I work as a barista at a coffeehouse preparing coffee drinks
Cool do you enjoy your job? I love to drink coffee.
Yes and the word barista is an Italian word actually meaning bartender
Oh I never knew that. It makes sense since you are preparing drinks like at a bar.
Usually a barista knows how to operate a espresso machine
Yeah I am sure many people order espressos. They are great for getting a caffeine jolt without drinking a lot of coffee!
button operation to an involved manual process. Espresso is a notoriously finicky beverage, and good manual espresso making is considered a skilled task. Further, preparation of other beverages, particularly milk-based drinks such as cappuccinos and lattes, but also non-espresso coffee such as drip or press pot, requires additional work and skill for effective frothing, pouring and most often latte art.
The barista usually has been trained to operate the machine and to prepare the coffee based on the guidelines of the roaster or shop owner,
Barista
A barista (; ; from the Italian for "bartender") is a person, usually a coffeehouse employee, who prepares and serves espresso-based coffee drinks.
Etymology and inflection.
The word "barista" comes from Italian, where it means a male or female "bartender" who typically works behind a counter, serving hot drinks (such as espresso), cold alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, and snacks. The native plural in English is "baristas", while in Italian the plural