Are there any prospects for boys to be baristas? do you know why baristas are paid so low?

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Baristas sound magnificent, feeling that baristas who make coffee at the bar are cool, so many people enter the industry ignorantly, and later find out that baristas' job is really cool. but there is one reason why many people can't afford it-low wages. So why are so many people willing to do baristas with such low wages, and what are the prospects of baristas?

In fact, at present, baristas are still an industry that is not understood by most people, so that many people think that the people who make coffee in the bar are baristas. In fact, this is not very accurate. A qualified barista can not only make coffee, but also know how to taste and identify coffee, but also to understand coffee etiquette and culture.

Real baristas are not necessarily people who make coffee at the bar, but more often as promoters of coffee production and sales and disseminators of coffee culture and history. A qualified barista is a person who can be a barista at the bar rather than just serving at the bar.

The coffee industry has the following career directions

1. Skill type

First of all, a qualified barista can not only make coffee, but also be good at communicating with customers and spreading coffee culture. This requires sufficient technical skills as background support, not only to ensure that you make every cup of coffee, but also to be cheerful and communicative enough, so that you can spread the coffee culture to your customers and improve your relationship with them.

Practice the coffee making skills, participate in various barista competitions, strive to get the place in the competition, broaden the circle of people, and win prizes through the competition to improve their popularity.

two。 Management type

If you are engaged in a qualified coffee shop manager, you'd better have some knowledge and understanding of the products of the coffee bar. If you can operate it skillfully, it would be best. Of course, the manager does not need to be too high in coffee technology, and the daily store operation needs to understand bar management, personnel management, procurement, marketing, and so on. In some small and medium-sized coffee shops, this may require manager management. You should have the idea of starting from the grass-roots level. Because when you are in a high position, you know the management details: employee-foreman-supervisor-manager-vice president-general manager. Master Western-style catering management and become a qualified professional manager of coffee.

3. Coffee trainer

As coffee shops increase year by year, there will be more and more demand for coffee training institutions, so there will be more and more professional demand for coffee trainers. The trainer must be a skilled person, but you must be able to teach, have a certain affinity, and make the boring learning content vivid. Of course, it is the icing on the cake if you have a so-and-so certificate and a ranking in the competition.

4. Entrepreneurial type

Running a coffee shop requires enough patience and confidence to do professional things to professionals. If you are an independent cafe, you need to have an optimistic and cheerful personality, because you have to bear the pain and joy of starting your own business.

Have certain industry experience, and have certain network resources, have some understanding of the coffee industry, and then through their own market research, prepare sufficient venture capital, you can open a coffee shop of your own.

5. Sales type

Is to supply coffee products to various cafes and places where coffee is needed, including coffee equipment, coffee utensils, coffee beans and a series of coffee-related products. With the increasing demand for opening stores, the demand for talents engaged in the coffee trade is also increasing, but the sales industry should pay attention to that this industry is based on performance and does not have much basic salary. If you are confident in your communication skills, can quickly understand the market and capture business opportunities, then congratulations, you may be qualified for this job.

6. Coffee roaster

Coffee beans are needed to make coffee. Many cafes want to use freshly roasted coffee beans, so there will be more and more professional demand for coffee roasters.

However, the industry's requirements for baking technology is very high, not only need enough rich baking experience, otherwise it is difficult to have a stable production, it is also difficult to have long-term development. Of course, what large factories need is only coffee roasting operators, you just need to follow the requirements of the station card.

7. Coffee equipment maintenance engineer

There are more and more coffee machines and all kinds of equipment, and there are more and more after-sales problems. most of the manufacturers in the market have an one-year shelf life, so the equipment maintenance after one year needs professional equipment maintenance personnel to complete.

8. Professional coffee bean buyer

This requires you to have experienced cup testing skills and resource channels to help coffee shops or demanders find the raw or cooked beans they need. You can learn more about coffee cultivation, coffee bean variety research, coffee bean futures, cocktails and so on.

As long as you have enough confidence in this industry, you will certainly find the right direction.

You may realize now that baristas are not called baristas only when they are hot for making coffee at the bar, and baristas are actually waiters at the bottom of the service industry, so the salary is low or because the position is not high enough. it's just that the title of barista deceives a lot of people, which makes people feel very powerful.

But some famous baristas who take part in the competition can have a high salary, because of their personal fame, the salaries of baristas who can enter middle-level positions will naturally be increased.

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