barista and venti

0The Starbucks coffee chain introduced a number of very grating terms. A 'barista' is one of the people who work there. 'Venti' is the largest size of cup they serve. For many people this is deeply annoying. What's wrong with saying "small, medium, and large" if that's you mean... or even, as it's an American company, regular, large and extra large? The cartoon suggests that this has driven

0Thanks again, Lil' Ruby Rose.02br
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00By the way, I adore your motto: Enlightment is always presceded by confusion.0-

0 01b01font00The major draw to Starbucks is a latte, which of course is the Italian word for 'milk'....related to the famous French creation, 01i00café au lait. 02i00Because of the Italian connection, they started using several Italian words, including 01i00grande, americano, 02i00etc. The latest term to be adde

0Thanks, Philip.02br
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00I guess 01b00barista02b00 is another term for 01b00waitress02b00, right?0-

1font00I guess 01b00barista02b00 is another term for 01b00waitress02b00, right?02font02br
00Not exactly -- a waitress brings things to the customer's table, but the barista stays behind the counter and prepares the drinks while the customer stands nearby and waits to take the drink when it is ready. (

0Thanks, khoff.02br
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00Then, is barista a female bar tender?0-

0No, it is a term specifically used by Starbucks, the coffee shop chain. It is any of their staff, male or female, who serve behind the counter. It was taken from the Italian word for barstaff.02br
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00It is also used by some other coffee shops but it is not used for barstaff in English, regardless of their ***.02br
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00Wiki says: "When using the ter

0 they use italian words because that makes easier for them to raise the price of their crappy coffee...02br
00anyway, barista in italian means, as nona said, a person prepares coffee, tea, cocktails and any other sort of alcoholic/analcoholic drinks in a bar or pub, and that usually serves from behind the counter. Actually he/she (also in italian it doesn't change with the ***) can

0 Thanks, my dear friends, for the prescious info. It's even clearer now. 0-

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01cite10Zeppe12cite10they use italian words because that makes easier for them to raise the price of their 10crappy coffee...12br
10anyway, barista in italian means, as nona said, a person prepares coffee, tea, cocktails and any other sort of alcoholic/analcoholic drinks in a bar or pub, and that usually serves from behin