Coffee Master was formally discontinued a couple years ago, and the black aprons are no longer orderable. When I went through certification a few years ago I had to verify the work I was doing with my SM, and be recertified yearly. If they were one they were probably last certified in 2019 or so.

Some SMs allegedly gave out black aprons for completing all 3 levels of Coffee Academy, but that's up to SM discretion.

They don’t even do that anymore with the black apron that’s old

She’s not a coffee master they discontinued the program a year or two ago.

When I worked there it was a whole course

I have been with Starbucks for 18 years, always “just” a barista. I asked to take the black apron training when the option first came up, but found out you had to be a shift to qualify. Then, when it was opened up to baristas, I signed up on s list for the training, almost all of us did. The training was promised but never happened for any of us. Then I heard the black apron training was no longer available. Bad ass green apron and proud.

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It's a course through ASU, my manager said he could get me set up on it when I asked

It’s a whole course that has to be finalized by the DM I believe. I thought they got rid of it though. Being a coffee master literally means nothing btw