Starbucks Barista

Job Description

Job Description

The barista is the face of a coffee shop, responsible for crafting high-quality beverages, managing transactions, and ensuring a welcoming environment. Core daily duties include mastering recipes, maintaining spotless equipment, operating point-of-sale systems, and providing exceptional, personalized customer service.

$25 Hourly

Beverage & Food Preparation

• Drink Crafting: Accurately measuring, grinding, and brewing coffee beans, and steaming milk according to specific shop recipes.
• Specialty Drinks: Preparing a variety of hot and cold beverages like espresso, lattes, pour-overs, teas, and smoothies.
• Food Prep: Heating, plating, and serving pastries, sandwiches, and other quick-service food items.
• Quality Control: Calibrating espresso grinders and testing drinks to ensure the proper taste, temperature, and presentation (including latte art).

Customer Service

• Welcoming Guests: Greeting customers warmly upon entry and maintaining a friendly, helpful demeanor.
• Menu Education: Answering questions about ingredients, origins of coffee beans, and roast profiles.
• Personalization: Making tailored recommendations and building rapport to remember regular customers and their preferred orders.
• Issue Resolution: Handling complaints and addressing customer feedback promptly and professionally.

Cash Handling & Point-of-Sale (POS)

• Taking Orders: Accurately keying in orders, including special requests (e.g., alternative milks, extra shots).
• Processing Transactions: Handling cash, processing credit cards, and counting back change accurately.
• Inventory & Upselling: Suggesting retail items (like whole-bean coffee, mugs, or merchandise) to enhance the customer's experience.

Sanitation & Store Maintenance

• Station Cleaning: Routinely wiping down countertops, sweeping floors, and clearing tables.
• Equipment Upkeep: Washing used dishes, emptying espresso grounds, and deep-cleaning commercial coffee machines, grinders, and milk frothers.
• Stocking: Restocking cups, lids, syrups, beans, and pastry displays to ensure a smooth workflow during busy periods.

• Prior experience and great customer service skills are ideal

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