Guy

that is a nice shift....~!

nikisteffy

My favorite drink at Starbucks is Non-fat  Caramel Macchiato. Yum Yum

tcwg

non fat caramel macchiato
ice soy no melon green tea latte
1/2 swt black tea lemonade
vanilla soy latte

starbucks is too mcdonald style.. mass produced.
their machine is also automatic.. it doesn't bring out that espresso taste
emphasize too much on "legendary service"..
... Take 5 is better!

Caffie

原帖由 Guy 於 2008-3-27 21:32 發表
that is a nice shift....~!

It sure is! He says that he loves that shift and doesn't like to work any later than that.

Guy

starbucks is too mcdonald style.. mass produced.
their machine is also automatic.. it doesn't b ...

yes...great you've realized that.
The automatic machine is to bring out the consistency on every drink.(less mistakes to be made)

but then on the other hand..,
the newer starbucks baristas knew nothing on espresso...(tamping, water flow volume, filter, rinsing for every use, or even how much grinds put into the hammer) knew nothing at all, only knows the time and grind adjust.

All they knew is press the button and time the shots.

I missed the old days when making espresso was a profession. =(

tcwg

Starbucks' new promotion.. is reintroducing espresso shots.
baristas are require to pull only double shots and not single shots into glass shots.
only when solo and dobio that we are allowed to pull it directly into the cups..
which i find pathetic.... they just have no new ideas because their stocks are goin wayyyyy down... and the dec in sales...

they need to bring back the old red machines..

on a side note... starbucks just bought the coffee machine company.
apparent it brews coffee one cup at a time . quite complicated and not starbucks style
they are testing 3 in seattle starbucks and 3 in boston starbucks. http://cloverequipment.com/whyclover/why_clover.aspx

haha btw.. i work for starbucks.

Caffie

I hate it when partners cheat on not using the shot glasses for drinks like americanos. They say, "who cares! we're so busy... and it's the same thing! not using the glasses save much more time" Geez, I can't believe how many bad espresso shots I see the machine pull when using the shot glass.

Guy

原帖由 tcwg 於 2008-4-1 01:45 發表
Starbucks' new promotion.. is reintroducing espresso shots.
baristas are require to pull only double shots and not single shots into glass shots.
only when solo and dobio that we are allowed to pull  ...

That machine.. wont happen...way too slow ...you mig have to way 3 min for a short line up for a coffee...

but you are right
next week, we do changing our brewer setting into smaller portion to make it much more aroma and fresh...

yes caffie.. 30 min..not 1 hr anymore... means more work for you....=]

and caffie ....shot glass or not, the only thing matters is the pour come out at the right amount...but you do need a key to adjust that....

tcwg

yeah.. the clover wont' help at alll
but howard schaults is like emphasizing on the quality.
he just doesn't get y there is a dec in sales
- mocha is a powder..
all the other chains use real chocolate
-premix  of everything

and starbucks is actually not overpriced btw.. i buy way more expensive espresso drinks at SFU and GRIND and BLENZ.

we emphasize too much on speed and on the way.. they neglected the quality.. now they are trying to save their asses.. and making us barista suffer...

30 minute hold time... haha that will be funny
watching the morning people at the store..
i guess deployment maps need to change toop
put a person constantly brewing coffee.. and expediting.

Caffie

原帖由 tcwg 於 2008-4-2 02:22 發表
30 minute hold time... haha that will be funny
watching the morning people at the store..
i guess deployment maps need to change toop
put a person constantly brewing coffee.. and expediting.

Yup... funny. We have 5 shuttles of coffee in the morning. I can imagine myself getting interrupted while trying to help a customer every 5 minutes or so just to brew coffee Ah, can't wait for Apr 8 to come.

And scooping the grinds into filters instead of pouring the package in, that only helps if a store is not busy (dead at a certain time of the day) so you can brew half batches and not waste a lot of coffee.