How come Barista coffee is so popular these days?

People love service even if they have to pay more for it...I like to make coffee and drink it at home.

Only coffee I ever get from a barista is a cotton candy frap at Starbucks because it’s a pleasant memory with someone who died. It’s a rare treat. Outside of that I don’t bother, too expensive and often either way too bitter or way too sweet.

Its expresso, real coffee, people like real takeaway coffee, convenient, addictive.

I think they’re just in love with the name barista

Well, they use quality coffee beans that are freshly grounded and a special coffee machine with high specs. So it’s different than instant coffee. But I agree their coffee is usually overpriced.

Coffee always tastes like crap when I buy it at a coffee shop. Same with tea. Not sure what the fuss is about.

I hear ya. They act like they have an actual skill or trade with their cute little foreign title. Plus the fact is they always serve that dark roasted sludge that taste like shit and has all the sweet caffeine roasted out of it.
Give me a good blonde roast at a dinner any day over that over priced hipster mud.