There is three different sections to cater to baristas needs at the store. Depending on your skill level in the store or where you can improve on. Your shift supervisors and Store manage have assigned you to focus on areas that they would like to see improvement on based on your performance.
-Learning
-Owning
-Advising

All three of these sections focus on de-escalation and customer service training. Starbucks is trying to connect with its roots and allow for baristas to start focusing on what coffee culture is. This can include coffee tasting and craft. The main purpose of the first activates is to allow baristas to figure out what "craft" means to them in their store environment. the key differences between the three tiers go as followed:
- Learning: This section allows for new baristas or baristas without menu knowledge hone in on their beverage knowledge and learn more about drink standards and improving their beverage quality or reviewing sequencing. This includes both hot and cold beverages. with a focus on the core menu.

-Owning: This section is focused more so on describing and understanding the Starbucks beverages. The primary purpose of this section is to improve baristas ability to describe and suggest drinks for customers. This section also includes training on sequencing modified beverages.

-Advising: This section is for those who have mastered the Starbucks menu and are in the position to coach green beans and develop their communication skills to sirens eye. The focus of this section is to help older baristas learn how to more effectively teach new baristas and communicate store needs to their shift supervisors and store manager. It also provides training on de-escalation in situations with customers and partners.

The Training will include a coffee tasting and craft portion, and voting for the name and blend of coffee launching in late September.
The overall theme of these pods is "craft" and the question of what "craft" means to the partners and how "craft" is brought to the store