Barista's career planning, how to become a barista?

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Barista's definition of occupation: a career dedicated to the dissemination of coffee knowledge and the production of coffee products, serving coffee consumers. This is my summary definition, a relatively concise short sentence. Baristas must learn and master coffee-related knowledge, coffee culture, coffee botany, coffee initial processing, coffee roasting, coffee production, changes in coffee consumers' consumption, and so on. While serving consumers, impart some coffee-related knowledge that is easy to share to guests. This is a very long and lonely process, and the traveler is lonely, which is what it means. Today I would like to share with coffee lovers and practitioners who intend to learn about the career planning of baristas.

1. Work in the coffee industry and grow up to be a coffee shop manager

2. Coffee roaster or set up a roasting studio

3. Coffee trainer or establishment of training institution

4. Coffee machine maintenance engineer

5. Coffee equipment traders

6. Coffee external activities, etc.

Coffee shop manager (manager)

The coffee shop needs to be managed by someone who can be the manager of the catering industry, but a better choice is the coffee shop manager who has grown up step by step by the barista. Because only those who grow up from the front line have a better understanding with the guests. So after barista studies, you enter the coffee industry, you become an apprentice barista, then a barista, then a bar manager, then a cafe manager, and finally a manager. Most of the excellent managers are done from the grass-roots level, of course, there are also some professional managers, we should recognize this objectively.

Coffee roaster

In the coffee-related industry, coffee roaster is a very knowledgeable job, and the flavor of coffee basically depends on the ability of a roaster. A good roaster needs a long time of study and practice in order to master the roasting of coffee beans. Now some baristas are turning to roasting coffee beans, and beans have been bought all over the country. It is very important to choose a career wisely according to your own situation.

Coffee training

Barista when you become a coffee shop supervisor or related position, you have good experience and skills, and you also have the ability to be a teacher, so you can do coffee training. Impart your knowledge and skills to more people who like coffee, and the ability to be a teacher is mentioned again here. In the previous "bartender's career planning" and another text also mentioned, but also illustrates a point of view. A barista or bartender may not be able to teach students well, because these are two related industries of a completely different nature. An excellent teacher is not necessarily the top expert in the industry, a master is not necessarily able to teach students well. Although this Taoist argument is controversial, it is true. If you learn something about education, you will naturally understand why. Go to school to be a coffee training teacher or set up your own training institution.

Coffee machine maintenance engineer

Coffee machine, a kind of mechanical equipment, can also break down, so it needs to be repaired, and now there are some baristas who are talented in machinery who have also learned to repair coffee machines, so the road to becoming a coffee machine maintenance engineer begins. I have such a barista around me, from an Internet mogul to a late-stage maintenance company for coffee equipment.

Coffee trader

Trade in coffee equipment and materials, which requires you to have a fairly good supply and stability. At the same time, you should also have excellent sales ability, because it all depends on sales, and there are no other shortcuts.

Coffee activity

Now commercial activities, also need coffee embellishment, in my circle, there are baristas now professional running activities, bring their own two baristas, equipment to wait until the event scene to make coffee, but also do a pretty good job. So drinking coffee is available everywhere, as long as developers, publishers and event organizers can pay, coffee machines and baristas will appear on the scene to provide freshly ground and freshly made boutique milk coffee.

All this is happening around me, and it is also what some baristas around me are doing. Very real. So baristas have a broad career, as long as you want to.

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The difference between instant coffee and freshly ground coffee

"instant coffee" is a kind of coffee products, which can not be regarded as coffee in the real sense. This is a common view in the traditional coffee industry. Instant coffee is a synthetic product of industrialization, and it is a good substitute for coffee in some specific environments, such as long-distance travel on trains and airplanes, rather than coffee in the original sense. instant coffee in the synthesis process of coffee original nutrition and health ingredients are destroyed and disappear, although it also has the taste of coffee. However, it has lost the rich nutrients in coffee and the efficacy of health care, as well as the thick cultural taste and atmosphere. In addition, the preservatives, pigments, sweeteners and other additives contained in instant coffee cannot be digested and absorbed in the human body and continue to be deposited, so "instant coffee" should not be drunk frequently.

Although there is a little coffee taste when drinking instant coffee, it has lost the rich aromatic oil in the coffee. What's more, in order to keep it for a long time, workers will add preservatives in the process of cooking and atomization, and because the fragrance is almost gone, additives such as milk essence and essence will also be added. These additives can not be digested and absorbed in the human body and continue to deposit, causing harm to the central nervous system of the human body and accelerating the aging of human cells. Therefore, for those who really love life and coffee, instant coffee is not sweet and harmful to health.

In addition, because of the cost, instant coffee certainly chooses robusta coffee, which is of poor quality and high yield. Anyway, consumers cannot tell which raw materials are used. Most of them are produced in Vietnam (it is said that chemical weapons remain for quite a long time) and some countries in Africa. In addition, the broken beans, bad beans and maldeveloped varieties were baked and ground directly without screening. Because most of the aromatic essence is to be lost, no matter how good beans are not very meaningful.

Although there is a little coffee taste when drinking instant coffee, it has lost the rich aromatic oil in the coffee. What's more, in order to keep it for a long time, workers will add preservatives in the process of cooking and atomization, and because the fragrance is almost gone, additives such as milk essence and essence will also be added. These additives can not be digested and absorbed in the human body and continue to deposit, causing harm to the central nervous system of the human body and accelerating the aging of human cells. Therefore, for those who really love life and coffee, instant coffee is not sweet and harmful to health.

Although some instant coffee, like freshly ground coffee, has to be ground and brewed, the process is kept in the factory. The most fragrant coffee is when it is ground into powder and boiled in water. Freshly ground coffee allows you to really taste the fragrant coffee.