A barista trainer from Sheffield has devised what may be a unique barista-training and support system.  It is a one-to-one system in which the participants are not in the same room – it is all done across the internet, using a webcam and the Skype system, by which live motion pictures can be transferred at the same time as a spoken-voice call.  The idea comes from Youri Vlag of Absolute Coffee, who says that the new idea offers a remarkable combination of benefits in both cost and practicality.   He told us :  “I was brainstorming about barista training and how to offer something unique, and this was the result.  We are going to be, to my knowledge, the first company in the world to offer a one-to-one online barista training course.  For those who think this is crazy and can’t be done, we would like to prove them wrong - it can be done and we are going to do it!