Follow beverage routine, pull shots on your second bar if you can for example Americanos and please do not steam milk on 2 bars, I see baristas do that and I’m like 🤦🏽‍♂️doesn’t make you faster

Don’t take it personally! It takes a lot of practice. Try to get as much bar time as you can during non-peak hours, like closer to close. Build good habits and make every drink to standard, and the speed will come with time.

one thing that has made me faster, besides drink sequencing, has been checking to see how many drinks are in an order, and specifically pulling out the stickers for that entire order. yes pull next 2 or 3 drinks, but if the order is longer than that pull the whole thing.

idk if this is against the rules, but while shots are pulling for americanos i like to fill up a steaming pitcher with water so i can just take the cup and pour water directly in. it saves time from having to walk over to the hot water tap.

when on cafe/mobile bar, if there are both mobile and cafe orders piled up, i like to sequence one cafe order and one mobile. steam milk, pump syrup, pull shots, pull another sticker, pour milk into steamer/pump syrups. when milk is done steaming for first drink, go ahead and start steaming for second drink. ask if any of your coworkers can make u some foam if u need it. i've been in ur exact situation before. i was put on cafe/mobile bar during a rush and orders were getting behind and i had to be put onto DTO. it was so embarrassing watching the people on bar pull like 20 backed up mobile stickers. the lobby was FILLED with people. you're not the only one who's gone thru this and u wont be the last, keep ur head up!! it will get so much easier

what i do is i pull the stickers and line them up infront of me in the order they come. then i will prep four cups, at most, with syrups and what not along with pitches if needed. then i’ll take two or three cold bar items and knock those out. that’s what i do and it seems to help me.

I was kept on cs, window, and register for the first 3 months of my entire sbux career so don't worry if they take you off. It's not because you're bad, it's because they need you at another place!

plan ahead, focus on each step

Cold bar:
- when you start a few refreshers, pour water or lemonade into the cups to the first line, base to the 3rd line
- start the Fraps by doing milk and roast for 2 blenders worth of Fraps (ie you CAN blend up to 3 venti caramel fraps together it’s dangerous but you can), so pour milk into that batch of cups, and then finish that blender and start it and then finish the other blender so you can start that one. While Blender 2 is going, pour and lid the Fraps from Blender 2
- if you’ve got Fraps and Refreshers, I’d start the frap blending first and then do your refresher, then finish the frap

Honestly I just think time makes you better. I didn’t get barely any bar time for almost 7 months, now I get bar time a lot. Be patient, it’ll all work out

Make sure you always have a drink started. Don't hand off a drink unless you already have another started (if you can help it).

Sequencing is huge. Also, if you have two tall lattes, you can usually get away with steaming milk for a venti and you won’t have to steam two pitchers. Have your milk poured for your next drink and make sure you start steaming for the next drink before pouring the steamed milk for the first one. Overall though, you’ll get faster with time and practice. I’ve been working at Starbucks for almost a year now and I’m one of the fastest at my store, but I started out slow too. We all do! It just takes lots of practice :)

this happened to me as well havent been back on bar for 2 weeks

Try using your hands.