Before I begin to tell my story, and show some of the results that I have had during this time, I want to make it clear that I am not an expert, I have had my experience preparing coffee, but I am not a barista or anything like that.

It all started in 2020, when I started working in the office of a company called Spanish Bakery, here I had to fulfill various roles, how to prepare sandwiches, slicing charcuterie, conducting inventories, among other things, but there was one of them that the truth was afraid, I literally panicked, and that was preparing coffee.

The truth is that it took me a long time to prepare a coffee, you won't believe me, but to be able to make a decent coffee it took me more than a year hahahaha, but it was because of pressure and fear that I felt, but not because of pressure from the supervisors, because the truth is that they are excellent people, I give them a 20 out of 20, the problem was myself that I let myself be dominated by my nerves.

This was my first coffee that came out with some cream, I will never forget it.

After that day I had a little more interest in the preparation of the coffees, and I started to investigate a little, I watched videos to improve a little more, and to my surprise, I applied what I saw on the internet and I did not get the expected result.

I got a little frustrated again, but I kept practicing, and I noticed that there was a lot of foam coming out when I was heating the milk, but with a special machine, I realized that the nozzle I was using to heat the milk was too far outside, and I placed it a little more inside and in the center, and I saw some difference.

I wanted to try to make a heart shape, and the result was not even close.

I kept watching videos and practicing constantly every day to make the heart I wanted so much, and what do you think happened?

I ended up getting my heart's desire.

I started to gain a little more confidence, and I was already preparing coffee for the public.

But the story does not end here, little by little I also realized that I was reheating the milk too much, and that is not good, because it prevents us from perceiving the flavors of our coffee, it does not leave a good texture and it can even hurt our stomach.

I kept trying to improve that part and there kept being changes for the better.

I wanted to make hearts with some variations, but these were not for the public but for my co-workers.

The letters were made with the same coffee stirrer, it was like grabbing a paintbrush, but the difference was that here it was with milk and coffee.

This was the one I liked the most of hearts.

After so much heart making I wanted to make other shapes, so I started experimenting.

The truth is that this one came out accidentally, I wanted to make a heart with another heart above it and in the end I ended up with a happy onion.

After that moment I started making faces at almost everything jajaja.

This one was made by a friend and I, we spent more or less time there, even the coffee got cold, but the shape was very nice.

Under my experience I could give some advice and conclusions for people who want to start preparing coffee:

- Do not be afraid to start, the truth is that at the beginning it can be hard like everything in life, but as you get interested and practice a lot, it will become easier.

- If you don't have someone to teach you, there is a lot of information on the internet that can help you.

- Prepare the coffee for yourself, and your trusted people, there you can test your results yourself, and ask for opinions.

- Try not to heat the milk too much.

- Not all of us prepare coffee in the same way, everyone has their own style.

- Don't be afraid to experiment.

Thank you very much for reaching this part of the reading, I hope you have enjoyed my experience with the preparation of coffee, and that it has helped people who want to start in this beautiful world.

We will see you soon.

Happy Holidays!

I used the deepl translator since my language is Spanish.