(Source: Starbucks Corporation) For Starbucks baristas, coffee can be truly unifying. Last month, Starbucks invited 23 barista champions to Bogota, Colombia, for the second annual Latin America and Caribbean Barista Championship Experience. The week-long event celebrated the champions while inspiring and equipping them to be leaders in coffee craft and customer connections at their stores back home. Participants engaged in a host of activities that ranged from a trip to a small coffee farm and perfecting barista skills to a latte art competition. Taking Pride and Care from Bean to Cup Samady Medina, Starbucks continuous improvement advisor for Latin America and the Caribbean and Chad Moore,...
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