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Is it okay to get into the coffee business by working as an apprentice in a cafe? How to open a coffee shop

Published: 2026-08-24 Author: World Gafei

Last Updated: 2026/08/24, In recent years, with the rapid popularization of coffee culture, many young people who have just entered the society are full of various aspirations for the coffee industry. Although the coffee industry has become "choppy", it is everywhere, which makes many young people who do not know the industry convinced that the coffee industry is a profession that can be easily maintained even without social experience.

In recent years, with the rapid popularization of coffee culture, many young people who have just entered the society are full of various aspirations for the coffee industry. Although the coffee industry has become "choppy", it is everywhere, which makes many young people who do not know the industry convinced that the coffee industry is a profession that can be easily maintained even without social experience.

I want to open a coffee shop, but I don't know anything about coffee. What should I do? So people start thinking about apprenticeships in cafes. In the past two years, the code clerk has also heard that many guests will talk about their dream of opening their own cafe, but they know nothing about coffee and are a complete outsider. Then you will ask, if you start as an apprentice in a cafe, is it all right to get into the coffee business?

(although not recommended) first of all, it is really a good thing to have a dream, or at least give yourself motivation. I remember that when I was young, the code clerk was also influenced by his family. He had a strong interest in coffee from an early age, and his dream was to be a barista and open his own coffee shop. But really engaged in the coffee business is not long, before and after a total of only 6-7 years, also did not start to work in boutique coffee shops, tossed around different scenes / positioning of coffee shops, the biggest feeling in the past few years is: to have a strong will and you must make progress!

Personally, the code clerk really does not recommend going to the coffee shop to be an apprentice, because in many cases, it means doing chores and cleaning, even if you learn how to make coffee, it is only a technical meeting. If the person who teaches you is not good, but you "worship" blindly and learn because you know nothing, but you don't know when you really encounter good knowledge, and you want to change some of your original operating habits but you can't change them. If you want to learn coffee skills, coffee training institutions are always more reliable than coffee shop apprentices. But! But! But! Training institutions will have disadvantages, the tutor will teach you about operation and knowledge, but will not tell you about the current situation of the industry, will not lead you to look at the future of the industry. So even if you learn to make coffee and learn coffee knowledge in a training institution, it is only an outline. If you want to know more and more detailed coffee knowledge and the current situation of the industry, you need to observe and understand it yourself! It can't be what the mentor says, it will change!

If you want to get into the industry, you need a very good enlightening teacher. This will not only give you the right operational skills, but also give you the right perspective so that you can think positively, and will tell you the current situation of the coffee industry and give you practical advice. Instead of listening to someone who doesn't know or know coffee to encourage you to "open a coffee shop!" Make money! " People who are really engaged in the coffee industry will tell you, don't worry, get to know the coffee well before you make a decision.

If you want to be in the coffee business, you also need to learn how to run a coffee shop. Opening a coffee shop is a business, not as soon as your head gets hot, even if you are rich. The industry will often say: do not only rely on feelings to open a coffee shop, feelings in the face of the reality of the industry is very fragile! The most important thing is how to keep your coffee shop alive.

Whether it is to open a coffee shop or other business, the first thing to do is to have a long-term plan, such as the cost of input, the time of cost recovery, the positioning of the coffee shop, the goal of the coffee shop, and so on. Don't use the consumer's point of view of the coffee industry, consumers just drink and enjoy, and business requires you to plan carefully all the time. Nothing can rise to the sky in one step. Only by constantly touching nails, making mistakes, and suffering losses can you learn a lesson. Although this is not a good thing to say, but people are always like this, there are no setbacks, there is no growth. If you still have an apprenticeship in a cafe after reading this article, and the code clerk respects your decision, only if you try, will you know whether this is good or bad for you, and maybe you will really meet a good enlightening mentor. Photo Source: Internet

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