a science seminars, gelato and ice cream classes and coffee roasting classes integrating global issues into all of our content. We are devoted to demystifying coffee and to provide training in communities of all sizes to ensure all people have equal access to education. Our trainers maintain an unbiased approach and possess both the knowledge and passion to work with any brand or equipment.
The founder of the Institute started as an early coffee fanatic in the early 1990s. Along with other coffee explorers he found an outlet in a text based news group called Alt.coffee. This newsgroup was the genesis of problem solving, sharing data and insights into solving the mysteries of coffee. A great deal of what is common knowledge today was developed in those early days in alt.coffee. Some of those early explorers moved onto Coffeed, HomeBarista and some went offline as they matured and put coffee on the back burner.
The revival of artisan 3rd wave coffee in the early 2000’s brought many people back to the industry. The formation of the Institute's core philosophy and mission statement has its roots there. This quest to share and motivate people to do greater things in coffee. Today we continue to share and inspire both in coffee and in regular life. We aim to inspire people to have success in career, business, wellness, to contrib…

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