Playbooks
Barista flashcards: how to make drink recipes stick
Flashcards work for barista drinks when you build them right. Here is what to put on a card, digital versus paper, and the mistakes that waste your time.
Lawrence Arya··3 min
Playbooks
Coffee drinks explained: a beginner barista cheat sheet
Espresso, macchiato, cortado, flat white, latte: what are they really? A beginner barista cheat sheet to the core café drinks and how to remember them.
Lawrence Arya··3 min
Playbooks
Hot vs iced drink builds: what actually changes
Hot and iced versions of the same drink are not the same recipe. Here is exactly what changes, and how new baristas stop mixing the two up.
Lawrence Arya··3 min
Playbooks
How to memorize a café chain's drink menu fast
A big chain menu feels impossible at first. Here is how to break it into systems and memorize the drinks fast, the safe way, before your first rush.
Lawrence Arya··4 min
Playbooks
How to memorize seasonal and holiday café drinks fast
A new seasonal menu drops and panic sets in. Here is how to memorize holiday and limited-time café drinks fast by learning the deltas, not the whole menu.
Lawrence Arya··3 min
Playbooks
How to remember syrup pumps for every drink size
Syrup pumps stop being random once you learn the size pattern and the hot-versus-iced twist. Here is how new baristas remember pump counts for good.
Lawrence Arya··4 min