Article from Totally Dublin magazine Issue 90 - March 2012
Yeah we’ve had baby booms, but there is
definitely a Barista Boom going on at the moment. The whole coffee experience
has shifted, black mugs of day old stewed filter and free refills are no
more …thank god. Coffee now has a standard.
The word barista is of Italian origin, and
when you think of passion, the Italians have it in buckets full.
Barista’s take pride in the coffee they sell,
and how they make it. And this desire
for perfection, encourages their customers to come back time and time
again. It’s no use if you are to set up
a café to just open the doors and hope the customers will come in, you have to
create something different, an experience. You have to display a passion and
enthusiasm for what you do, and this can be translated to the customer for
between €2 and €3 a cup.
Café’s all around Dublin have copped
onto this, and the results are fabulous coffee served with care and pride in
places such as Clement and Pekoe (South William st), Cup (Nassau street), 3fe
(capel Street) and Thirdspace (Smithfield).
If you run a café and need to do something about your offering you can
take various barista training courses at Coffee Culture, run every month in
Dublin, or catered specifically to your property. More and more café’s are seeing the benefits
of employing baristas. Not only are they
a skilled and educated barperson, but they engage with your customers, and take
them on a coffee journey. More
importantly they bring your customers back for the experience, time and time
again.
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