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The Social Coffee Audit Checklist

by Eve Gibson-Knowles, from the Community

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This coffee audit checklist helps baristas and cafe teams deliver consistent, high‑quality beverages. It covers drink knowledge (latte, cappuccino, americano, flat white, mocha), workstation readiness, milk steaming technique, espresso fundamentals, and equipment care, including purging steam wands, flushing group heads, and wiping down surfaces. Use it to standardize training, verify milk temperatures, assess understanding of machine components, and reinforce hygiene and service standards across shifts.

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Coffee Audit Checklist
This coffee audit checklist helps cafes and coffee shops evaluate beverage quality, equipment hygiene, milk preparation, and service standards. It covers espresso extraction and crema, milk texturing for cappuccino, latte, and flat white, correct recipes for hot chocolate, mocha, and americano, and proper presentation in dine-in and takeaway formats. It includes cleaning routines for steam arms, milk jugs, and coffee machines, calibration of thermometers, and adherence to brand standards. The template also checks team appearance, customer service behaviors, receipt handling, and complaint processes, plus food display, equipment condition, and overall cafe cleanliness across seating, floors, fixtures, lighting, vents, and condiment areas.
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WOODS Barista Skills Assessment
Assess barista skills and coffee preparation techniques with this WOODS Specialty Coffee assessment. The checklist reviews product knowledge, opening and closing routines, cleanliness, dosing and extraction, grinder calibration and distribution, espresso and equipment calibration, milk steaming and foaming, correct milk volumes and temperatures, steam wand purging and wiping, drink recipes in the cup including latte, flat white, Americano and flavored beverages, coffee station appearance, and service speed, teamwork and customer communication. Use it as a personal audit to identify strengths and training needs in a cafe environment.
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Illicit Still Coffee Audit
Evaluate barista knowledge and drink preparation with this Illicit Still coffee audit. Check coffee machine and grinder parts, confirm pre-service checks, and assess espresso, latte, cappuccino, americano, mocha, flat white, and macchiato preparation. Verify correct presentation and capture staff signatures to support consistent quality, training, and weekly cafe operations.
by Murray Tavendale, from the Community
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Barista Espresso and Milk Preparation Checklist
This barista checklist guides cafe staff through consistent espresso preparation and milk steaming. It covers button flush, correct tamping, handle cleaning, 20–22 second run time, using a timer, steaming milk during extraction, purging and wiping the steam wand, using one thermometer per jug, correct milk pouring for latte and cappuccino, and maintaining presentation standards. It reinforces clean-as-you-go practices and includes sections for comments and photos to document quality and training. Designed for coffee shops seeking repeatable quality and hygiene in daily service.
by Max A, from the Community
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Coffee Audit Checklist

This coffee audit checklist helps cafes and coffee shops evaluate beverage quality, equipment hygiene, milk preparation, and service standards. It covers espresso extraction and crema, milk texturing for cappuccino, latte, and flat white, correct recipes for hot chocolate, mocha, and americano, and proper presentation in dine-in and takeaway formats. It includes cleaning routines for steam arms, milk jugs, and coffee machines, calibration of thermometers, and adherence to brand standards. The template also checks team appearance, customer service behaviors, receipt handling, and complaint processes, plus food display, equipment condition, and overall cafe cleanliness across seating, floors, fixtures, lighting, vents, and condiment areas.

by Tracey MacRobert, from the Community

30+

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WOODS Barista Skills Assessment

Assess barista skills and coffee preparation techniques with this WOODS Specialty Coffee assessment. The checklist reviews product knowledge, opening and closing routines, cleanliness, dosing and extraction, grinder calibration and distribution, espresso and equipment calibration, milk steaming and foaming, correct milk volumes and temperatures, steam wand purging and wiping, drink recipes in the cup including latte, flat white, Americano and flavored beverages, coffee station appearance, and service speed, teamwork and customer communication. Use it as a personal audit to identify strengths and training needs in a cafe environment.

by Abdulaziz Alessa, from the Community

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Illicit Still Coffee Audit

Evaluate barista knowledge and drink preparation with this Illicit Still coffee audit. Check coffee machine and grinder parts, confirm pre-service checks, and assess espresso, latte, cappuccino, americano, mocha, flat white, and macchiato preparation. Verify correct presentation and capture staff signatures to support consistent quality, training, and weekly cafe operations.

by Murray Tavendale, from the Community

10+

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Template

Barista Espresso and Milk Preparation Checklist

This barista checklist guides cafe staff through consistent espresso preparation and milk steaming. It covers button flush, correct tamping, handle cleaning, 20–22 second run time, using a timer, steaming milk during extraction, purging and wiping the steam wand, using one thermometer per jug, correct milk pouring for latte and cappuccino, and maintaining presentation standards. It reinforces clean-as-you-go practices and includes sections for comments and photos to document quality and training. Designed for coffee shops seeking repeatable quality and hygiene in daily service.

by Max A, from the Community

1,000+

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