A specialist coffee training school in the heart of Manchester, running inside a working speciality roastery. From your first flat white to Q-grading and roasting, we teach the whole craft on professional equipment - with SCA-certified courses, team training for cafés, and an open community of coffee lovers. Whatever your level, there’s a way in.
Accredited modules with official digital certification on passing. Foundation to Professional.
Browse the courses →Core barista skills, free for Heart & Graft customers, plus bespoke training built around your bar and your team.
Explore team training →Workshops, cuppings, equipment rental and Coffee X events - no certificate required.
Visit the community →Most tracks run Foundation → Intermediate → Professional, so you can start anywhere and progress at your own pace.
Nine SCA-certified tracks across the whole coffee chain. Pick a track to see every level, or view the full catalogue.
See all courses →The best first step. A broad look at the specialty industry, farm to cup, with simple tasting exercises along the way.
Espresso, milk texture and bar workflow - from your first tamp to running a bar to SCA standard.
Manual and automatic methods, the essential brewing elements, and the science of a balanced cup.
Taste like a professional. How perception works, a shared language for flavour, and cupping to industry protocol.
Botany and terroir, post-harvest processing, grading, logistics and global trade.
From first charge to running the roastery. Roast curves, machinery, heat transfer, flavour development and production management.
The benchmark qualification in coffee evaluation. Become a licensed Q Grader through the Coffee Value Assessment (CVA) system.
The environmental, economic and social realities of the trade. A Foundation, then three focused professional programmes.
Keep the kit running. Water filtration and preventive maintenance for the machines a café and roastery depend on.
Home barista workshops, public cuppings and Coffee X - our extra-curricular events. No certificate required.
View community space →Tell us where you are - total beginner, working barista, or aiming for Q - and we’ll map the right pathway through the school.
NORTHERN COFFEE SCHOOL · AT HEART & GRAFT COFFEE ROASTERY · MANCHESTER
SCA AUTHORISED TRAINING · CERTIFICATION ON SUCCESSFUL ASSESSMENT