INSTRUCTORS
Wolfgang Lueckel, Seth Compaore
COURSE FEE: $5760
ESTIMATED OUT-OF-POCKET COST: $300
INTERVIEW: Yes
MAX CLASS SIZE: 25
PREREQs: None
DESTINATIONS
Austria; France
COURSE DESCRIPTION
We will be traveling to Vienna and Paris not only to learn more about coffee’s history but to live with coffee for more than three weeks, to explore every facet the mysterious bean has to offer, including its colonial history and the socio-cultural impact of the beverage. We will spend about equal time in each city. In hands-on workshops with local coffee professionals we will learn to make our own coffee, scrutinizing all the important parameters that are necessary to make a superb cup. Preparing coffee is a science and an art, and we will study various parameters such as grind, tamp, extraction techniques (such as espresso, pour-over, immersion), water, concentration, milk steaming and more. In addition, we will explore many of Vienna’s and Paris’s famous cultural sites such as monuments and museums. In each city, students will also have time for individual activities. We will live with local hosts (Vienna) and in international dorms (Paris). Our budget covers most meals, thus minimizing the extra funds that students need to bring. All admissions to sights and museums as well as all coffee-related expenses are included. During a final ethnographic project, students will explore a coffee-related topic on their own, interview and observe people who drink or make coffee, research information, and write a brief paper on their findings.
EMAIL FACULTY: Wolfgang Lueckel