How was work as a barista? How much is the general salary of Shanghai baristas per month?

Baristas always give people a cool impression, some with a very conspicuous hairstyle, some with a brightly colored hair, and some with a large tattoo. The barista is always behind the bar, busy, but always silent. But it doesn't matter! As long as you act aloof, there will always be people who feel very handsome.

It is precisely this handsome and cool appearance that attracts many young people to jump into the abyss of coffee. With the warm blood at the beginning, looking for an ideal cafe on the Internet to enter the bar as a coffee apprentice, thinking about how to become an excellent barista in everyone's mind.

In order to become the handsome barista in everyone's eyes, even if he earns 3500 a month and holds multiple jobs! Even so, it can't resist the enthusiasm to sacrifice for coffee at any time. However, the word "waiter" plus all kinds of daily living expenses is really like the faucet of a fire engine, flaming away the raging fire, this cold water spilled down, do you say "shower" or "desolate"?

No matter what occupation it is, a person is generally measured by attitude, knowledge and skills, and baristas are no exception.

About attitude

Ask yourself these questions:

Are you just tired of your original life and want to find a reason to avoid it?

Do you really like your career?

Can you make more people know and respect this profession?

Generally speaking, it is to know yourself, set goals, and then unswervingly achieve them.

About knowledge

As a barista, you should at least live up to the word "teacher". "teacher" is extended to master specialized skills or knowledge. There is no doubt that coffee is one of the imported products for China. A large number of more advanced cultures about coffee are mostly recorded in English. with the development of the times, more and more Chinese translations, and even Chinese-speaking authors, have written many books on coffee expertise.

Many beginner coffee buddies are usually very excited when they go to the cafe, sitting at the bar with the idea of "there is a big god, you can ask what you don't understand" and want to find out with the barista. Meet this kind of studious customers, baristas may think: I am a monthly salary of 3500, can you not make things difficult for me! But how many chances do baristas have to be "handsome" all day without talking?

It doesn't matter how to carve sand with regular customers on weekdays. When asked about coffee-related questions such as "what's the difference between Rose Summer in Rose Summer Village and Rose Summer in Panama", "are Sakuran and Rose Summer the same kind of coffee", "is Katim Arabica", "what kind of Manning is" and so on, how much do you have in stock of coffee?

The gap between people mainly comes from the cognitive gap, and human beings spend their whole life improving their cognitive level. Interestingly, when you open a book, you will also be interested in several other books. People's energy is limited, but knowledge is infinite.

It would be a big mistake to think that as long as you can extract and concentrate, draw flowers, and name several coffee beans and where they come from, you are wrong. The whole process from a seed to a cup of coffee involves knowledge that baristas need to understand more or less, and knowing astronomy and geography is really no joke. Although you only need to know a little bit, it depends on how much this little bit is.

It is not to achieve success in one step and to master the knowledge of the producing areas all at once. What is necessary is a process of continuous learning, which accumulates slowly and adds up. It is always right to read more books. After all, the more you learn, the more valuable you will be.

About technology

It is the dream of many people to be able to practice on their own. Once the operation can only be viewed from a distance but can not be played, now it is within reach. Of course, this is a dream come true. I want to try everything. It is a good thing to have such a little enthusiasm, as long as there is a certain amount of knowledge.

Without even understanding the principle of coffee extraction, we began to play with the brewing methods of some world coffee brewing champions, which are difficult for beginners to control, and want to come up with some ideas, which are just empty feelings, and success is like gambling and depends on luck.

When you have a certain amount of knowledge, practice to form muscle memory, and some friends may think: why do you still use your rest time to read relevant books and make coffee when you are off work? Recall that when I was in school, I never stopped learning even during the holidays. Only through continuous learning can one increase one's own value.

When I was at school, how many people knew high achiever to study the gods? everyone only knew that they had good grades, but they could not see the hard work behind them. Want every cup of coffee to taste good, the product is stable, of course, can not do without a long time of practice. Usually laugh that he is an excellent player, but in the end, he is not the only one who drank it all. You know, the technology is not in place, and when there is something wrong with the product, it will be too late.

It's not hard to stand out among baristas who earn 3500 a month. In Shanghai, the largest place in the coffee industry, coffee rookies earn more than 3,000 to 5,000 a month; as you accumulate some experience, you earn more than 6,000 to 8,000 a month; if you are quite experienced, you still have a chance to earn more than 10,000 a month.

In the eyes of guests, baristas are professions that make a cup of coffee, blow water, and then earn a high salary. However, there is a serious problem in the coffee industry, and all we can do is to endure loneliness, set goals, arm ourselves with knowledge, turn knowledge into skills with countless practical exercises, and eventually become an all-round player and successfully stand out. Maybe one day you can earn more than 10,000 a month.

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