5 Minutes with Barista: Greg Cornes
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: Greg Cornes
Title: Owner / Barista
Place of Work: Goodness Gracious Cafe & Bagelry (here)
Nationality: New Zealander
5 MINUTES STARTS NOW
Coffee, Hot or Cold: Hot
Coffee, Black or White: Its all coffee to me.
What you love about coffee: The culture
What coffee you are currently serving at the cafe: Our own espresso blend by a local contract roaster.
Croissant: Chocolate, Almond or Plain: Plain in the morning, chocolate in the afternoon
Run or Ride: Run for fitness, ride for pleasure
Ocean or pool: Ocean, if I don't have access to a pool.
Surf or skate: Bodyboarding & BMX in my youth. Now that I'm adulting; sea frolicking and bicycle
Dog or Cat: Dog
Hard or soft: We talking poached eggs here? Soft.
Beer or Bubbles: Beer
How do you like your steak: Medium Well
Ai Wei Wei or Hockney: Ai Wei Wei
Be baked, Be baked for, Be the baker: Be Baked
Favourite Cuisine: Antipodean cafe fare re: breakfast and lunch. Most things oriental for dinner.
Favorite TV/Netflix show: Vikings
Dream Home: NZ
2 Superpowers you'd choose: Healing for the sake of humanity. Mind control for shits and giggles.
Person who has most influenced your life? My parents. My mum was super savvy and my dad a very hard worker. I'd like to think I got the best of both of them.
Sum yourself up in 25 words or less: A true May baby and Taurus personality to a T. A believer of many things but self belief being the front runner.
Dream Goal/Job in two sentences: Living my dream.
What you love right now: My family and my work.
If you could solve a problem in the world, what would it be: World Peace
Two favourite things about what you do for a living: Progression both personally and professionally.