BARISTA Definition & Meaning

barista

[ buh-ris-tuh-ree-stuh; Italian bah-rees-tah ]

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noun

plural baristas, baristi

a person who is specially trained in the making and serving of coffee drinks, as in a coffee bar.

barista

/ ��əˈ��ɪ��ə /

noun

a person who makes and serves coffee in a coffee bar

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of barista¹

First recorded in 1980–85; from Italian: “bartender,” from bar bar ¹( def ) (a loanword from English) + Italian -ista -ist ( def )

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of barista¹

C20: Italian: literally, bartender

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Capital One have Capital One Cafés - now you have a barista in a bank.

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The barista, kind but firm, explained that this wasn’t possible; orders could only be made through the Starbucks app.

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“I have to beg my manager to ensure I’m scheduled for at least 20 hours of work a week,” Arloa Fluhr, a Starbucks barista in Illinois, wrote of her decision to strike last month.

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He pushes Sarah away and sentences himself to a lonely existence, restarting his life as a barista.

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“You're going to have an experience where when you walk in and you interact with the barista . . . it's going to be really quick for that brewed cup of coffee,” he said.

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