This is the first part in a series wherein our intrepid Press Pot walks into a random café and puts the working barista on the spot. Look out, friends—who knows when we will be in your city, in your shop!
Paradise Cafe is a New York coffeeshop of another, possibly simpler era (think Central Perk from Friends) nestled unassumingly among the weirdly high-end boutiques of Eighth Avenue in lower Chelsea, New York City. After the jump, today’s barista—North Carolina native Skyler—tells me a little about her life behind the bar (after having served me a small cup of Equal Exchange Colombian.)
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