Why did Starbucks have to close to teach workers how to make Batista coffee? Is it hard to make?!
Both Starbucks where I live were closed, They shouldn't close for that, If people need training they should be sent to a different training place and the store should still be open.
I was very sad! =/
Answers: Are you talking about not last night but the night before, so I guess that would be Tuesday night?
Both Starbucks where I live were closed, They shouldn't close for that, If people need training they should be sent to a different training place and the store should still be open.
I was very sad! =/
We were talking to the guy who works at the non-Starbucks coffee shop we go to about this. He said the problem is, they have automated machines to make the espresso, so there is no true person control over the drinks. He said the machines are sometimes not calibrated correctly so the drinks end up being weaker than they should be because the espresso shots are not as strong as they are "supposed" to be... plus, it sort of singles out the Starbucks baristas because they don't "really" know how to make coffee the way that other coffee places make it. So I guess they closed early for further training.
I used to work as a Brista. Espresso shots are hard to make if you don't know how. You need to learn how fine or Coarse to grind the coffee. You also need to know how tight or lose to pack the grounds into the machine. If's its to tight, the espresso will burn, if it's to lose the espresso will be watery.
Aslo you need to learn how to steam the milk. It should be steamed around 180 degree. To hot will scoll the milk and to cold will make it cold. You also need to learn how to make froth. (the foam of the milk)
Last and least you need to know how to make that type of espresso, what is a latte, mocha, cappuccino ect... What order do you make them in. What goes first, the espresso or the milk?
I think that it was good that Starbucks closed to retrain. They really needed it. I've had a lot of bad coffee from them. Just because you work there doen't mean you know how to make coffee.
I will say that the quailty off Starbucks coffee has gone down the past few years. This is way they closed for that few hours. They noticed the same thing.
It is a ploy to make the public believe they would be buying a better product than anywhere else. Closing the stores to teach workers is simply a clever way to emphasize that their coffee would be the best - after all, They "sacrificed" a few bucks to bring Joe Public the best, and who else would do that for a regular Joe?
*I believe it is a marketing ploy because rarely do businesses that serve the public close down to train employees. I'm not suggesting that it doesn't take a little training to make a good cup of coffee.
There is an art to being a Barista. True barista's wont go near an automated machine, like the one starbuck's uses. You need to feel the grind, the dose, the tamp, and the pull......you dont get the same quality with an automated machine, you'll get factory produces, manufactured sludge that they call espresso.
If a bean has a higher/lower water/oil content a barista can adjust for that, an automated machine being operated by a snotty nosed 17 year old will have to clue. I think starbucks is trying to remake themselves, they are getting a pretty bad rap, as people are learning what espresso and coffee should taste like
