Setting up your own coffee shop means that you have to be
prepared to do everything. It’s not just about the place, the budget and your
supplies anymore. It’s also about learning to give your customers what they
want. And when what they want is a variety of other drinks, you need to take
the time to learn how to make them, otherwise, you could lose the opportunity
to gain some loyal customers.
However, learning how to make drinks cannot be done just
overnight, especially if you really have no experience with that kind of stuff.
What if you’ve already opened up shop and people are already asking about the
drinks? In order to learn in the shortest amount of time, here are a few tips
to getting the drinks down pat.
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- Watch videos
Videos are great tutorials to helping you learn how to make
a drink. All you have to do is find a quality tutorial group that can teach you
step by step on mixing drinks. If you’re an active learner, videos are a good
form of education so you can actively watch what the barista is doing in the
video. Unfortunately, if you have questions about what they’re doing, you won’t
get an answer immediately.
- Read articles online
On the contrary, reading articles can also be very beneficial.
Just by reading articles, you know the types of ingredients you need, how much coffee syrups is required in the
drink, what type of sugar you might use and how much coffee beans you’ll need
for each drink. Reading articles allows you to learn about these drinks. You
won’t get to see a person make the drink for themselves, but if you can follow
instructions easily, you’ll probably get the hang of it in no time.
- Take a short course
What better way to learn how to make drinks than by being
taught in a class? Bartending and making drinks is a sort of art. There are
steps to perfect certain drinks and sometimes, videos and articles just don’t
make the cut. Instead, you can enroll yourself in a short course to help you
learn more about making drinks in real time. The best thing about it? You’ll
probably be learning from the best of the best.
- Ask a friendly barista or bartender
If taking a short course and paying a few hundred bucks for
it isn’t an option for you, then you can always ask a friend who is a barista
to teach you. You can’t guarantee that they know everything but they probably
have a few tips and tricks of their own. Of course, you can’t guarantee that
they’ll be able to teach you well either. If you have several friends who are
in the barista business, ask them all to teach you so you can learn different
tips and tricks from them.
Once you’ve gotten some skills of your own, practice. The
more you learn how to make drinks, the more you get better at it.
grt
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