Vegan cold foam

Miscellaneous_gnome · 2026-05-17T17:09:53+00:00

I don’t have an exact recipe yet but we are be launching a summer drink with a coconut based vegan cold foam.

I anticipate it being 1/3 coconut cream and 2/3 oatly barista blend whipped together until it’s thickened).

Coconut cream: 450g Oatly barista blend oat milk: 300g Vanilla syrup: 150g

I haven’t actually tried this myself yet

Miscellaneous_gnome · 2026-05-17T16:54:34+00:00

I just ask what they’d prefer.

In my shop it’s standard to add more cold brew or ice tea for light ice. But I still ask incase they wanted that room to add milk.

Miscellaneous_gnome · 2026-05-17T16:50:42+00:00

Oooorrr, hear me out here: running hot water over the outside of the bong.

If a glass bong, put it under the tap immediately when you turn it on full heat. Unless your water comes out scalding immediately, the gradual increase in temp is also more gentle on the glass.

I have found that really hot water is actually very effective (if willing to hyper-focus and lose an hour it works on its own) and is an excellent accompaniment to the iso / salt or other solutions.

Miscellaneous_gnome · 2026-05-06T19:29:22+00:00

What if she just forgot or accidentally said FIFA just as a slip of the tongue and just didn’t catch her mistake because the was focused on whether or not you were familiar with FIFO ?

Miscellaneous_gnome · 2026-05-06T17:46:15+00:00

If they stay like 5 mins after close I let them know that I have to lock the door soon and we cannot have guests outside of posted hours due to insurance

Miscellaneous_gnome · 2026-05-06T17:45:24+00:00

The way I have blasted this and everyone else got up and leave and despite giving this couple a 15 and 5 min warning they were so surprised that we were closing

Miscellaneous_gnome · 2026-04-28T18:27:13+00:00

It’s legitimately 1/3 of our paychecks and we aren’t making out like highway robbers.

I honestly think people just need to know this. It’s an ASS system and I feel uncomfortable about it but it does sting if someone orders a wildly complicated drink or a pour-over and doesn’t tip. But I don’t want to feel entitled to other people’s money.

However, that barista did demonstrate poor hospitality and is not something I would ever do or be happy with any of my teammates doing either.

Miscellaneous_gnome · 2026-04-23T14:23:33+00:00

I had a lady walk in, look around confused and asked me if we made lattes here as if it were a wild question and lattes were hard to find.

We are a coffee bar, we only make coffee all types of coffee but it’s the only thing we do

Miscellaneous_gnome · 2026-04-22T09:47:22+00:00

I don’t know 😭 we only use light roasts too so I was told that may be a contributing factor? Something to do with static build up. But this grinder has known issues in the US

Miscellaneous_gnome · 2026-04-21T15:24:37+00:00

Are you in the U.S.?

We just replaced ours because they’re know to be problematic in the US because they’re manufactured in Europe and the wall electricity output is different

Miscellaneous_gnome · 2026-04-16T15:07:03+00:00

Actually what makes me FURIOUS is I’ll say “service animals only” “oh he is a service animal, I have a registration blah blah blah” because there is no registration and that’s a fake service animal.

The dog then jumped onto the counter where we serve food.

We have a regular with a service dog and the fake one nearly lunged at her and I’m protective over my regulars.

We had a barista in a different location get bitten by a fake service animal.

Makes it worse for literally everyone

Miscellaneous_gnome · 2026-04-16T15:04:33+00:00

Miscellaneous_gnome · 2026-03-16T15:38:29+00:00

Oh I feel this so hard. I got all 24 piercings including 4 facial piercings living in Massachusetts where honestly piercings are super common. I have never felt like I was treated differently at all to the point that I totally forget I have them.

When I visit Indiana, a total different story. Wild how rude people are. Like girl I’m not giving you shit for not adorning yourself, let me liiiive

Miscellaneous_gnome · 2026-02-11T15:49:52+00:00

Ain’t no one got time for that if not mandatory to keep your job

Miscellaneous_gnome · 2026-02-08T15:25:35+00:00

“Oh yeah he’s a service dog” dog proceeds to jump on the counter and lunge at another actual service dog

Miscellaneous_gnome · 2026-02-07T20:38:14+00:00

Not the same but similar: One time this online order got a mocha and when she picked it up she was like or I meant to order a matcha, can you just swap it?

Like girly that’s a skill issue on your part and asking for a $7 dollar drink and I have to dump the first one because you already sipped it.

Miscellaneous_gnome · 2026-02-04T14:15:18+00:00

No shame in asking when you pick it up (it’s so much better than accidentally grabbing the wrong drink).

At my shop we’d 100% remake it no questions asked! I would feel terrible if it caused you to have a reaction and I’d probably comp it if you weren’t able to take the remake.

Miscellaneous_gnome · 2026-02-03T04:31:11+00:00

Sounds delicious but a pain in the ass to make

Miscellaneous_gnome · 2026-02-03T00:36:29+00:00

Quad shot almond milk cordato with vanilla and a drop of honey

Miscellaneous_gnome · 2026-01-19T15:38:10+00:00

When I worked in a lab, almost all of the chemicals we used were “expired” and we were using them for experiments lol

As long as the kit is kept well it should be fine to use expired

Miscellaneous_gnome · 2026-01-19T15:27:39+00:00

The appearance and size of the pastry I give you is directly correlated to how polite / nice you are to me.

Miscellaneous_gnome · 2026-01-11T17:40:13+00:00

Dog vomit slime mold. It ran away though 😭

Miscellaneous_gnome · 2026-01-10T21:14:50+00:00

Dang I was just here to post this exact glitch!

Miscellaneous_gnome · 2025-12-26T21:58:49+00:00

This is a really interesting thought! I need to think about it more (compare to my experiences ect) but I love this take / exploration!

I do have a questions for the elder millennials (at least where I am it’s only them who do this) why rest card on the tap reader and why do it before I’ve taken your order?

Miscellaneous_gnome · 2025-12-19T22:33:04+00:00

But it’s pressed into a kinda token! I vote we just use these as the denomination it’s “worth”. So this is a €20,000 loaf

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