Do you make money as a barista? What is the average salary of baristas? Is it necessary for baristas to make textual research?

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Barista: I earn three thousand a month, and I can't lose you a shot!

The salary of baristas in third-and fourth-tier cities is 1500-2000, that of apprentices in a commercial coffee shop in second-tier cities is 2000-2500, that of experienced baristas is 3000-3500 yuan, and that of store managers is 4000-5000. Working at the bar for more than 9 hours a day, one day off a week (not a fixed rotation), morning shift, middle shift, night shift, 12 shops in the evening, it is normal to get off work at 1: 00 in the morning, holiday (don't be whimsical), there is no holiday all year round. Chinese New year can let you take turns to rest for four or five days, half of the people in the field take a rest first, and return to work after the New year, and the other half go home after the year. This is the case in general commercial coffee shops.

The boutique coffee shop is a different scene, because the boss knows that you come to us to learn the technology and want to use a powerful EK43, variable pressure machine, but also provide some training opportunities, more opportunities to contact hand brewing, cup testing, coffee roasting, so lower wages can also attract people, but do more and more miscellaneous things, unlike in a commercial store constantly making drinks at the bar is enough. Many baristas have joined the industry very early, many of them graduated from high school and joined the industry at the age of 18 to learn baking from their masters for four or five years and set up a baking studio on their own. There are also many baristas who hope to increase their popularity through various competitions, which is also the fastest way, especially in the flower-pulling competition, as long as you work hard enough, are not afraid to waste milk, and accumulate more experience in the flower-pulling competition, you can usually achieve results in two years. A little more high-end is to participate in the CBC barista contest, which is also the most authoritative world-class coffee competition. The Chinese champion represents China to participate in the WBC World barista Competition every year, which is also the Olympic Games of the coffee world. The barista contest costs more money. Generally, if you want to get a good ranking, the cost is about ten thousand dollars, mainly beans burning money. Now all the games are played with Rose Summer, or even with 90 + rubies of more than 3000 kilograms, then the cost of a coffee bean is more than ten yuan, and you have to drink more than ten or twenty cups of concentrate a day. What you drink is not coffee and tears. If you are in the top two, you will represent your division to play national games in Shanghai next year. The cost of playing the national tournament is not a few tens of thousands. In fact, it is more energy, because you have to work hard during the day. Then use the time off work to practice the competition process, various kinds of adjustment taste, drink more than ten or twenty cups of concentrate a day, let your heart die, it is devil-like training. If you are hard enough and lucky enough to get good grades, you will be successful if you can get into the top six in the country. you no longer have to work hard to be a barista at the bar. You can use your influence and financial strength enough to open your own shop. Limited funds start from takeout stores, studios, training for coffee lovers, flower training, and provide pre-competition training for baristas who have the same dream. That is, the coach, who also has a good income as a lecturer in a coffee training institution.

Let's talk about textual research. As far as I know, a lot of private coffee training is not the kind of SCAE SCAA with a certificate. The cost of a training is about 10,000. Some tuition fees have risen from more than 10,000 three years ago to 20,000, but the courses are still full. Most of the students come to class to prepare to open a shop or are already shopkeepers (so there is no shortage of money. We only understand the same reason that rich people spend tens of thousands of yuan on a bag, but they think it is worth it. There are also high school graduates who are ready to study abroad (and there is no shortage of money). If you know a lot of people who have not drunk more than 100 cups of coffee for half a year, take the sensory cup test, take the Q test, and dare to take intermediate and advanced baking courses without touching the roaster a few times. how confident you are. Therefore, I do not recommend that newcomers who have been in the profession for no more than a year should do textual research, not to mention the heavy financial burden. The most important thing is that you can't absorb so much practical information for you in a few days. After listening to it, you will give it all back to the teacher except for getting a certificate. Moreover, the newcomer's textual research will not bring you a better income. My suggestion is that I have worked in this industry for two to three years and encountered a bottleneck. Under the circumstances of economic permission, training institutions have targeted textual research according to their own needs. For example, when you think the cup test, many people can drink all kinds of flowers, all kinds of tropical fruits, can distinguish what is citric acid, what is malic acid, what is good and lively acid, what is dead acid like vinegar, and you can't drink so many ways, so good, you go to a sensory cup test course and take a question. The three-day course will give you something. For example, if you have been a barista in a commercial store for a year, apart from pulling hearts, you don't even know the importance of grinding degree to extraction. You can't adjust the bean grinder in a short time every morning to get a cup of coffee that makes the customer satisfied. At this time, it will also help you to take a barista course. If it really turns out that there is no practical information as the upstairs said, then there is no reason for SCAA SCAE to exist.

Back to your question, do baristas make money? First of all, I will throw cold water on you. Apart from those of the rich second generation who go to open coffee shops and studios, or those who work hard enough to play the game every year and have reached the national finals, they are now training teachers in training institutions. The remaining 80% have been in this industry for three or four years, and they all work hard as baristas at the bar. Wages are stable at 3500-4000. If you want to rely on the income of baristas to buy a car and buy a house in first-and second-tier cities, it is still impossible for the time being. I have worked around for two or three years, and many of the baristas who have worked for three or four years have changed careers, and some have gone to work as co-policemen. Some families feel that being a barista means being a waitress, finding a relationship and entering an institution or a state-owned enterprise. Some of them do not make coffee to sell shaved ice. There are also people who go to zoos to be animal trainers, and there are all kinds of cross-industries, and many people don't make it to the end, so you just want to make money rather than have enough enthusiasm for coffee, and your family can't support it. I still advise you not to enter the coffee pit, while you are still young to choose a good industry development, maybe five or six years later, you will be more "make money", this is the reality.

Author: the confession of a coffee dog

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