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No. That’s just- no. The word you’re looking for here is “latte.”

#barista life #barista #you can’t put that style of latte art on a cappuccino #cappuccino #latte #christmas ornament

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I’m a barista. The coffee shop I work in is embedded in a grocery store, and I generally am running things by myself.

Today I’d hit a rush, so I was working at double-time. My pot of dark roast had just run dry, I had multiple breakfast sandwich orders, I was doing a million glove changes (thanks, COVID and food safety), and the package of cheese I’d just opened turned out to be a “Surprise! I’ve already gone moldy for no reason! Grab a new package and try again!” Then I had another woman come up with groceries she wanted to pay for and who ordered another two breakfast sandwiches - one of them with “extra crispy” bacon. I told her I could do extra crispy but it would take a little extra time - both of my microwaves (that I use for sandwiches) were already full.

I was multitasking like a lunatic trying to put out new coffee, make five hot sandwiches, and help more people in line. I was, quite literally, running, when one of my lovely regulars came up. Extra Crispy Woman, who was leaning grouchily in front of my self-serve coffee pots, told my regular VERY loudly,

“If you want to get anything, it’s going to be a twenty minute wait at least.”

She had been waiting less than five minutes, and I was just putting her second sandwich in to cook. The first sandwich was already done and waiting on the counter for her.

Extra Crispy Woman will never know how close she came to getting moldy cheese on her sandwich.

#barista life #customer service #barista #baristalife #always be nice to your barista

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#baristalife #latte art #progress #barista life #coffee

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When you’re a barista and your coworker is enthusing to you about instant coffee

#baristalife #coffee #I’m such a coffee snob #instantcoffee #never tell a barista that instant is wonderful

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btvs rewatch ✞ 3x22 Graduation Day Part 2

#XD XD XD #coffee vs tea #coffee

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#tea #coffee #london fog

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I got asked for a “cappuccino with just a little foam” today. I do so love it when customers have absolutely no idea what they’re ordering.

#that’s not a cappuccino #that’s a latte #barista life #baristalife #coffee #cappuccino #latte #argh #apocalyptic coffee service

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Not bad for oat milk!

#latte art #barista life #baristalife #coffee #latte #apocalyptic coffee service #im super proud of this one #oatmilk

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When some dumbass at corporate decides to raise your grocery store coffee shop’s prices so that they’re higher than Starbucks’s

#barista life #baristalife #coffee #latte #apocalyptic coffee service #what the hell #what the fuck #why would anyone do that

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#latte art #barista life #baristalife #coffee #latte

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There’s nothing quite as nerve wracking as being a North American barista while a little old Italian man leans around your espresso machine and micromanages how you’re making his cappuccino. (An American cappuccino is not the same as a European cappuccino.)

#barista life #baristalife #apocalyptic coffee service #cappuccino #coffee #barista

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“Penny university” is my favorite slang term for coffee houses of yore.

#coffee #history #fun facts

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My car has acquired a tattoo.

#barista life #baristalife #coffee #decal

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As a barista, having the Starbucks app is like having a Starbucks recipe book.

#barista life #baristalife #coffee

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Eating lunch and overhearing some new folks being trained to work the front end registers. The trainer just talked about dealing with a customer who literally violently threw change at her and slammed his cart into a wall because he was so mad about being asked to follow our store’s current safety precautions. Wtf? So grateful I’m only dealing with the surly people buying coffee. :(

#apocalyptic coffee service #covid2020 #covid19 #essentialserviceworker #customer service

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You know, any movies they make about the COVID-19 pandemic in the future will probably never be entirely accurate, because they’ll probably show all of their actors wearing their face masks correctly - not a single upside down disposable mask or nose hanging out.

#apocalyptic coffee service #covid2020 #covid19 #baristalife #barista life

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Best work mask ever.

#barista life #baristalife #essentialserviceworker #covid19 #covid2020 #apocalyptic coffee service #coffee