Saturday, September 22, 2007

Coffee-making becomes a fine art

Cornwall College has introduced an NVQ Level 2 in coffee-making, which involves 20 hours of tuition and is supposed to produce graduates a cut above the everyday Starbucks Barista.

The delicate arts that many take for granted – boiling the kettle, pouring hot water, getting the quantity of milk right – will be recognised by a professional qualification andwill equip West Country cafés with the nation’s best-served coffee.

It will also give Cornwall a skills base that merits applause for capitalising on the UK’s willingness to fork out so much for something so simple.

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