5 Minutes with Barista: Brittany Gunther - Vagabond Cafe N7
ON FRIDAY's I'LL FEATURE A BADASS BARISTA AND GET THEM TO TAKE ON TWO (FUN) CHALLENGES:
1. THE SELFIE CHALLENGE, WHERE THEY MUST TAKE A SELFIE WITH SOMETHING THEY LOVE OR LOVE DOING, THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH COFFEE!
2. THEY MUST TRY TO ANSWER MY QUESTIONS IN 5 MINUTES.
Name: Brittany Gunther
Title: N7 Mangager
Place of Work: Vagabond (105 Holloway Rd, London N7 8LT)
Nationality: Australian
5 MINUTES STARTS NOW
Coffee, Hot or Cold: Hot
Coffee, Black or White: Black
What you love about coffee: Coffee for me is about connection. From the people working on the farm, to the roastery, the baristas and then the customer - coffee connects us all.
Run or Ride: Run
Croissant: Chocolate, Almond or Plain? Almond
Ocean or pool: Ocean - Salt water cures everything
Surf or skate? Surf
Hard or Soft: Soft
Dog or Cat: Cat
Beer or Bubbles: Bubbles
Favourite Cuisine: Thai
Be baked, Be baked for, Be the baker: Be the baker, I have been know to sneak into the Vagabond kitchen and whip something up on occasions.
How you like your steak: Not at all. I'm a vegetarian.
Favorite TV show: Antiques Road Show, is a guilty pleasure.
Dream Home: Australia, nothing beats home.
Two Superpowers you'd choose: Healing powers & omnilinguism.
Person who has most influenced your life? It's difficult to pick just one person, I like to think you can learn something from everyone you meet.
Sum yourself up in 25 words or less: State of flux.
Dream Goal/Job in two sentences: The more I learn about roasting, the more I think that's the direction I'd like to head towards.
What you love right now: Piano practice.
If you could solve a world problem: I'd like us to have more compassion.
Two favourite things about what you do for a living: I love meeting new people everyday and tying lots of different coffees.