Barista Resume Example
An entry-level barista in Minneapolis, four years in, who started on the register at a bakery cafe and now works as a shift lead at a specialty coffee shop.
A fictional resume written by our team. The person, employers and numbers are invented; the tools, licenses and schools are real.
Why it works
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“Barista with 4 years in cafes, now a shift lead at a specialty coffee shop that serves about 450 drinks on a weekday. Dial in espresso at open and keep average ticket time under 4 minutes at the morning peak. SCA Barista Skills Foundation.”
The shop, the volume, a daily coffee skill, a speed number and the training. A cafe manager can see what this person does on a Monday morning.
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“Work bar on a 3-group La Marzocco Linea at the morning peak, about 90 drinks an hour with one other barista”
The equipment and the pace in one line. 'Made espresso drinks' says neither.
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“Dial in espresso at open each day, adjusting grind and dose by taste and shot time for 2 rotating single origins”
A daily coffee skill described as work done. A specialty shop reads for this before latte art.
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“Kept average ticket time under 4 minutes at the morning peak in 2025, on the shop's Square reports”
A speed number the POS already tracks, so a manager can check it.
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“Cut weekly milk waste by about a third by switching to smaller pitchers and a daily par sheet”
A cost result with the change that caused it. Waste is one of the few numbers a barista can move on their own.
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“Moved from the register to the espresso bar after 5 months and opened the shop 2 days a week from 2023”
A promotion with the time it took, plus the trust of opening, which shows the manager relied on this person early.
How it scored
We ran this example through the same free roast you can use, three times, and kept the middle result. The roast ranks a resume against a typical applicant pile and grades hard: even a resume with a number in nearly every bullet usually lands in the B range.
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Wren Takahashi Barista and Shift Lead, Specialty Coffee Minneapolis, MN | wren.takahashi@example.com SUMMARY Barista with 4 years in cafes, now a shift lead at a specialty coffee shop that serves about 450 drinks on a weekday. Dial in espresso at open and keep average ticket time under 4 minutes at the morning peak. SCA Barista Skills Foundation. EXPERIENCE Shift Lead and Barista, Loring Hill Coffee | Apr 2024 - Present - Work bar on a 3-group La Marzocco Linea at the morning peak, about 90 drinks an hour with one other barista - Dial in espresso at open each day, adjusting grind and dose by taste and shot time for 2 rotating single origins - Kept average ticket time under 4 minutes at the morning peak in 2025, on the shop's Square reports - Trained 6 new baristas on milk steaming, latte art basics and the opening checklist - Close 3 nights a week as shift lead, counting 2 drawers and placing the milk and pastry order - Cut weekly milk waste by about a third by switching to smaller pitchers and a daily par sheet Cashier, then Barista, Nokomis Bread Company | Jun 2022 - Mar 2024 - Ran the register and drip coffee for a bakery cafe, about 300 customers on a Saturday - Moved from the register to the espresso bar after 5 months and opened the shop 2 days a week from 2023 EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS SCA Barista Skills Foundation, 2024, ServSafe Food Handler, 2025 High school diploma, Roosevelt High School, 2022 SKILLS Espresso dial-in, Milk steaming and latte art, Pour-over and batch brew, La Marzocco Linea, Square POS, Cash handling, Opening and closing, Ordering and par sheets
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