Comments on: Intelligentsia Bootcamp http://blogging.la/2009/04/01/intelligentsia-bootcamp/ Lizard people dude. Seriously. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: urbinsissy http://blogging.la/2009/04/01/intelligentsia-bootcamp/comment-page-1/#comment-13621 urbinsissy Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:18:31 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=24320#comment-13621 My husband is one of those recent hires! But that's all I can say about as, alas, it's very top secret ;) My husband is one of those recent hires! But that’s all I can say about as, alas, it’s very top secret ;)

]]> By: Will http://blogging.la/2009/04/01/intelligentsia-bootcamp/comment-page-1/#comment-13620 Will Thu, 02 Apr 2009 05:36:48 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=24320#comment-13620 Back in the day, Starbucks used to offer decent training days for new hires. They shrank and they shrank and I don't know what they consist of anymore. But they made us better baristas, better customer-service agents, and better ambassadors for the product. That training taught me a lot of about the palate and how to appreciate and describe tastes. I've only become more of a ridiculous, high-faluting, pretentious absurdity since then, and it's wonderful. In the past few years, I've heard great things about barista boot camps in Portland and through Intelligentsia. I would absolutely love to spend a day in one of those classes. Back in the day, Starbucks used to offer decent training days for new hires. They shrank and they shrank and I don’t know what they consist of anymore. But they made us better baristas, better customer-service agents, and better ambassadors for the product.

That training taught me a lot of about the palate and how to appreciate and describe tastes. I’ve only become more of a ridiculous, high-faluting, pretentious absurdity since then, and it’s wonderful.

In the past few years, I’ve heard great things about barista boot camps in Portland and through Intelligentsia. I would absolutely love to spend a day in one of those classes.

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