What does a barista's year say about coffee knowledge?
A barista's year is built from daily customer encounters, latte art practice, espresso extraction, cup washing, and hauling supplies, mixed with frustration and humor. The annual review collects those moments into a portrait of the job, tracing how newcomers move from passionate enthusiasm toward professional development through accumulated coffee knowledge.
The complaints are part of the picture. Customers ask for swan latte art from baristas who cannot pour it, then question their skill when a simple espresso is what they can make. Uneven distribution, wrong tamping direction, unstable milk steaming, shaky pouring, and extraction by guesswork all appear in the review, alongside the quiet routines that build real competence over 365 days, as noted by front street coffee.
As another year draws to a close, the stories of baristas have quietly unfolded over 365 days. From every encounter with customers to the daily routines of latte art, espresso extraction, cup washing, and hauling supplies, this annual report captures a true portrait of baristas along with their humorous complaints. Front Street Coffee reviews the year's ups and downs with you, exploring how to grow from passionate enthusiasm to professional development. Whether you're a practitioner or an enthusiast, you'll find resonance and inspiration here.
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(🎵Light music plays...)
"Please choose your image"
Time flies, and we gather here once again
Let's look back on your 2022 together～
So happy to meet you; the story begins with a number
365
Three hundred and sixty-five days and nights always slip away unnoticed
In just a few more days
2022 will also come to a close
This year you met customers for 365 days
Among those 365 days, each one brought you a new experience
Customers who made you happy: ___ people
Customers who made you angry: ___ people
Customers who warmed your heart: ___ people
Customers who left you speechless: ___ people
……
In the coffee journey, every encounter has its reason
This year, the barista's summary (rants) is as follows:
No.1 I am who I am, and even I get frustrated looking at myself
From having nothing on New Year's Day
To having nothing at year's end
And from having nothing to now being deep in debt
I am who I am, a different kind of firework
No money, no power, and most importantly, still no girlfriend
Even so
As a barista with ideals and aspirations
Going home to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new is still the right thing to do
No.2 Jumping into the pit with nothing but passion
Customer: I'd like a latte with a swan
Barista: A swan? I can't even pour that!
Customer: What? You can't do latte art?
You can't even make an Espresso — what kind of barista are you?!
Barista: Everyone has their specialty, and learning has its order!
Uneven distribution, wrong tamping direction, unstable milk steaming, shaky hands doing latte art, extraction by metaphysics, sensory evaluation by guessing
Can't operate the machine, don't understand roasting, don't know the regions, forgot all the processing methods, clueless about the Golden Cup
Being able to become a barista
Is all thanks to jumping into the fire pit with nothing but passion
A little over 40,000 a month (4,000.0)
I know exactly how much I'm worth
But I won't feel inferior either
Salary is all illusory
I'm a barista
Might as well say master cup washer, server, cashier
Repairman, mover, and also expected to write articles and handle words with one hand
In our line of work
National geography, crop cultivation, global climate, logistics and delivery, mechanical production, business management, infrastructure construction, graphic design, text editing, painting, photography, psychology, flower arrangement and bonsai, chemistry and physics, nutritional structure, etc...
Even pet raising is within our scope!
Everything except coffee! I can do it all!
No.4 The full journey from slacker to workaholic
Last year's monthly salary was a little over 35,000
This year's monthly salary is a little over 40,000
Next year...
Before stepping into the coffee industry, it was 9-to-5 and carefree
Every day looking forward to getting off work and holidays, with a decent salary
After becoming a passionate coffee enthusiast, one meal was seafood, and the next was instant noodles with bread — successfully staging the "holidays make me anxious, work makes me happy" series of corporate slave life. Truly pure and unblemished holidays became extinct the moment I chose to devote myself to the coffee business!
Alright～ just kidding! How could a barista's annual summary be this depressing!
Every job is not easy, and not easy to come by,
Only by cherishing and loving it can there be better development.
To become a better barista, passion alone won't get you there.
You need love, and more importantly, you need to calm down～
Learn more about coffee knowledge, not just coffee brewing techniques.
This job requires both heart and brain.
A barista needs to think not only about how to make a delicious cup of coffee,
But also about how to let more people understand coffee, love coffee, and plan their own future development.
Love can get you into the coffee industry,
Perseverance and effort can give you long-term development in the industry.
Even if in the future you feel it's not the right fit, there's no need to regret it,
Because this is an experience worth treasuring.
Even if things don't turn out as hoped in the end,
The value of this experience will always shine through in your next career.
Keep going!
All of you who love coffee!
Keep going!
All coffee practitioners!
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The above content is compiled by CoffeeHunters, a coffee news website.
