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Education
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Hobbies
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Xrisa Moustaki

Xrisa Moustaki

Athens

Summary

Professional coffee specialist with strong background in barista training and development. Adept at cultivating collaborative team environment and adapting to changing needs. Skilled in espresso techniques, customer service, and workflow optimization. Reliable and results-driven, ensuring high standards in every aspect of coffee preparation and team performance.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Barista Trainer

Mr Bean Coffee Company
08.2024 - Current

Experiences Barista Trainer with a strong background in coffee preparation, espresso equipment handling and customer service excellence. Skilled in delivering training programs, assessing staff performance and coaching teams to maintain consistent quality and efficiency. Passionate about coffee culture and committed to developing talent, enhancing customer experience and ensuring high standards across all operations. Focused on detail and continuous improvement.


Detailed:

  • Trained new team members with positive reinforcement and respectful, encouraging coaching.
  • Provided ongoing feedback to trainees on their progress, offering constructive criticism when necessary while celebrating achievements regularly.
  • Improved barista skills through one-on-one training sessions and practical demonstrations.
  • Customized training strategies based on individual barista knowledge, experience, and strengths.
  • Boosted company reputation by maintaining a clean, efficient, and inviting café environment.

Sales Representative

Mr. Bean Coffee Company
08.2023 - 08.2024

Dynamic and results-driven Sales Representative in selling coffee products and related services to coffee shops and cafes. Skilled in building strong client relationships, identifying business needs and offering tailored solutions to maximize customer satisfaction and sales growth. Passionate, with a deep understanding of product quality, market trends and customer expectations.

Barista

Anana Coffee Food
09.2022 - 08.2023

Working as a barista in Anana Coffee Shop, in the center of Athens, one of the best specialty coffee shops, with high quality freshly roasted single origins and high-tech equipment.


Highlights:

  • Dialing in single origin coffees from all over the world
  • Work with great equipment, such as La Marzocco and Hemro Group Grinders
  • Promoted a welcoming atmosphere by greeting customers with a friendly demeanor and promptly addressing their needs.
  • Maintained a clean and organized workspace for optimal productivity and safety.
  • Operated espresso machines and commercial coffee brewers to create beverages.

Head Barista

Spook Coffee Shop
01.2021 - 12.2022

Working from the opening day as a Head Barista, training and managing the coffee shop's daily routine.


Some of the main duties were:


- Serving single origin specialty coffees in a great way

- Training new staff

- Searching and tasting new single origin coffees as a Head

- Organizing all the preparation for every beverage

Barista

Omsom Coffee Roasters
10.2020 - 09.2022

Working as a Barista, serving different specialty single origins every day, communicate with up to 400 people per day and share our coffee culture for coffee.


Highlights:

  • Made and served brand-specific café beverages with focus on speed, quality and consistency.
  • Trained new employees, sharing knowledge and expertise of coffees, teas, and merchandise.

Coffee Shop Manager

Portatif Patisserie Cafe
01.2018 - 01.2020

General Manager in the main coffee shop, responsible for all coffee related procedures and processes, training and organizing all the staff.

Head Barista

Dizzy Mo All Day Cafe Bar
09.2017 - 05.2018

Guest Pastry Chef

Mikri Vigla Beach Hotel
02.2015 - 10.2016

Pastry Chef in the hotel for a summer season.


Some of the highlights, were:


- Consulting the pastry menu

- Training the staff for every product

- Do the quality control of every product

- Organizing orders and warehouse stock taking

Assistant Pastry Chef

Different Pastry Labs
01.2013 - 12.2015

Working 2 years as a new pastry chef, in different pastry labs of Athens.

Education

Certificate -

Specialty Coffee Association (SCA)
Athens

Certificate -

Specialty Coffee Association (SCA)
Athens

Certificate -

Create Athens By Stefanos Domatiotis
Athens

No Degree -

Welness Stores By Nikos Trelopoulos
Athens, Greece

Certificate -

Food And Hygiene (HACCP)
Athens, Greece

Certificate -

Sugar And Raw Material
Athens, Greece

Certificate -

Lower Michigan ECCE
Athens, Greece

Certificate -

IT Skills Standard
Athens, Greece

High School Diploma -

52o High School
Athens, Greece

Skills

  • Coffee expertise
  • Espresso preparation
  • Manual brewing techniques
  • Grinder calibration
  • Recipe creation
  • Coffee cupping
  • Training background
  • Coffee brewing
  • Beverage preparation techniques
  • Decision-making

Hobbies

- Gym & Crossfit Training

- Reading

- Travelling

- Cooking

- Tasting new flavors (especially coffees)

Timeline

Barista Trainer

Mr Bean Coffee Company
08.2024 - Current

Sales Representative

Mr. Bean Coffee Company
08.2023 - 08.2024

Barista

Anana Coffee Food
09.2022 - 08.2023

Head Barista

Spook Coffee Shop
01.2021 - 12.2022

Barista

Omsom Coffee Roasters
10.2020 - 09.2022

Coffee Shop Manager

Portatif Patisserie Cafe
01.2018 - 01.2020

Head Barista

Dizzy Mo All Day Cafe Bar
09.2017 - 05.2018

Guest Pastry Chef

Mikri Vigla Beach Hotel
02.2015 - 10.2016

Assistant Pastry Chef

Different Pastry Labs
01.2013 - 12.2015

Certificate -

Specialty Coffee Association (SCA)

Certificate -

Specialty Coffee Association (SCA)

Certificate -

Create Athens By Stefanos Domatiotis

No Degree -

Welness Stores By Nikos Trelopoulos

Certificate -

Food And Hygiene (HACCP)

Certificate -

Sugar And Raw Material

Certificate -

Lower Michigan ECCE

Certificate -

IT Skills Standard

High School Diploma -

52o High School
Xrisa Moustaki