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barista

ba·ris·ta [ bə rístə ] (plural ba·ris·tas)


noun 
Definition:
 
somebody employed to make coffee: somebody employed to operate an espresso machine in a coffee bar

[Late 20th century < Italian, "worker in or owner of a bar"]
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