Barista
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A barista is a person, usually a coffeehouse employee, who prepares and serves espresso-based coffee drinks and other beverages.
Gwilym Davies, World Barista Championship winner 2009
Exemplary espresso-making is essential to a barista's role. The term espresso comes from the Italian esprimere, which means 'to express', and refers to the process by which hot water is forced under pressure through ground coffee.
Latte art is a visible sign of a trained barista and well-frothed milk.
World Barista Championship
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The World Barista Championship is an annual barista competition operated by World Coffee Events for the title of World Barista Champion. The competition is composed of the winners of the national bari
Barista Jong Hoon Lee preparing coffee at the 2015 World Barista Championships while several judges take notes
WBC pouring split