My Hip Barista

A coffee addict in a never-ending search for the world's hippest baristas.
Matt Milletto is a busy man, balancing the needs of the American Barista & Coffee School, Barista Exchange and Water Avenue Coffee. (via Interview: coffee pro Matt Milletto (American Barista & Coffee School, Barista Exchange Water Avenue Coffee) - Food GPS)

Matt Milletto is a busy man, balancing the needs of the American Barista & Coffee School, Barista Exchange and Water Avenue Coffee. (via Interview: coffee pro Matt Milletto (American Barista & Coffee School, Barista Exchange Water Avenue Coffee) - Food GPS)

Now that he has some free time, Watson said he’ll focus on a career as an aspiring hip-hop artist with the name Spekulation. (via Bitter Barista Fired For Humerous Blog)

Now that he has some free time, Watson said he’ll focus on a career as an aspiring hip-hop artist with the name Spekulation. (via Bitter Barista Fired For Humerous Blog)

I am a coffee lover, barista, and coffee professional. I’m the assistant manager of Broadway Coffeehouse in Salem. (via Penny University)

I am a coffee lover, barista, and coffee professional. I’m the assistant manager of Broadway Coffeehouse in Salem. (via Penny University)

Rad, as in radical, is part of Portland’s essential argot, I quickly learned during my sojourn there, surpassed in frequency only by awesome (and its noun form, awesomeness), which is applied to all matters of daily existence. (via A Tour of Portland’s Best Vintage Shopping, Hotels, and Coffee Shops : Condé Nast Traveler)

Rad, as in radical, is part of Portland’s essential argot, I quickly learned during my sojourn there, surpassed in frequency only by awesome (and its noun form, awesomeness), which is applied to all matters of daily existence. (via A Tour of Portland’s Best Vintage Shopping, Hotels, and Coffee Shops : Condé Nast Traveler)

Suits, students and hipsters all scurry into the cafe, only to then wait as baristas carefully prepare each cup of Tantalizing Turkish or Silken Splendor with the precision of bartenders mixing martinis. (via Slow coffee spreads fast among fans of flavor | | The Bulletin)

Suits, students and hipsters all scurry into the cafe, only to then wait as baristas carefully prepare each cup of Tantalizing Turkish or Silken Splendor with the precision of bartenders mixing martinis. (via Slow coffee spreads fast among fans of flavor | | The Bulletin)

InstaHipster (with images) · TheHipBarista · Storify

Hipster Baristas on Instagram

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Just be nice. I’m a person, not a robot. (via 4 Things Your Barista Wishes You Knew | Men’s Health News)

Just be nice. I’m a person, not a robot. (via 4 Things Your Barista Wishes You Knew | Men’s Health News)

“I do find it discouraging and disappointing that there was so much exposure brought to an attempt at making a joke of a culinary industry and the professional barista.”

“I do find it discouraging and disappointing that there was so much exposure brought to an attempt at making a joke of a culinary industry and the professional barista.”

“Barista Andrew Fulton was reportedly underwhelmed Friday by the customer response to his final day at St. Mark’s Coffeehouse, saying that after his four years of service, he had thought patrons would be more emotionally invested in his departure.”

“Barista Andrew Fulton was reportedly underwhelmed Friday by the customer response to his final day at St. Mark’s Coffeehouse, saying that after his four years of service, he had thought patrons would be more emotionally invested in his departure.”

“I’ve been practicing my moves since January,” Jones told DNAinfo last week. (via Village Barista Competes for Coffee Crafting Title - DNAinfo.com New York)

“I’ve been practicing my moves since January,” Jones told DNAinfo last week. (via Village Barista Competes for Coffee Crafting Title - DNAinfo.com New York)

An “Epic” barista tattoo

An “Epic” barista tattoo

No sitcom is going to be shot here. But the coffee is EXCELLENT. (via Tracey Jackson » WALK AROUND AND SMELL THE COFFEE)

No sitcom is going to be shot here. But the coffee is EXCELLENT. (via Tracey Jackson » WALK AROUND AND SMELL THE COFFEE)

We ordered coffee and took a photo of the unhappy hipster Barista. He looks like he might have actually burned himself. (via Tracey Jackson » WALK AROUND AND SMELL THE COFFEE)

We ordered coffee and took a photo of the unhappy hipster Barista. He looks like he might have actually burned himself. (via Tracey Jackson » WALK AROUND AND SMELL THE COFFEE)

This is Jack a sociology teacher from Garrison, New York. I don’t know how many cups he had had. (via Tracey Jackson » WALK AROUND AND SMELL THE COFFEE)

This is Jack a sociology teacher from Garrison, New York. I don’t know how many cups he had had. (via Tracey Jackson » WALK AROUND AND SMELL THE COFFEE)

the staff seem to be dressed like it’s 1930 in suspenders, flatcaps and trilbys. Unfortunately no knickerbockers, that would have really made my day. (via Stumptown Coffee « The Coffee Hunter)

the staff seem to be dressed like it’s 1930 in suspenders, flatcaps and trilbys. Unfortunately no knickerbockers, that would have really made my day. (via Stumptown Coffee « The Coffee Hunter)