Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind
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New Barista asking for help (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by Pensive_Fox
I’m fairly new. I started in February and then went into quarantine in March and just came out because I have no way to pay bills anymore. I was doing really well with recipes before everything happened but now that we’re busier than ever and short staffed there’s no time to get help or study the recipe cards. I tried looking on the partner hub on my own time at home to study the recipes but there’s no resources there to help! I have major anxiety and last time I was on bar had to remake every other drink because I missed a shot or put too much or too little syrup. I have another shift tomorrow and the thought of getting out on bar again without having a reference guide or a way to study the recipes is really getting to me. Does anyone know of any studying resources other than the cards? Because I’m only allowed to be in the store on my shift and during that it’s way to busy to consult the cards or take time to study them.
PoppyPancakes 4 points 3y ago
Talk to your supervisors. Tell them you aren’t feeling confident on bar and ask if it’d be possible for you to practice barring with another barista or a trainer if there are any delays in traffic. I’m more than happy to have a primary bar partner plus a new barista and seasoned barista working together on secondary bar if we have the time and they need the practice.
You can also ask your supervisor or trainer to make you a cheat sheet for shots/pumps for different standard drinks. It’d be something you could easily study on your own time. Once you have the basics down, things are pretty simple. Like if you know that a standard venti hot latte gets two shots and 5 pumps (if it has a flavor), you can make any hot venti latte.
You can also ask your supervisor or trainer to make you a cheat sheet for shots/pumps for different standard drinks. It’d be something you could easily study on your own time. Once you have the basics down, things are pretty simple. Like if you know that a standard venti hot latte gets two shots and 5 pumps (if it has a flavor), you can make any hot venti latte.
jbirdie25 2 points 3y ago
As a shift my advice is to talk to your shift supervisor, tell them you aren’t confident yet and ask to shadow someone or have someone shadow you, when I started I literally messed up drinks 7out of 10 times. If it’s super busy maybe you can do CS of drive thru window, the most important thing is to take your time learn one bar at a time, I learned all cold bar and perfected it before I actually started doing hot bar. Also ask for a cheat sheet some stores have stickers on the mastrenas that tell you how many shots and pumps of syrup you need, maybe your store can do something similar. I can’t say this enough to all new baristas, ASK QUESTIONS. Most shifts love teaching, I know I do
bubb1eb4th 2 points 3y ago
Please know we all started out struggling! It took me forever to nail down basic frappuccinos. Take your time 🧡 definitely agree with the other posts. Talk to your supervisor about how you feel. You should be able to do more practice drinks.
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