Barista
Brighter Side: Custom work playlists
Peter Runn May 30, 2025Something I appreciate about working for a small local coffee shop is we’re allowed to play whatever music we want. Unlike the corporate-stocked playlists mandated by most retail chains, at least my employer understands not having Benson Boone serenade from the ceiling 20 times a shift boosts employee morale. As long as explicit music is filtered out, my coworkers and I get to decide exactly what we want to treat our ears to. We have custom playlists we share with each other to enlighten our music tastes. If we feel like listening to Lorde’s entire discography, an eight-hour shift is…
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Eight things brewing in your barista’s brain
Gem Yelin Lee October 25, 2022There are things customers who have never worked in a café will probably not know. Among these include the ability to act like a decent human being with bare minimum manners, and the daily mantra, “cops get decaf.” Especially the…
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Flowchart: is your barista secretly in love with you?
EIC September 14, 2015Continue reading
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