5 Minutes with barista: Brenda Ty
EACH FRIDAY 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: Brenda Ty
Title: Head Barista/trainer
Place of Work: Department of Coffee & Social Affairs(Norton Folgate)
Nationality: British
5 MINUTES STARTS NOW
Coffee, Hot or Cold: Hot
Coffee, Black or White: Black
What you love about coffee: Its social - you meet new people every day and you continue to develop the relationships with the regulars.
What coffee you are currently serving at the cafe: Espresso: Single origin, 2 yirgecheffes, one washed and one natural. Filter coffee: Costa Rica; Burundi; Kenya from The Roastery Department
Croissant: Chocolate, Almond or Plain: Chocolate
Run or Ride: Run
Ocean or pool: Ocean
Surf or skate: SURF!!!
Dog or Cat: Dog, one hundred percent.
Hard or soft: Soft
Beer or Bubbles: Beer
How do you like your steak: I don't, I've always had bad ones so never opt for it.
Ai Wei Wei or Hockney: Hockney
Be baked, Be baked for, Be the baker: Be baked.
Favourite Cuisine: Everything...I will eat everything.
Favorite TV/Netflix show: Blackadder.
Dream Home: London.
2 Superpowers you'd choose: Invisibility & Omnilinguism.
Person who has most influenced your life? My paps. He came from a poor town in the Philippines and has taught me the right things to value in life.
Sum yourself up in 25 words or less: Photography, travel, piano, saxophone, Chopin, Rachmaninov, Bach, rice, broccoli, maps, analogue, mangos, baggy jumpers, eating, cooking, playing.
Dream Goal/Job: Travel photographer
What you love right now: How cheap it is now to fly around Europe! It's insane...
If you could solve a problem in the world, what would it be: No food waste/food sustainability.
Two favourite things about what you do for a living: Hanging out with regulars outside of the shop. But most importantly, viewing work as hanging out with mates and making coffee as a side thing...;P
PS: Check out her photography go to: Brenda-ty.co.uk