Head barista for the Double Dutch Café in Simpson Bay, St Maarten, with 3 baristas in the coffee team tasked with staffing the cafe 7 days a week from 7 AM to 5 PM.
Mission is to make the best coffee available on St Maarten.
Responsible for:
- creation of coffee menu
- coffee recipes and its cost calculation $/cup
- water supply and selection and quality
- milk selection for milk-based coffees
- espresso bean selection from local or oversea suppliers
- contact with coffee bean suppliers
- weekly calibration of espresso machine to make 50 gr double shot
- weekly calibration of grinders for black and milk-based coffees for 25 sec brew time
- cleaning schedule for equipment
- establishing Third Wave Coffee rules and guidelines for making coffee and educating personnel