Bailies Coffee Academy

16/10/2025

Plan your next celebration or group event with us at Bailies Coffee Academy.

Our workshops are great alternatives for group activities and celebrations such as birthdays, hen and stag dos, casual group experiences, and team building days.

Learn something new, take on some fun challenges, and flex your barista skills with our fun and interactive workshops from our Latte Art Fundamentals to our Home Espresso Workshop and Home Brew Workshop.

For more info on group experiences and to book your workshop, head to the link in bio.

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14/05/2025

Take your coffee experience to the next level, with our Preventative Maintenance course, new spots available on May 22nd.

This intensive 1-day course is tailored for those eager to enhance their technical skills. Gain invaluable insights into espresso extraction and quality maintenance, and reduce reactive engineering callouts with our comprehensive training.

Discover how to conduct safe preventative maintenance on espresso machines, grinders, and presses while understanding the crucial relationship between espresso recipes and equipment.

Our hands-on approach will empower you with real-life scenarios and troubleshooting expertise, perfect for modern-day café operations.

Whether you're an experienced barista or a coffee shop owner looking to empower your team, this course offers the perfect opportunity to advance your capabilities.

Check out our website for more info, link in bio.

26/02/2025

10/10/2024

Our SCA Barista Skills offering is fully loaded for November! Whether you are at the beginning of your barista journey or up skilling your professional skills! Link in our bio for more details. ☕☕☕☕

14/03/2024

New Spring Options LIVE for all our courses! ☕🎉 (*Linked in bio)

Brew up a storm with Alex, or hone in on your key barista skills with Caroline!

Whether you're looking to polish your dairy doodles, getting the most from your brews at home or upskilling; here at Bailies Academy we are passionate about your coffee journey! Join us for some coffee filled fun.

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02/02/2022

Wrapping up our ‘Meet the Team’ series with none other than !

“I’ve been working in Speciality Coffee since 2012. I first joined Bailies in 2016 and within my first year I competed in national competition, placing fifth in the Irish Barista Championship.

I became a certified AST in 2018, and have delivered the Barista Skills and Brewing modules, as well as delivering wholesale training.

In recent years, I have also worked on developing learning resources and consulting with Bailies wholesale customers.

I enjoy creative problem solving and I find that within the world of speciality coffee, you are never short of creative problems!

As a trainer, I particularly enjoy nurturing long term training and skills development, helping baristas to continually improve. I think it is important to create a welcoming and comfortable learning environment so that everyone can feel safe to make mistakes and to ask questions as they learn and develop.

This month I am hosting an SCA Intermediate Barista Skills course, aimed at fledgling baristas who have gotten to grips with the basics and are keen to expand their skills further.”

To sign up to Intermediate Barista Skills head over to bailies coffee.com

26/11/2021

This Black Friday we’re offering 10% off all Bailies Academy Courses.

✅ SCA Barista Skills
✅ SCA Brewing & Grinding
✅ Sensory
✅ Boot camp

Link in bio for more info

08/11/2021

Introducing, the Bailies Academy Team!

We thought that we’d take a moment to introduce ourselves.

First up is none other than Sarah Hannaway, , Bailies Academy Trainer and the 2020 Irish Barista Champion 🏆

“I began working for in 2016, which kick started my professional Barista Training career.

I have been making and enjoying coffee for nearly 15 years, starting off as many of us do, at home, with my beloved French Press!

Pre Bailies, I spent around 7 years with my local coffee chain, managing a few different sites across Belfast. Towards the end of my time managing, I had gained more experience and had been avidly spreading my wings at home, trying my hand at brewing and tasting coffees from all over the world.

This led me to a coffee shop which could offer more experience, that allowed me to spend a year developing and growing a successful ‘third wave’ experience within Belfast City centre.

I have been a qualified AST (Authorised SCA Trainer) for 3 years promoting the standards and practices of the , and I am delighted to be a part of a programme that promotes coffee knowledge and barista development.

I have been participating in regional Barista Championships since 2011, competing then in the Irish Brewers Cup and most recently competing in and winning the Irish Barista Championships in 2020.

My greatest interest is sensory development and I have been expanding and progressing our course offering under this skill set- courses which will be available as soon as this month with the launch of our Bailies ‘Boot Camp’ on the 22nd and 23rd of November.

For more info on our classes and courses, or for more info on Boot Camp, see our ‘highlights’ section or hit the link in bio.