barista
Sign in to savethumb|200px|Gwilym Davies, World Barista Championship winner 2009 A barista ( , ; ) is a person, usually a coffeehouse employee, who prepares and serves espresso-based coffee drinks and other beverages.
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- Etymology and inflection
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thumb|200px|Gwilym Davies, World Barista Championship winner 2009 A barista ( , ; ) is a person, usually a coffeehouse employee, who prepares and serves espresso-based coffee drinks and other beverages.
==Etymology and inflection== The word comes from Italian, where it means a "bartender" who typically works behind a counter, serving hot drinks (such as espresso), cold alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, and snacks. The Italian plural is for masculine () or for feminine (), while English and Spanish use "baristas".