I used to work as a Barista.
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
they have also become a tourist attraction themselves.
Sex work.
In a column published in "Sociological Images", the sociologist Lisa Wade has used the bikini barista as a launching point for a discussion of the boundaries of sex work. The question has also been the subject of an essay published in "The Atlantic".
See also.
- Breastaurant
- Café con piernas in Chile, preceded the Pacific Northwest phenomenon
- Hooters
- Mizu shōbai