Good morning!
I manage a coffee kiosk on the Public Transit line in Portland, and am the barista trainer there and at two other shops that have the same owner, all serving Stumptown.
Every week, part of my job is to come up with a Barista Development Assignment for everyone to complete, and in doing it for several months now, I'm running out of ideas!
I've had them make drinks for each other and evaluate them, taste shots adjusting different variables, observe at other respected shops, read articles out of Barista Mag and online, taste obviously bad shots, post best rosetta that week. I can't get hands on with each person every week, and this enables us all to be on the same page in the direction we're taking our development.
We have some new hires, and I'd like fresh ways to assign and teach basic concepts. Ideas? Things that have worked well for you in training?
Thank you!
Mary
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