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The salary of baristas is in their own hands!

Published: 2026-04-27 Author: World Gafei

Last Updated: 2026/04/27, There is no end to learning, everything can not be done well, can not be separated from continuous learning and practice. Nowadays, many younger generations have all kinds of hopes for the job of baristas, but many people complain that baristas are underpaid and do many things that have nothing to do with coffee. But let's calm down and think about which job you have.

There is no end to learning, everything can not be done well, can not be separated from continuous learning and practice.

Nowadays, many younger generations have all kinds of hopes for the job of baristas, but many people complain that baristas are underpaid and do many things that have nothing to do with coffee. But let's calm down and think about which job is comfortable and which job is really what people want.

Every job for everyone starts with an apprentice. We can see that many people are now very strong, and they are also apprentices at the beginning. This will not be achieved in a short period of time, and the process is very long. It takes a lot of effort.

As a barista, the entry threshold is low, but the upper limit is high. It is not what most people think that baristas have room for development only in coffee shops, but coffee shops offer few opportunities for promotion, with a salary of only four or five thousand, so it can only be regarded as a short-term career.

If coffee brands / coffee shops can't provide promotion opportunities, can't baristas have a better development? Of course not ~ everyone's direction of effort should not be limited by the environment, because what they learn in the end is themselves.

Most people choose to be baristas because they like coffee and enjoy the process of making coffee. But simple love does not make coffee a career. If you want to develop in the industry, baristas have to constantly improve their added value.

As long as it's all about the coffee industry, it's worth learning! Even to study the varieties of earthworms is a direction that can improve the cultivation, quality and yield of coffee. The development in cafes may be limited, but the development of the coffee industry is unlimited. Keep a studious heart, learn everything, look at it from a new perspective, there are a lot of things that can be done ahead waiting for everyone to understand and develop.

Today, the boutique coffee industry is growing, which also means that more companies / brands need to hire people with relevant professional experience and relevant experience, and the more they are willing to continue to learn to expand the brand. This expansion may be the development of stores, the development of baking plants, or the development of coffee cultivation.

The development of brand stores is inseparable from a good planner, publicity and people who can make reasonable regulations. Wouldn't it be nice to hire the relevant personnel directly? If a person who only knows how to plan, and a person who has working experience in the coffee industry and has planning ability, I believe HR will be willing to choose the latter.

The development of a coffee roaster is inseparable from a raw bean buyer who has professional knowledge of coffee beans. Baking coffee beans is not difficult, but roasting coffee beans is very difficult, which not only tests the quality of raw beans, but also tests the roaster's understanding of coffee beans and gives a better interpretation.

To be able to bake coffee beans, but also to lead others to roast coffee beans, this is not only to have their own professional knowledge, but also to have correct understanding and guidance, to encourage everyone to learn to think independently and to learn by themselves.

China has vast territory and abundant resources, and its ability to grow coffee has been the envy of many other countries and regions. If you have such a good card in your hand, you need to play this deck of cards well. The development of planting is very long-term, in which the things involved are very extensive.

Baristas are just a general term for practitioners in the coffee industry, and coffee growers are also one of them. Coffee planting research needs a lot of baristas who really want to make the coffee industry better to work together, and we can now drink good coffee without the efforts of agricultural research.

Therefore, it is not that the profession is limited to yourself, but that the mentality is limited to yourself. I believe that when no store, company or brand wants to develop, it is to take three or four thousand to retain the necessary personnel. My life should be better and better, and my favorite career should be better and better.

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