On the Job: Barista makes coffee special

Ashley McComish works at a cafe in South Portland.

Posted February 3, 2015

Updated February 4, 2015

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Ashley McComish is a barista. She makes espresso-based drinks such as cappuccinos, (adding steamed milk to the espresso shots), Americanos, (adding espresso shots to regular coffee) and lattes, (adding milk and sometimes flavoring to the espresso shots). She has worked at 158 Pickett Street Cafe for the past seven years. She also manages the popular cafe located near Southern Maine Community College in South Portland. Gordon Chibroski/Staff Photographer

ASHLEY McCOMISH works as a barista and manager at 158 Pickett Street Cafe in South Portland, near the Southern Maine Community College campus. She has worked there for seven years, making espresso-based drinks like cappuccinos and lattes. McComish said meeting new people is her favorite part of the job, and there are lots of regular customers whom she knows by name – and coffee order. Getting up early enough to make it to the cafe by 6:30 a.m. is hard, McComish said, but at least she lives right down the street.

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