A Barista's Annual Report! This Hits You Right in the Feels!

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(🎵 Soft music plays...)

"Please choose your character"

Another year, another time meeting you all here.

Go see what your 2022 looks like~

Nice to meet you. Your story begins with this number:

365

The 365 days of a year always slip away silently.

In just a few more days,

2022 will come to an end.

This year, you've encountered customers for 365 days,

and 365 of those days brought you new discoveries.

Customers who made you happy: countless

Customers who made you angry: countless

Customers who warmed your heart: countless

Customers who left you speechless: countless

...

On the coffee journey, every encounter is no accident

This year, the barista's summary (and complaints) are as follows:

No. 1 I am who I am, seeing myself makes me angry

From the first day of the year with no money in my pocket,

to having nothing at all by year's end,

and from having nothing to being deeply in debt now.

I am who I am, different from all others.

No money, no power, and most importantly, no girlfriend.

Despite all this,

as an idealistic and ambitious barista,

going home to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new is still necessary.

No. 2 Jumping into the pit with full passion

Customer: I'd like a latte with a swan.

Barista: A swan? I can't do latte art!

Customer: What? You can't do latte art?

You can't even make espresso, what kind of barista are you!

Barista: Different specialties, different learning paths!

Uneven distribution, wrong tamping direction, unstable milk steaming, terribly shaky latte art hands, extraction based on mysticism, sensory skills based on bullshit.

Can't operate the machine, don't understand roasting, haven't memorized processing methods, forgot Golden Cup standards, completely withdrawn.

Becoming a barista

was all about jumping into the fire pit with passion.

No. 3 You think I'm high-end? You think I'm high-end!?

A little over 40,000 a month (4000.0).

I know my own worth clearly.

But I won't feel inferior either.

Salary is fleeting.

I am a barista.

Or rather, a cup-washing master, waiter, cashier,

repairman, mover, and someone who can write articles and master words.

Those in our profession need to know about:

National Geographic, crop cultivation, global climate, logistics, machinery production, business management, infrastructure construction, graphic design, text editing, painting, photography, psychology, flower arranging, chemistry and physics, nutritional structure, etc...

Even pet raising is involved!

Everything except coffee! I can do it all!

No. 4 The complete transformation from slacker to workaholic

Last year, monthly salary was a little over 35,000.

This year, monthly salary is a little over 40,000.

Next year...

Before entering the coffee industry, I worked 9-to-5 with freedom.

Every day looking forward to getting off work and holidays, with a decent salary.

After becoming an enthusiastic barista lover, one meal was seafood, the next was instant noodles with bread, successfully performing the "holidays make me anxious, only work can make me happy" series of corporate slave life. Truly pure and flawless holidays have been extinct since choosing to devote myself to the coffee career!

Alright~ I was just teasing you! How could a barista's annual summary be so depressing!

Every job is not easy and hard to come by.

Only through cherishing and loving it can there be better development.

Wanting to become a better barista can't be achieved with passion alone.

It requires love, but more importantly, it requires calming down~

Learning more coffee knowledge, not just brewing techniques.

This job requires both heart and mind.

Baristas need to think about more than just how to make a cup of delicious coffee,

but how to let more people understand coffee, like coffee, and their own future development plans.

Passion can lead you into the coffee industry,

persistence and effort can help you develop long-term in the industry.

Even if you feel it's not suitable in the future, there's no need to regret,

because this is an experience worth cherishing.

Even if it doesn't turn out as hoped,

this experience will always bring value to your next career.

Keep going!

All of you who love coffee!

Keep going!

All coffee professionals!

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