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This course provides a comprehensive introduction to coffee, covering both foundational and intermediate barista skills. You will learn how to dial in a grinder to a recipe, extract espresso consistently, and steam, texture, and pour milk under the guidance of experienced coffee trainers. The course also explores the coffee journey from farm to cup, giving you a deeper understanding of coffee varieties, harvesting methods, and processing techniques, and how each stage influences the flavor and quality of the final cup.
As part of our course, you will learn to make an espresso recipe from scratch, understand how to build a balanced shot, and identify roast levels and taste profiles so you can confidently adjust the recipe. Through guided coffee tasting sessions, you will explore different coffee varieties, compare single-origin coffees and blends, and evaluate the flavor characteristics of washed, natural, honey, and experimental processing methods.
You will receive hands-on training with espresso machines, grinders, and specialty brewing equipment, including Aeropress, V60, and French press. This course covers everything you need to work in the hospitality industry and deliver excellent customer service while developing the practical coffee knowledge, brewing skills, and beverage preparation techniques required in a modern cafe environment.
United Technical School in Kumaripati, Lalitpur, offers a CTEVT-affiliated barista training program that gets you certified and job-ready in as little as 18 days. If you have been searching for barista training near me, UTS is easy to reach from across the Kathmandu Valley. Over 1,000 students have already trained here and gone on to work in cafes, hotels, and restaurants in Nepal and abroad.
Kathmandu’s cafe scene has grown sharply over the last five years. Every new coffee shop needs at least one trained barista who knows what they are doing. At the same time, countries like Japan, Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and Gulf nations are actively recruiting trained baristas from Nepal. CTEVT data shows graduates from affiliated hospitality programs have a job placement rate above 70% within six months of completing training.
“The training at UTS built my confidence just as much as my coffee skills. I walked out knowing I was ready for a real cafe environment.” –
Subekshya Rai, UTS Barista Course Graduate
Explore the process of coffee production from farm to cup, from its growth to processing to trade worldwide. In Nepal, the zones where coffee is grown are in the regions of Gulmi, Palpa and Kavre.
During coffee tasting sessions and cupping, you will learn how to taste, smell and identify flavors and aromas in coffee, that include acidity, sweetness, body, balance and aftertaste. This is the ability that will help you distinguish a beginner from a professional.
You will learn how to work with commercial espresso machines and grinders, how to calibrate your grinder recipe, how to pull an espresso shot and how to maintain the equipment. You will also find out how to operate and maintain a proper coffee station so that the coffee could flow smoothly during peak periods, keep the working areas clean and produce high-quality coffee under pressure.
You will find out how the grind size, dose, yield, temperature and extraction period can affect the espresso taste, and how the state of milk fat, temperature and texture can affect the end result of espresso. This means cleaning the steamer and pouring milk to the correct temperature and consistency, as well as creating simple latte art such as a heart and rosette – something which customers can spot and employers value.
You will learn how to create a cafe menu, how to price items, what sells and how to balance offerings of drinks, which would be useful in creating a menu for your own cafe. You’ll also get to know how to clean your espresso machine and other cafe equipment properly and the significance of hygiene and food safety, which employers take seriously.
You’ll get a primer on the modern culture of the coffee business: third wave coffee, a movement that views coffee as an artisanal product where quality and origin and processing takes precedence when it comes to the bean, and fourth wave coffee, which embraces data, technology, and sustainability.
The course concludes with a hands-on and a written exam that will assess your practical skills and knowledge of the concepts that you have learnt throughout the course. A certificate from the CTEVT will be issued to you when you pass.
This program is open to everyone. You do not need any prior experience with coffee or hospitality.
Students must be at least 16 years old. SEE pass or equivalent is the minimum academic requirement. Classes run in both Nepali and English, so language is not a barrier.
It is a good fit if you:
After your training, you can also join an internship to get real work experience.
The barista internship period is minimum of 15 days. You can extend it further based on what works for you. Each day, you work a minimum of four hours.
During the internship, the work is unpaid. But for short durations, meals are provided according to your internship placement company’s policy.
If you choose a longer internship at United Coffee Club, approx 3 months as full-time. Transportation facilities are also available on working days.
Once you finish, you receive an experience certificate. The certificate comes from the company you intern with, so the details depend on that company’s own policy.
Our internship provider partners include United Coffee Club, The Burger House, and so on.
Students who complete the program get placement support through UTS’s active network of cafes, hotels, and recruitment partners across Nepal and internationally. Students looking for a barista course with internship and placement support will find both covered here. Over 1k+ students have been placed through this network.
Trained baristas are in high demand in Gulf countries, Japan, Korea, and across Europe. Many recruitment agencies placing workers abroad ask specifically for CTEVT-certified candidates. Pairing your barista certificate with a recognized English language score makes you even more competitive. UTS also offers a Barista with IELTS/PTE combo course in partnership with HUB International for students with this goal.
Learn about the Barista with IELTS/PTE combo course, view course.
United Technical School is affiliated with the Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training, the government body that sets vocational training standards in Nepal. A CTEVT certificate tells employers you were trained to a national standard. That matters whether you are applying in Kathmandu or abroad.
CTEVT-affiliated graduates from hospitality programs have a job placement rate above 70% within six months. Recruitment agencies placing Nepali workers in Gulf countries, Japan, and Korea specifically look for this certification.
UTS can be easily accessed from Jawalakhel, Ekantakuna, Pulchowk, Lagankhel, and most of the southern Kathmandu Valley from Kumaripati, Lalitpur. The school has a dedicated coffee training lab equipped with fully functional espresso machines, grinders, and brewing equipment to provide professional hands-on training.
Training is conducted in small batches to ensure personalized, one-to-one attention for every student and an enhanced learning experience. Lal Bahadur Budhathoki, the barista trainer at UTS, has 5 years of hands-on industry experience and has trained students now working in cafes across Kathmandu and in hospitality roles abroad.
Morning and evening batches are available every cycle.
Mr. Lal Bahadur Budhathoki is an experienced coffee professional, Quality Assurance Specialist, and Head Barista Instructor at United Technical School. Having worked in the coffee industry since 2012, he has developed extensive expertise across the coffee value chain, from coffee farming and processing to roasting, quality assurance, brewing, and delivering an exceptional cup to customers. He has also been associated with the National Tea and Coffee Development Board, contributing to the growth and promotion of Nepal’s coffee industry. Throughout his career, he has worked with renowned organizations including Himalayan Java, Himalayan Bean Coffee, Eastern Barista, and Roastry, gaining in-depth knowledge of specialty coffee, roasting, coffee quality, and brewing techniques. As a dedicated trainer, Mr. Budhathoki is passionate about sharing his industry expertise through hands-on training, preparing aspiring baristas with practical skills and industry-standard knowledge.
Meet Mr. Sujan Shrestha, our dedicated barista instructor and latte art specialist. Passionate about coffee and committed to developing future baristas, he has trained numerous aspiring coffee professionals through practical, hands-on learning.
Specializing in latte art, Mr. Sujan guides students from mastering milk texturing and espresso extraction to creating clean, consistent pours and elegant latte art designs. His training also covers brewing techniques, café workflow, and the professional skills required to succeed in the coffee industry.
With a patient and engaging teaching approach, Mr. Sujan is dedicated to helping every learner build confidence, refine their techniques, and develop the practical skills needed to excel in the coffee industry.
We are now accepting registrations for our barista class— secure your spot today and elevate your coffee-making skills.
Kumaripati, Lalitpur, Nepal G.P.O Box: 8975 EPC 1195, Lalitpur
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