How to Make Delicious Cold Brew in 4 Steps – Revealed by the Experts
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As automation accelerates, does coffee need to invest more in baristas?
Estimated reading time: 8 minutes Key takeaways Automation should remove repetitive tasks, not the value of hospitality. Roasting and inventory automate fastest; guest connection still can't. Connection, teaching, and community building are skills machines can't replace. Owners' use of automation's savings decides whether baristas actually benefit. Automation has changed how the coffee industry works, from farm to café counter. Producers use machinery to cut manual labour, and roasters rely on… read more
Estimated reading time: 8 minutes Key takeaways Automation should remove repetitive tasks, not the value of hospitality. Roasting and inventory automate fastest; guest connection still can't. Connection, teaching, and community building are skills machines can't replace. Owners' use of automation's… read more
5 Tips for Hiring The Perfect Barista
Hiring the perfect barista is like chasing the perfect shot: difficult, but worth the effort. Many people still view being a barista as a part-time...
Eco-Friendly: 6 Ways to Minimize Waste in Coffee Shops
Going green isn’t just the right thing to do; it’s also good business. In fact, perhaps the best way to improve your bottom line and...
The best coffee and food combinations according to experts
When you think ofaccompanying cheese with a drink, many people opt for wine. This established pairing is popular for a reason. Things are no different...
4 Practical Ways to Teach Third Wave Coffee to Second Wave Consumers
I’ve no doubt that you love great coffee: you’re in the specialty coffee industry, after all. If you’re anything like me, you’ve spent countless hours...
Five Things No One Tells You About Opening a Third Wave Coffee Shop
You’ve dreamed about opening a coffee shop for ages. You’ve got the layout and the design mapped out perfectly. You know which coffees and which...
Coffee Business: 3 Steps to Leading Instead of Managing
As I was mid-rant about how poorly some specialty level cafés are managed, my ex-husband interrupted me. “I’ve never seen your style of managing before,”...
How to Choose a Payment Processing & POS System: 10 Steps
With all the complexities of running your own coffee business, shopping around for the best point of sale (POS) system can seem like a nightmare....
How to Organize a Latte Art Throwdown in 7 Steps
You’re surrounded by baristas, you’re on the next match, and you’re telling yourself: I do this every day at the coffee shop. Everything is going...
Barista Skills: 7 Ways to Make a Great First Impression
Think back to your first impression of your first favourite coffee shop – real coffee shop, that is, not the chain ones you went to before you knew what...
How to purchase an espresso machine in eight steps
You’re all set and ready to launch your new coffee shop. You’ve found a great location. You’ve decided on most of your equipment. You’ve even...
Weighing Espresso Shots in Service: Should You Do It?
Picture the scene: a bustling café, a queue of takeaways to the door, and a full rail of checks. It might sound stressful but for...
Hold the Dairy: A Barista’s Guide to Alternative Milk
I have a confession to make: I don’t really drink alternatives to dairy milk. Being part Swedish, I could drink heavy cream all day long...
Blending Third Wave Coffee with Second Wave Expectations
“Can’t you see I’m in a rush?” The customer snarls at me. My smile dissolves; my fingers come to a halt over my Acaia scales....
Barista Life: 7 Types of People You’ll Work With
So you’ve gotten a job at a café. Congratulations! We’ve no doubt you’re prepared for all the wonderful coffee. Hopefully, you’re also prepared (or at...
Do You Know the Truth Behind These 6 Coffee Myths?
There are 1,090,000,000 articles about coffee on Google. And that’s only the ones in English. So it’s no surprise that in these literal billion articles,...