Detroit espresso consulting & training
Better espresso.
Consistently.
We audit your bar, dial in your recipes, and train your baristas — so every shot tastes the way it should. Every shift.
Where it starts
A bad bag breaks the best barista.
Stale, low-grade, or wrong-for-espresso beans fail before the shot is ever pulled — no skill, grinder, or machine can save them. So we assess your beans first, then build everything on a foundation that can actually deliver. Great beans don’t guarantee great espresso — but bad beans guarantee the opposite.
How we start
First, we come in as a customer.
Before we ever introduce ourselves, we visit your shop like any guest — order off your menu and taste exactly what your customers get, in real conditions. No performance for the consultant. No scrubbing the bar beforehand. Just the honest truth about your espresso.
- Tasted blind
We order like any guest — no heads-up, no staged shots.
- Beans assessed first
We start at the foundation: freshness, roast, and fit for espresso.
- The real bar
Your true workflow and consistency — not a cleaned-up version for the consultant.
The cost of inconsistency
Inconsistency is quietly expensive.
of revenue rides on a single review star
Harvard Business School. Inconsistent espresso is the fastest way to lose it.
lost on every remade or comped drink
A café drink costs ~89¢ to make — and a bad shot wastes the whole thing.
of espresso wasted to dialing & tossed shots
Drift you can cut — and keep the bag.
gross margin on espresso drinks
Your best product should also be your most consistent.
What we do
We sharpen the whole program — not just the shot.
Bean assessment
We start at the foundation — is your coffee fresh, roasted for espresso, and right for your bar? The best technique on earth can’t rescue the wrong bag, so we check the beans first.
Espresso audit
We come to your bar, taste your shots, and measure the whole setup — grind, dose, yield, temp, and workflow. You leave with a clear punch list.
Recipe & dial-in
Dose, yield, ratio, time, and temperature locked into documented recipes — so the espresso tastes right no matter who is on bar.
Grind calibration
A simple system for re-dialing through the day and across bags, so grind drift stops quietly costing you shots.
Extraction
Even, balanced shots — no channeling, no sour-and-bitter swings. The same shot, pull after pull.
Workflow & bar design
A calmer, faster bar that holds up at peak. Fewer steps, fewer mistakes, more drinks per hour when it matters.
Equipment care
Cleaning, maintenance, and calibration routines that protect your machine — and keep quality from slipping.
Barista training
Hands-on coaching that builds real confidence, turns recipes into muscle memory, and keeps good people from burning out.
Standards & SOPs
Recipe cards, calibration logs, and simple standards your team can follow on day one — quality that survives a new hire.
It all comes back to the fundamentals
How it works
Four steps to a bar that holds its standard.
Secret audit
We visit unannounced as a guest, taste what your customers get, and start by assessing your beans — then the rest of the bar.
Dial in
We build documented recipes, calibrate your grinder and machine, and tighten extraction and workflow.
Train
We coach your baristas hands-on until the standard is muscle memory and they own it without us.
Standard
You keep recipe cards, calibration logs, and a standard that holds through new hires and the rush.
Why Dose
Detroit-based. On your bar this week.
We’re not a national firm on a Zoom call. We’re local — we drink at your bar, we know the scene from Corktown to Ferndale, and we believe independent Detroit coffee should win on quality. When something’s off, we can be there in person, fast.
Who we work with
What you walk away with
- Documented recipes anyone on your team can hit
- A calmer, faster bar with less waste
- Confident baristas who stay
- Espresso worth charging for, every shift
Same drink, every barista, every shift
Let’s make your espresso unforgettable.
Book a free, in-person espresso audit. We’ll pull a few shots with your team and leave you two or three things to fix — no obligation.