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After the excitement of World of Coffee in Dublin, there was little rest for our head barista trainer Julia as she lead Northern Ireland’s first ever SCAE Professional Barista Skills course.  Taking place over 3 intensive days in our Training Academy, the attendees were put through their paces.  Covering everything from the science of espresso extraction, water chemistry and tasting various organic acids to learning about what exactly is in our milk and how to calculate the number of coffees you need to sell in your café to break even.  We can very happily announce that we had a 100% pass rate!  A massive congratulations to Caroline Irwin, Stuart Atkinson, Natalia Spasowska & our very own Jonathan Parks on becoming...

The Bailies team are just back from a wonderful time in Dublin where the World of Coffee show has been taking place. We have now exhibited at 4 trade shows this year, this one being our first ever global event. The general consensus was that we had the most fun of any trade show we've taken part in thus far, the people, camaraderie, atmosphere and coffees on display were nothing short of fantastic. We showcased some top notch coffee and served up espresso, filter, cold brew, nitro brew and even had an imperial porter beer made with some of our roasted coffee which was a big hit. It was a great chance to meet up with some of our coffee buddies...