Be Your Own Barista, Anywhere

Your Goals

Our number one priority is understanding your tastes as well as the challenges you’re facing in your brew process. From there, we are able to work through your frustrations and introduce you to the techniques, beans, and gear that will delight, morning after morning.
Our Know-How

Whether you’re looking to improve your pour-overs, french presses, espresso shots, or batches of cold brew, we have the breadth of knowledge and teaching experience to step your coffee game up. Total novice to avid connoisseur, we’ll upgrade your brews, guaranteed.
Skills that Stick

We split our remote classes between two hourlong sessions to establish a strong foundation then revisit those skills to reinforce and build upon them. We’re about way more than a fun, engaging hour full of coffee knowledge—we truly want to empower you.

Virtual Class Offerings

Drip

The classic, as far as Americans are concerned. Eliminate bitter, sour, watery brews and start making bold, flavorful coffee, right at home.
Espresso

Putting coffee under pressure: basically our favorite pastime. Let us help you crack the code on your machine and harness all the body and flavor your shots deserve.
Cold Brew

Low and slow is the way to go. Especially if you’re looking for plump, juicy coffees over ice this summer. Our lowest-effort, most-accessible brewing method, right in your kitchen.
Build Your Own

Not sure if the help you’re seeking falls neatly under one of our other classes? Reach out, and we’ll do everything we can to accommodate you!

It’s science—but it’s not rocket science.

Our building blocks of great coffee in order of importance.

Understanding what is happening and why in the brewing process is our Coffee Educator superpower. Knowledge sits in the driver’s seat at Home Brew, and sharing our hard-earned barista knowledge with you is the foundation of all of our teaching.
Because the most expensive equipment and rarefied single-origin coffees in the world will only yield brews as good as the barista unlocking their potential. Period.
Just like any decent chef would say of their food: You must honor the ingredients if you want to unlock the awesome bounty of their flavor.
Learning how to understand, buy, and store your coffee like a pro will yield the greatest improvement in your morning brews…right behind gaining a little know-how from us.
Who doesn’t love gear? We certainly do, and we fully understand the impulse to throw a few dollars at a coffee issue and hope that it will resolve itself.
But as we can attest, the trick isn’t to acquire as many coffee tools as possible—it’s to get the best tool for the job.
We teach you how to use everything you have on hand to its full potential, and if you have a need or a desire to expand your set-up, we couldn’t be happier to lead you to the best option for your tastes, needs, and budget.
Once you’ve got the know-how and the beans, the gear will send you right over the top—into coffee paradise (which is either Melbourne, Copenhagen, or Portland, depending on who you ask).

NYC’s friendliest Coffee Educators are now offering Virtual Home Classes.