I’m just curious! I’d love to know what type of cafés anyone here is working at.
My current café is kinda old-school Italian style coffee-wise but much more laid back and add some hippy-granola vibes for good mesure. Our beans are roasted in-house, and pretty much all the food we sell is made in-house as well, down to the sauces, and anything we don’t make ourselves is bought locally.
I’ve worked in two other cafés prior to this one. The first was a kinda upscale third-wave spot that mostly attracted yuppies, and the equipment far surpassed the training of any of the staff. We had pourovers on the menu and maybe 1 and a half employees actually knew how to brew with a V60.
The second was a hardline traditional Italian-style café, which, if you’re familiar with the coffee culture in Canada (where I live) vs Italy, is a silly idea. A lot of people here only know Tim Horton’s or Starbucks, especially in a mostly rural province like where I’m situated. You have to meet people where they’re at; scoffing at people for wanting sweetener in their latte isn’t likely to encourage them to jump into the coffee world in whichever way one deems proper. It’ll only encourage them to stick to Timmies or Starbucks instead of checking out local cafés with actually good coffee.
Pic semi-related; one of my better tulip stacks. I don’t often think to take pictures of my latte art, and even if I did my current spot is usually too busy to take the time for proper photos.
I know tulips are somewhat basic, but aesthetically they’re definitely my favourite kind of latte art.
That is so cool!! I am a home barista and recently started learning latte art. I really love the tulip stacks as well. A few weeks ago I couldn’t even do a heart, but I bought some cheapo beans and milk from Costco and spent a bunch of evenings spending time just practicing. Now I can do a bunch of stacks.