Advice: you'll get the recipes after repetition. Just don't give up. That sounds like a cliche. But. As a SSV, myself, I will give you all the time you need to practice on bar as long as you keep asking questions, show gradual progress, and don't get frustrated/quit. Not to say you can't tell your SSV like "hey I'm getting overwhelmed here, can I have a second?" But show resilience. After you take a breather, ask to jump back in and try again. You probably won't be given time during "peak" to practice. Just pull your SSV aside at some point and ask if you can have time on bar when it isn't "as busy." That shows you WANT to do it and because of that any good partner/SSV will be more than willing to help you through it. <3

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EDIT: For the visual learner in you.

||*Short*|*Tall*|*Grande*|*Venti*|*Trenta*|
|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|
|***Hot Lattes***|1 Shot|1 Shot|2 Shots|2 Shots|N/A|
||2 Syrup|3 Syrup|4 Syrup|5 Syrup|N/A|
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|***Caramel Macchiato***|1 Shot|1 Shot|2 Shots|2 Shots|N/A|
||1 Syrup|2 Syrup|3 Syrup|4 Syrup|N/A|
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|***Iced Lattes***|N/A|1 Shot|2 Shots|3 Shots|N/A|
||N/A|3 Syrup|4 Syrup|6 Syrup|N/A|
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|***Cold Brew***|N/A|1 Syrup|2 Syrup|3 Syrup|4 Syrup|
|***Flat White***|2R Shots|2R Shots|3R Shots|4R Shots|N/A|
|***Americano***|2 Shots|2 Shots|3 Shots|4 Shots|N/A|
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|***Shaken Espresso***|N/A|2 Shots|3 Shots|4 Shots|N/A|
||N/A|3(Half Dose) Syrup|4(Half Dose) Syrup|6(Half Dose) Syrup|N/A|
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|***Cold Bevs***|N/A|3 Syrup|4 Syrup|6 Syrup|7 Syrup|
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|***Frapps***|N/A|2 Frapp Roast|3 Frapp Roast|4 Frapp Roast|N/A|
||N/A|2 Scoops inclusions|3 Scoops inclusions|4 Scoops inclusions|N/A|
||N/A|2 Base|3 Base|4 Base|N/A|

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Do caramel macchiatos still get one less pump, y'all? lol. I know they did away with one less pump for blonde drinks. But.

You're going to mess up. Even veteran Baristas do. That's a fact. It's how you learn from messing up that matters. Ask questions. Lots of it. Leaders and more vet baristas wouldn't mind helping you out. Weve all been in your shoes before. The ones that give you problems are the problem. Not you.

Now for the more technical side of things, sequence, sequence, sequence. Once you get sequencing down, bar will get much easier. I promise.

Ask your manager for some time on the bar. Let them know you're interested. I told my manager that I wanted more time on bar. I'm an opener so he gave me the first few hours from opening until peak starts as designated bar time for me. It's helped a lot.

When you start feeling overwhelmed, take a breather and remind yourself that you're new and you're still getting the hang of things. Remind yourself that you only have two hands (sorry for assuming if you dont) and that there's only so much you can do at a time. At the end of the day, it's only coffee.

Use two hands for everything: aerating milk, pumping syrups, depositing inclusions.
You'll get the numbers, which for most ised drinks are on the side of the Shaker.
Ask for help! Ignore other partner's bad attitudes, and power through!