A coffee shop's reputation rests on its drink quality and service. Offering great coffee prepared by well trained baristas is necessary,but it will only take you as far as your equipment allows. Regular maintenance can improve drink quality, reduce operating costs, prevent costly downtime, and greatly extend the life of your equipment. The tools to perform preventative maintenance are inexpensive, and almost anyone can learn how. This class and its manual will teach you how your coffee brewing equipment works and how you can maintain it yourself.

Objectives
- Review the history and basic modern functions & components of
  standard espresso machines, coffee & tea brewers, and grinders.
- Learn the basics of water chemistry and how water affects both
  the taste of drinks and lifespan of café equipment.
- Learn when and how to recharge or replace water treatment
  systems, and more subtle cleaning tasks.
- Receive hands-on experience performing preventative 
  maintenance, including replacing grinder burrs, group 
  gaskets, and other wearable parts.