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a chemist in an apron, turning beans and patience into your entire personality before 9am
means A person trained to prepare and serve coffee drinks, especially espresso-based ones, in a café.
from Straight from Italian, where 'barista' simply means 'bartender' — someone who works behind a 'bar' (itself borrowed from English/French). In Italy the word covers anyone serving drinks at a counter, coffee or otherwise; English narrowed it almost entirely to the espresso world, picking it up as café culture spread in the late 20th century. The grammatically tidy plural is 'baristi' (masculine) or 'bariste' (feminine), though English speakers cheerfully say 'baristas.'
- italian root
- means bartender; espresso culture borrowed the word
- latte art
- requires microfoam steamed to about 65 degrees celsius
- competition
- World Barista Championship crowns a global pour champion yearly
- name spelling
- misspelling yours is an ancient, deliberate art
- shot timing
- good espresso extracts in roughly 25 to 30 seconds
james hoffmann — world barista champion 2007, youtube coffee educator with 2m+ subscribers
world barista championship — annual competition held since 2000, won by champions from 60+ countries
blue bottle coffee — specialty coffee roastery founded 2002 in oakland, pioneer of third-wave coffee culture