[big mistake] baristas earn tens of thousands a month but are short of people every year? Baristas are unpopular and well-paid industries?

Professional coffee knowledge exchange more coffee bean information please follow the coffee workshop (Wechat official account cafe_style)

Inexplicably, the editor was scrubbed by a bunch of such headlines as soon as he went to work today!

"the coffee market is worth hundreds of billions of dollars: baristas earn tens of thousands of dollars a month but are short of people every year."

The faces of a group of baristas behind the editor were like this at that time:

A great shock! A great shock! A great shock!

Baristas earn tens of thousands of dollars a month.

Who is it?! Let's go! Leak! Yes! Wind! Sound!

A check, unexpectedly is "CCTV"?

The baristas who were "unpopular and well-paid" finally wanted to make a little money, but they were exposed by CCTV.

Now, not only the market of hundreds of billions of people is boiling, but hundreds of thousands of baristas are also going to be boiling.

Do you want to be a barista? Become a barista, wearing a slim apron, wantonly wandering in the aroma of coffee, exuberant in the crowd, acting chic, grinding and extracting, milking, siphoning, smiling, doing it in one go, and then standing with your hands tied up, handsome and charming. 、

"China's coffee industry has maintained a 25 per cent consumption growth rate for many years, which is more than 10 times the world average, and the number of cafes in the country has exceeded 100000. This growth has also caused a shortage of employees, and it is even harder to find good baristas.

According to industry insiders, China's coffee consumption market has grown rapidly in recent years. In 2012, there were only about 30, 000 cafes in China, but by the end of this year, the number is likely to exceed 140000. Not only is the number of cafes soaring, but consumers' demand for coffee taste is also getting higher and higher. Good baristas are in short supply. It is conservatively estimated that there is a shortage of about 40,000 baristas in our country every year. The income gap between different grades of baristas is also widening year by year.

Zhang Yu-en, the referee of the final of the National barista Professional skills Competition, said that the current salary of baristas ranges from 3,000 to 50,000, and 3,000 to 7,000 to 7,000 may be a small staff member of an ordinary store, or a small management class. When you want to reach a salary of 30,000 to 50,000, you must get a certain ranking in the international community, or be recognized in some competitions or well-known activities in China. "

-- the above is from the news content of CCTV Finance.

The wages and benefits of baristas vary greatly around the world, as well as the cost of living, unemployment rate, tip culture, and other factors. Zhang Yu-en, the referee of the final of the National barista Professional skills Competition, said well, "three, five to seven or eight thousand may be a small clerk in an ordinary store, or a small management class." When you want to reach a salary of 30,000 to 50,000, you must get a certain ranking in the international community, or be recognized in some competitions or well-known activities in China. "

But there are some subtext: the current number of Chinese cafes is close to 140000, with hundreds of thousands of baristas, but they can "get a certain ranking in the international community, or be recognized in some competitions or well-known activities in China". How many baristas can get a "salary of 30,000 to 50,000" in the end? None of them dare to say, it is quite true that there is no one in a hundred miles or a thousand miles. "tens of thousands of monthly income" is only a very small number, "lack of people every year" is the big truth. It is true that there is a large income gap in the baristas industry, but competing on the basis of competition position is not a path that everyone can take.

Wake up! It's time to get up and wash the cup!

Oh, no! At present, the average age of baristas in China is relatively low, their income is not high, and it is difficult to promote. This is reality!

Tens of thousands of dollars a month? Almost barista is about to be regarded as an unpopular and well-paid career!

Let the editor give you a drink!

What is the real situation of the salary of Chinese baristas?

According to incomplete statistics, the average salary of baristas in Shanghai, taken from 3060 samples, is ¥4,640 per month.

If you take a look at other major coffee consumption cities in China, the salary level of baristas is only about 4000. If you look at this salary, it is still in a first-tier city. Without a passion for coffee and full of blood, it is really impossible to endure!. This is reality! (sun up the salary! The salary of the domestic barista industry is announced, and my monthly salary is dragging my feet again.

What is a real barista like?

Baristas will give coffee beans, a third life.

According to our common sense, the person who makes coffee in the bar is the barista. Indeed, a qualified barista is not only a technical operator who can make coffee, but also a person who knows how to evaluate coffee, identify coffee, understand coffee culture, and promote coffee culture. Barista is the disseminator of coffee, not just a "waiter" engaged in bar service.

But in fact, it is not easy to be a good barista: espresso from grinding, cloth powder, pressing powder, extraction to final production, according to different machines and coffee beans, baristas need to understand Italian concentrated pre-soaking, pressure analysis, flow analysis, etc. The knowledge of hand-brewing coffee is even greater: from different types of filter cups, pulp filter paper or bleached filter paper, thin-mouth pots or crane-mouth pots, thin water flow and large water flow, steaming and soaking, and continuous water cut off. Everywhere is full of knowledge and experience.

As a barista, you need to be able to keep your inner loneliness, endure the bustling holidays, the loneliness of a person silently washing cups, and let go of the bitter feelings in your heart. One second, you were so angry by the guests' unreasonable request that you said, "Damn it". The next second, you have to put a standard smile on your face and say "yes". But also to settle down and delve into coffee brewing: extraction, grinding, senses, as well as production, service, hygiene, maintenance, logistics. The most important thing is to resist the temptation of material desires, such as utensils, books, cup tests, new beans, libraries, etc., if they are accidentally emptied of their pockets, they will eat dirt pitifully.

The entry requirements for this career are not high, and a zero foundation is OK. It is really not a dream to earn tens of thousands of yuan a month, but it is impossible for a family without a mine to become an expert without 3-5 years of experience. So, it's normal for a barista to wash a cup for 3 or 5 years.

Walking on the road of coffee, baristas really need to work hard to improve themselves. Baristas are currently lack of standards and talent evaluation system in line with market development, but no matter whether they can compete on the basis of competition rankings or not, strive to improve themselves is the same truth, day after day to practice and refine their skills, while learning more coffee knowledge, so that their own coffee has more connotation and temperature.

Finally, baristas and waiters, no matter what they call them, always pride themselves on providing satisfactory service to their guests at work. Please give this unpopular but not well-paid barista a little more tenderness and expectation.

Reference for some pictures and texts: CCTV Finance and Economics

END