Find your first job as Barista - part 1

You are looking for your first job as barista, within the specialty coffee industry, and you feel overwhelmed or you are having difficulties ?

Here my 6 tips that will help you to find a job as barista, within the specialty coffee industry:

Let’s use Melbourne as example..

1. Know the market in which you are trying to find a job.

Being one of the leaders regarding the specialty coffee scene in the world, Melbourne might become a little crowded when it comes down to “barista shifts availability” and therefore competition.

2. Know the standards

Again Melbourne coffee standards are pretty high and constantly being pushed by ambitious and passionate baristas, cafe owners, roasters showcasing exceptional coffees, work being made by farmers at origins.

3. Know the menu

Is important to know beforehand what are the standard drinks and milk options, served in the daily “Melbourian caffeination” if you want to have an advantage at your trial.

4. Know the basics

Being the standards very high, it’s important to know how to manually tamp, use scales, weighting in and out, the very basic coffee recipes terminology and variables, such as dose, yield, time, grind setting.

5. Understanding the basic workflow

No matter how different each and every cafe is between them, set up and workflow will be always at least similar in terms of equipment positioning.

6. Milk texturing

Whilst i believe latte art is not essential I believe a perfect mix of speed, multitasking and technique are essential if you wanna have a change to succeed at your trial. Speed and multitasking, meaning being able to steam using one hand only, while using the other one to accomplish other tasks, such as managing dockets on the rail or filling your next jug with the appropriate e milk , ready for the next one. Technique equals being able to consistently deliver silky texture and good temperature steamed milk, over time, pouring a nice dot in the centre of the cup.

Does it all seem so complicated ?

No worries mate

I will release “part 2” of this article series

where i will give you few tips and tricks that will direct you toward the right way

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You dont have to be great to start but you have to start to be  great 
— Zig Ziglar
 

All the above is based on our personal and professional experience, it is what we believe and what brought us here writing this guide. Onto the way to success there are no rules, just commitment and consistency. Ultimately the is no right and wrong but only different ways of thinking, different approaches and different methods. There is no perfection but only progression. Do not believe who says to know everything. Learning is ongoing and endless. What we believe is right today might be wrong tomorrow, stay always up to date.

Be curious.

I wrote this hoping to inspire others! If you made it to read all of this to the end..

THANK YOU !