Home barista’s aren’t baristas

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I think it's important to clarify that this post was not intended to segregate or isolate the community of coffee lovers, I love how much we are all here trying to learn more about coffee in our own way.

This post is here to recognize and acknowledge the actual job of being a barista as opposed to just being a coffee lover. IMO anyone whoever receives their income from working shifts at a coffee shop has experienced the social, physical and financial difficulty of this job, and understand what it means to be a barista (past or current) while some people just love coffee extraction, but have little to no idea how difficult this job can be.

Some baristas have a lot of experience, other's are just starting, some baristas work at a specialty shop others at coffee chains, some have this job because they are young and it's the only job they can find, others (like myself) love this job despite the way society views us.

This post is here to recognize the struggle and establish the difference between workers and hobbiests.

No matter the experience it is a role I personally find as an honorable skill, and a title worth being proud of (even if most of the world just sees baristas as lazy highschoolers)

Original post:

I know I’m gonna get a lot of flack for this, but with all these home espresso set ups, people on instagram showing how much money they’ve spent on their home set ups without ever having worked in a cafe, then calling themselves baristas has really bothered me. A barista is having to do 100 dishes at the end of a shift, learning how much to dilute the mop water to keep from the floor being sticky, how to take orders while juggling conversations and navigating coworker drama, and pouring killer latte art all during a rush. How to dial in on the fly when the door is open too long and the temperature drops or the burrs start to overheat. How to make 10 drinks in under ten minutes on a single group head. how to close a store by yourself and leave within the hour while still taking orders. The title of barista is a title of honor for the working class that should be reserved to those who are actually working professionals. Everyone at home TDSing their single origin geisha on their $2000 espresso machine they use twice a day is simply a coffee enthusiast.

Am I wrong about this?