Coffee Classes in San Francisco, CA

Learn how to make and bottle your own hot sauce--that can be shelf-stable for months or years to come. From mild to wild, let me take you on a ride of the basics in taste profiles for hot peppers and flavors that are sure to wake you up more than your morning coffee. Class structure will be set up to show you how to choose the peppers, keep yourself...

We should call this class chocolate and vanilla! We’ll make a buttery yellow cake with chocolate icing and a moist chocolate cake with a fluffy white frosting. This class will introduce you to two different cake making techniques, and you’ll bake along with our chef and assemble your own layer cake and decorate cupcakes, and you’ll learn a few...

Learn how to dress up pumpkin muffins with a mouth-watering, crumbly topping! Perfect for enjoying seasonal flavors and indulging in pumpkin everything! All ages welcome! We will be using the oven and a hand/stand mixer, so parental supervision is encouraged. Most ingredients can be found in your pantry with a few exceptions: Brown sugar Cinnamon...

Coffee cupping is a standardized and ritualized method of tasting that is used at nearly every level of the supply chain—by farmers to check in on the quality of their harvest, by green buyers to choose which coffees to purchase, and by roasters to help guide their roast profiles. The cupping process begins with assessing the smell of the ground...

Coffee Together, Apart II: Brewing Together is a virtual brewing class in which you will learn about some of the key principles of extraction and dialing in a coffee. Then, we will all brew the same coffee together using whatever device each student has on hand.Designed to be informative and social, you'll have the opportunity to workshop your technique...

Coffee Together, Apart I – Tasting Together is an introduction to coffee tasting through a guided virtual cupping. Cupping is a process used to evaluate different coffees side by side, used by green buyers to choose which coffees to purchase, by roasters to help guide their roast profiles, and by baristas to know how best to brew and serve coffees...

It’s the new “IT” kitchen appliance, but just what the heck is all the fuss about? Find out in this hands-on class with Chef JJ, where she’ll demystify the Instant Pot, and share a recipe for delicious DIY Coffee Shop Egg Bites.This class is taking place online, via Zoom. You'll receive an email with the link to join in, along with the recipe,...

Learn how to make your own matcha or golden milk at home that is quick, simple, delicious and frothy. I will make a golden milk latte and a spirulina superfood latte but I will teach you how to apply it to any other superfoods such as mushroom, beetroot or chai. In this course you will also learn the benefits of these superfoods and why the are so...

Be inspired to create your own decadent desserts! Our Chef will guide you to make these melt-in-your-mouth chocolate cakes. This is class if great for all levels, from the, "I'm afraid to walk into a kitchen!", to, "I bake every day!". Students will also learn to prepare traditional French Madeleines, the perfect accompaniment to any cup tea...

Participate in an annual tradition at Pans on Fire: Celebrate mom this Mother's Day with a cooking class brunch. Prepare then dine on hashbrown-crusted asparagus quiche, breakfast fruit pizza, cardamom spiced bacon (this will make you positively swoon!), and lemon-buttermilk scones with fresh lemon curd. Enjoy it all with a cup of coffee or a mimosa...

Begin Valentine's Week with a romantic Sunday brunch.  Using ingredients with purported aphrodisiac qualities, you'll prepare a luscious leek and asparagus frittata, scrumptious short-cut sticky buns, strawberry parfait and enjoy it all with a mimosa (or coffee). Bring a partner and share the fun!  This is a 2.5 hour hands-on program with...

Returns to primarily red wines and focuses more deeply on the most famous denominations, including Barolo, Barbaresco, Brunello di Montalcino, Super Tuscans, and more: why they are special and terms that may appear on labels such as subzones of production and style variations. The class finishes with a brief discussion of two Italian staples, cheese...

Why special edition? Because you've requested it! This morning, we're heating up the oven to make a veritable baked breakfast bounty buffet (say that several times!). Sometimes, it's just easier to put together something for breakfast and throw it in the oven while you nurse a cup of coffee. Or maybe you're expecting company? These items will be...