From origin to cup
The complete journey from coffee origin and processing to roasting, grinding, extraction, and service.
English Wizards x iOVE present
Kraków edition
Coffee Decoded:
Taste Like
a Barista
An intimate Australian-led coffee training and tasting experience
You're paying specialty-coffee prices. Are you receiving specialty-coffee quality?
Saturday 15 August 2026
10:00
iOVE Kraków
Entirely in English
First 6 seats: 49 PLN | Remaining 10: 59 PLNMaximum 16 guests only
You'll never taste or buy coffee quite the same way again.
The Challenge
Kraków has plenty of expensive coffee. But price, latte art, and attractive branding do not prove that a cup is good.
Coffee Decoded gives you the sensory language, scientific understanding, and professional standards to judge for yourself. You will learn why coffee tastes the way it does, how preparation changes it, and how to recognise when a café is, or is not, delivering the quality its prices suggest.
The experience
Four methods.
Four profiles.
One reveal.
Robert will prepare four hot coffees using espresso, V60, drip, and French press. You will taste every cup with a guided sensory wheel, compare aroma, acidity, sweetness, bitterness, body, and finish, and describe what changes.
The final reveal connects the entire experience and makes the lesson stick.
This is not a hands-on brewing class. Every coffee is prepared for you so your attention stays on calibration, comparison, and understanding.
Taste first. Discover the secret after.
Espresso
V60
Drip
Frenchpress
Your trainer
Robert Ludwig
Internationally trained Australian barista • former café owner • coffee and hospitality entrepreneur
Robert trained through Gloria Jean's international coffee system, implemented across more than 50 countries. His former Gloria Jean's café in Emerald, Australia ranked in Australia's top 10 among more than 300 stores.
Robert translates professional coffee training into practical skills you can use every time you order, taste, prepare, recommend, or buy coffee.
What You Will Learn
Six practical takeaways from origin to extraction.
Taste with precision
How to describe aroma, acidity, sweetness, bitterness, body, and finish.
Variables that matter
How grind, pressure, temperature, contact time, and filtration change a cup.
Price vs quality
What genuinely separates a good coffee from an expensive one.
Spot careless prep
How to recognise common signs of careless preparation and unprofessional service.
Buy with confidence
How to make future coffee purchases with confidence.
Everything Included
- Four guided tasting samples
- A branded Coffee Decoded Sensory Wheel to use and keep
- One full-sized hot or cold coffee or tea after the training
- Snacks and sweets during the coffee-infused social
- Three transferable Buy One, Get One Free cards for any hot or cold coffee or tea at iOVE, valid for 30 days; milk alternatives included
The experience changes how you understand coffee, and the included iOVE offers can practically cover the ticket price themselves.
Schedule
Training runs from 10:00 to 12:15. The full-sized drink, snacks, sweets, and coffee social follow until approximately 13:00.
Please arrive by 09:50. No equipment or preparation is required.
Who
Should
Attend
Coffee enthusiasts are the heart of Edition One. Baristas, servers, café owners, managers, and other hospitality workers are strongly encouraged to take the training seriously: it will level up how you evaluate, describe, and serve coffee.
No previous coffee training is required. The experience is entirely in English. Coffee served during the tasting is caffeinated; decaf is not available.
Only 16 Seats
Only 16 seats exist so Robert can guide every guest through the tasting.
Early bird
49 PLN
First 6 seats only
Regular
59 PLN
Remaining 10 seats
Practical Details
Date
Saturday, 15 August 2026
Arrival
09:50
Training
10:00-12:15
Social
approximately 12:15-13:00
Venue
Language
English
Capacity
16
Dietary requirements are collected during booking. Refunds and cancellations are available until 10:00 on Saturday, 8 August. Ticket transfers are accepted until the evening before the event when both people confirm in writing.
You'll never taste or buy coffee quite the same way again.
Edition One has 16 seats. Claim yours before somebody with worse taste gets there first.