English

Noun

baristo ‎(plural baristi or baristos)

1. (hypercorrect) A specifically male barista.
   • 2002: Business week, page 102 (McGraw-Hill, Inc.)

     Starbucks also faces slumping morale and employee burnout among its store managers and its once-cheery army of baristos.

   • 2003: Philip Edward Baruth, The X President: a novel, page 65 (Bantam Books; ISBN 0553802941, 9780553802948)

     On the other side of me a table holds several tureens of brewed coffee; additionally, a small man in a white coat stands beside a cappuccino maker. He is the official baristo of this White House coffee.

   • 2006: The Economist, volume 381, page 16 (Economist Newspaper Ltd.)

     SIR —
     As a Starbucks baristo, I was pleased to read your even-handed treatment of the Ethiopian trademarking controversy.

   • 2006: Rachel Sarah, Single Mom Seeking: Playdates, Blind Dates, and Other Dispatches from the Dating World, page 111 (Seal Press; ISBN 1580051669, 9781580051668)

     I walk over to Feet’s Coffee & Tea on Vine Street and tell the young #baristo, “My daughter started preschool today.” He gives me a coffee on the house.

   • 2006: Rebecca Agiewich, BreakupBabe: a novel, page 50 (Ballantine Books; ISBN 0345484002, 9780345484000)

     The cute baristo. He’d somehow slipped in unnoticed again, and was now behind the counter in a sky blue T-shirt […]

   • 2008: Jennifer Stevenson, The Velvet Chair, page 71 (Ballantine Books; ISBN 0345486692, 9780345486691)

     At the door, the baristo from Starbucks peeked in. His lime green hair seemed to stick straight up when he saw Jewel. “I brought you another latte. […] ”