barista

noun

ba·​ris·​ta bə-ˈrē-stə 

bä-ˈrē-stä

: a person who makes and serves coffee (such as espresso) to the public

Examples of barista in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Council voted 11-3 to endorse the boycott of the popular coffee chain Starbucks, pledging not to buy any of its products until the company finalizes a fair contract with its unionized baristas. — Shaddi Abusaid, AJC.com, 21 Oct. 2026

Melbourne’s Dylan Young looks as modern as any third-wave barista—baseball-cap clad, flanneled, poised before a microphone—on Massive Shoe’s cover. — Linnie Greene, Pitchfork, 20 Oct. 2026

Further down the Pacific Coast Highway, at the Malibu Colony Plaza strip mall, a customer and a barista at the local Starbucks guessed at when the lights would come back on. — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026

Alpine skier Keely Cashman, who represented Team USA at the 2022 and 2026 Winter Olympics, spends part of the year working as a barista in her small California town. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Italian, person working behind a bar, from bar bar (from English) + - ista -ist entry 1

First Known Use

1982, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for barista

• arista
• artiste
• batiste
• crista
• sandinista