Is there some reason why we tip baristas and not fast food employees? Because going by this espresso-making video we just came across, even a 5-year-old could make you a decent cappuccino -- cute foam heart included!
Awwww, check it out: Little Ellanie and Ethan carefully operate the espresso machine. Look at that crema! And then they steam the milk and pour it just so. And with the sweetest smiles, too. When was the last time your barista served you a smile? Never, that's when. So now I'm wondering, if a couple of 5-year-olds can make a gorgeous cappuccino, doesn't that make the job look kind of easy?
Seriously, if a 5-year-old can make a cappuccino that kind of puts the art of high-end brewing on the same difficulty level as flipping burgers. Both involve industrial equipment, both involve dangerous levels of heat, and both have to be done a certain way. The burger flipper has the added responsibility of not killing customers with undercooked, contaminated beef. Who ever died from lack of crema in their espresso? If you ask me, burger flippers are the real life-savers.
But hey, I'm not recommending we start acting like Scrooge and stop tipping the baristas. Kids have to pay for their art degrees from Bard somehow, right? Maybe we should be tipping both baristas and the burger flippers. Just because the baristas make fancier, more expensive food doesn't make their jobs are any harder. And geez, you'd think if you were surrounded by yummy coffee smells, far from the burger grease, you'd smile a little more!
Meanwhile, baristas being baristas, there is already a debate brewing over whether the kids made a cappuccino or a latte over in the comments section on Eater. Excuse me! Coffee experts in the room! Oh brother, I guess they have to justify those tips somehow.
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It's not just about making drinks; it's the service and human connection. If you aren't getting these things then it is the people, not the job title. And we're not paying for our degrees; we are paying rent; most of my team already have their degrees and count on that tip money to feed themselves.
Saying kids can do it is degrading and insulting.
Seriously, what kind of disrespect to struggling students and workers is this? Just because you're probably a stay at home mom that gets money handed to her by her hubby doesn't mean that that's the way everyone gets money.
Some people have to put up with a line bursting out the door at 6am full of impatient people who want "non fat, soy, sugar free, double whipped cream" without as much as a thank you because they haven't had their "morning brew " and still go home and study for the artsy finals of this place called college that you obviously dont care for and probably didn't go to.
For upwards of 3 grand, your espresso machine should come with someone to run it. I don't know if I'd choose a 5 year old, though.
I'll keep my $25 3-cup Bialetti machinetta, thanks. Compared to the crap most coffee shops serve, anyways...
My point, Wheepingchree, is that this video is an ad for a website that sells home use coffee equipment (including mid-priced espresso machines). $3K for an espresso machine is a luxury few can afford, regardless of whether it is simple enough for a five year old to use it. Thus, my remark about that price including someone to operate it...
I was being snarky. Apparently, it was lost on some people.
I wouldn't be OK with my kids doing that- it gets too hot.