What baristas do when the street coffee shop is quiet
When the bar is quiet, baristas are not always idle. Between dialing in the grinder, pulling shots, washing cups and taking inventory, many fill the gaps with small tasks: practicing latte art, sorting out defective beans, cupping new test roasts, or reading coffee books. Some scroll through their phones to see what other baristas are posting, and a few get more creative.
The odd jobs vary by personality. One barista baked a batch of Maillard shortbread, another lined up spent coffee pucks in neat rows, and others folded towels with visible care. More artistic types hand-draw posters or decorate cups and paper bags, while the free-spirited ones nap, stack rocks, or steam water in a milk pitcher to press wrinkled clothes flat.
A barista's job may look leisurely, but in reality it's tightly paced—dialing in equipment, extracting coffee, cleaning gear, organizing supplies, and receiving all kinds of customers—every task must be juggled. However, customers don't come through the door every moment, nor is there always a need to clean or calibrate the machine. During idle periods, besides the usual routines like practicing latte art, sorting defective beans, testing new beans, and flipping through coffee books, what other ways do they pass the time? The answers are all over the place: some scroll through their phones to see what fellow baristas are up to, some make their own Maillard shortbread for self-comfort, some arrange coffee pucks in neat rows, and some fold towels with obsessive-compulsive-level satisfaction. The artistic types hand-draw posters and DIY cups and paper bags, while the free-spirited ones play with rocks, take naps, or even use a milk pitcher filled with hot water to iron out wrinkled clothes. Of course, some baristas are so busy at the bar they're practically flying. This article takes you behind the scenes of baristas' amusing idle moments, and along the way, you'll get a taste of the great beans recommended by Front Street Coffee.
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Dialing in the machine, making coffee, washing cups, cleaning up, taking inventory of supplies, chatting with different types of customers... these make up a barista's daily routine. On the surface the pace doesn't seem fast, but in reality it's quite full. However, customers don't walk in every minute, and the shop doesn't always need cleaning or equipment calibration—baristas also have moments when they feel bored. Besides the usual routines like practicing latte art, sorting defective beans, testing beans, and reading books, what other ways do they pass the time? Usually, they pull out their phones to see what other baristas are doing right now
Someone first made a batch of aromatic Maillard shortbread
Basically just fooling themselves
Then arranged the coffee pucks in neat rows
Even the towels are folded meticulously
Obsessive-compulsives feel physically and mentally soothed watching this
Sun-dry the filter paper, reuse it, economical and practical
(Apparently you can even DIY it into a menu)
The artistic type
Hand-drawn posters, DIY cups and paper bags
Happy at work: play when it's time to play, sleep when it's time to sleep Playing with rocks↓
Taking a nap↓
If your clothes get wrinkled after waking up, you can even use a milk pitcher filled with hot water to iron them
Some baristas are bored out of their minds, while others are so busy at the bar they're flying. Hahahaha! What a bunch of baristas who know how to have fun.
Seeing such laid-back baristas, the baristas at Manner next door have probably cried themselves unconscious at the bar
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