Yeah that's right y'all. We got pies. We got tarts. And we got new pitchers, which means no more batch steaming! Also, we're pushing caramel macchiatos and vanilla lattes. And Tribute is back! Way to be original, guys!
In all honesty, I'm really excited about the pitchers. I'd post a picture of the sub-par latte art I've been throwing out lately with our crap pitchers but I don't know how. Also, the idea that I can't steam the six chai lattes in one pitcher is kind of bumming me out.
Thoughts?
I'm still curious as to these 'new pitchers.' Are they different from the ones we got during Espresso Excellence and Beverage Repetable Routine? Like smaller, no longer a big bucket and instead shaped like (oh i don't know) professional steaming pitchers rather than our current big ridonx commercial ones (what with the etched measurement lines on the inside)? I haven't seen anything on the portal upons the spring rollout.
The pies and tarts and ****, I couldn't care less about. I have seen so many pastries come, go, die, and sometimes like a DC or Marvel superhero soap opera, be reborn into something worse than it previously was that it all gets marked out in the end anyway.
I just wanted them to release something to mark cocktails with....
****...
I cannot wait for the Refreshers to come back. I am SO excited about that.
I hear they'll still have the lines etched into the sides for measuring, but they'll be smaller and with a better tapered tip. I do think this means they'll steam faster. I don't get why we even need the lines. When I worked in other shops we did the "rule of threes", two fingers at the base = small, three = medium, four =large. It's not that hard to figure out.
I'm strangely excited for the pies as my new go-to de-stressing dessert. Can you imagine a heated up apple pie with a scoop of a vanilla bean frap made with heavy cream? Golden.
I just hate any kind of caramel flavored beverage push because I hate that they ask to describe it as being caramelly. That isn't even a word. It's retarded.
LOL @ Caramelly. That's what people want to hear!! lol
What is a Refresher??
fml refreshers are coming back??
Same crap they always push....yet the masses never fail to believe its new.
the new pitchers are... questionable. they look like travel mugs. but I guess they will reduce milk waste a little bit; especially since you can effectively steam shorts now.
they need to bring back the milk bathtubs they had several years ago that were good for like 4 venti drinks.
REFRESHERS ARE COMING BACK??!!!!!?!!!
I didn't mind making them that much, I was annoyed with the berry parts where EVERYWHERE
But I actually really really really liked the Berry Drink. It was a really nice way to get free caffeine at work without having to deal with the old taste of coffee.
As for the new pitchers, eh. I bet the smart and actually helpful SM's will keep the old ones around for rushes.
so... not my SM.
Yeah. Same here. Lol. But I mean, My store sells about the frap equivalent that every other store sells in lattes. So being forced to make the hot drinks one at a time won't be too much. My only worry is that it will limit making foam, and have to watch the milk a lot more to make sure I'm not consistently making too much foam to go overboard. And my main problem with it, is that since we can't batch, and using more pitchers, that I will actually have to clean them more often, taking time out of my personal flow and rotation. Even though we are supposed to be rinsing the pitchers after each drink (according to my SM, that is part of BBR, and will get written up if she sees us not doing it) So hopefully I have a decent floater for those morning rushes.
We've been using the new pitchers for like A month.
and.. how are they?
For all drinks but venti no foam they are fine. I often have to steam a bit more to top those off.
Yeah... I was concerned about that and xxdry cappuccinos.
We've been using the new pitchers for the last 3 weeks or so. I was definitely dubious on how it work work during the last international rugby match. (I can't even think of a decent comparison to how mad it gets on rugby days... maybe imagine your morning rush, extended from 10 minutes before we open the door to 15 minutes before the game starts)
I was surprised how well it all worked, especially considering we weren't staffed appropriately for the day. But... You need both someone who's sole job is to prep the milk and wash pitchers. And they can't wander off to do a bus or line call, or the system falls apart.
^ So what you're saying is that I'm ****. :P We have no one to prep or wash pitchers... or really assist in any way. Yay! Even when we make over 1k in 2 hours!! Yeah... good fun.
we've had them a while too... make nice foam with no effort. just need good bar support!
also.. hello cardiff barista. i see we are from the same district. the district of terror.
District of terror? There seems to be a lot of those. Personally, mine's Mordor.
Senor Cardgage simply walks into Mordor.
What about the pie petites? Am I a fatty for asking? I just like pie...
I really could not give less of a f uck about any of this shi t.
our store is full on using the new pitchers and following the new standard now... it steams up nice foam with less effort than stock pitchers BUT it's gona suck for us to steam for those customers who want venti absolutely no foam lattes filled to the rim..cuz even the max line barely cut it if you aerate properly it'll over flow the pitcher..
We don't have the new pitchers yet but supposedly I hear they're gonna be made by sizes? Like certain pitchers for tall, grande, venti right?
In that case, can't I still use a venti pitcher for two talls?
Quackers: it's like the old pitchers except much smaller and it now measures for short, tall, grande and venti. Pour lines are quite exact that it leaves you w/ no milk wastage and even with foam, the finished drink (standard latte) will only be filled up 1/4 inch below the rim. so i guess..the fill line for a tall actually maybe measuring only 11 oz of fluid? i dont know but getting 2 talls in 1 pitcher but it'll be pretty close to the top of the pitcher if u try that~
we started using them this week. i like them, but yeah, it's hard to cheat. there are lines for short, tall, grande, and venti. then there's a line with the word MAX above the venti mark, which is supposedly the highest point at which you can fill the pitcher. but we discovered that you can actually fill it a bit more, and if you get the milk just to the top of the word MAX (the word - not the line) you have enough for a tall and a grande. that's as much as you'll be able to do at once though.
but yeah, they're way easier to make good foam with, the little spout thingy is helpful, and i think the handles are easier to grip too (not that the old ones weren't, i just like these better).
all around, with the exception of their size, i am pleased.
also, they look weird and futuristic. score.
I really like the feel and the pour of the new pitchers. Freepouring lattes with the old ones always felt like a crapshoot to me, but I can do it perfectly every time with these things.
Cloverrated, try working bar during a REAL rush, and see how you like the max venti cup of steamed milk.
I can't even rinse it properly without leftover foam clinging to the sides.
I was on bar both yesterday afternoon and today, and I honestly really like the new pitchers. For reference, I work in the heart of downtown Boston, so I'm well versed in what constitutes a "real rush."
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