If you are a secret coffee snob and want to really know all about good coffee for real do go try Karen's coffee course - I've been telling all my friends that I am going off to do a Bar(r) ista's course with Montville Coffee - not only did I spell it wrong but some of them didn't know what a Barista was - guess they're not coffee snobs or up and coming lawyers either, I learnt about coffee grinders, coffee machines (not as easy to operate well as you might think) - why at some coffee shops my coffee comes WITHOUT crema - I want crema, why my coffee is sometimes cold even though it is straight from a machine and should be hot, why my long black is sometimes sour, why my long black is sometimes bitter and why even though I tried to make cappuccino I ended up making a very good latte - guess I'll have to try try again - hey all you baristas out there now I know what you did wrong when my coffee doesn't come just as I want it - thanks Karen we had a ball”. 
Kimberleigh Joblin - Buderim

I found the whole experience enjoyable. I think it was partly being the student again instead of the teacher. It left me free to appreciate the passion Karen has for what she does and the lengths she goes to to impart her knowledge to others using a patient and well considered approach. Karen's explanations of processes were easily understood and therefore readily applied to the production of great coffee. I have developed a much greater appreciation of "good" coffee as a result of doing this course and the other day when presented with "burnt" coffee, I knew what the problem with it was.
Sue Shuttleworth,
Nambour State High School

Yours was the best coffee at the Woodford Folk Festival.
Bill Hauritz, 2005, Director, Woodford Folk Festival, Queensland