Nageswara Rao K
- Post Graduate Diploma in Coffee Quality Management
- Q Grader
- SCA certified Sensory Professional
Why this academy
Where you start, where you go next
Three courses on one ladder, and the IBC Basic is the first rung for everyone. It is four days and assumes nothing. Above it sit two Advanced courses of two days each, one for the bar and one for the roaster, and the Basic is required before either of them however long you have worked.
Italian Barista Certificate
IBC Basic
IBC Advanced
The Italian Barista Certificate runs at two levels. IBC Basic is four days and assumes no machine experience. Above it sit two Advanced courses, Advanced Barista and Advanced Roasting, of two days each. The two Advanced courses are separate from each other, and the IBC Basic is required before either of them.
Who teaches you
Every course at the Bengaluru campus is taught by one trainer: a certified Q Grader, an SCA certified Sensory Professional and an experienced roaster. International instructors visit the academy regularly.
Nageswara Rao K takes our courses at the Bengaluru campus.
What people ask first
The IBC Basic, whoever you are. It runs four days and covers roasting, brewing, espresso and latte art, one a day, and it is required before either Advanced course. That holds however long you have worked on a bar or at a roaster. Once you have it, IBC Advanced Barista takes the bar further and IBC Advanced Roasting takes the roast further.
Not as separate courses. Latte art is day 4 of the IBC Basic and brewing is day 2, and you take the whole four days rather than one of them.
The IBC is issued in Italy by Espresso Academy and emailed to you after the course. We teach under the supervision of Espresso Academy Italy, and the certificate is awarded at Basic Barista, Advanced Barista and Advanced Roasting. We also give you a participation certificate in person at the campus, which is our own and separate from the IBC.
No. The academy runs the Italian Barista Course, not an SCA course, and it does not assess for SCA certification. What it teaches is training aligned to the SCA Coffee Skills Program, which describes the standard rather than the certificate. If the SCA route is specifically what you want, ask and you will be told where to take it.
Tell us where you are starting from
Send us one message with your background and what you want to be able to do. ₹5,000 confirms a seat. The balance is paid on day 1 at our campus, by cash, UPI or bank transfer, not by card. Ask us anything you need to before you pay a rupee.