For The Love Of Coffee – This Is How We Met….
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14 Adorable Stories of Starbucks Baristas Who Fell in Love at Work
They love each other a latte
by DANIELLE TULLO
Do you know what will melt your heart faster than a Frappuccino on a hot day? Adorable stories of Starbucks baristas falling in love with their customers and fellow baristas. Cosmopolitan.com collaborated with Barista Life, a social network of baristas, to compile a list of romantic meet-cutes and coffee fairy tales.
See below for a long list of Starbucks lovers who love each other a latte (sorry, I couldn’t resist).
1. “He was a customer at my very first store and I knew that I was going to be with him the minute I saw him. And, one of the baristas from my store always insisted that we would date. Circumstances never seemed to work out, but then we started dating. We were both in a place where we needed a friend. That friendship bloomed into romance, and now, six years later, we’re engaged. I’m so happy to have met my soul mate and Starbucks is definitely the reason for him entering my life.” —Joseph
2. “I met my girlfriend at Starbucks. She’s deaf. She came in every day and ordered the same drink. A year ago, I decided to learn how to sign my name and ‘I think you’re cute.’ We’ve been together ever since.” —Alice
3. “My fiancé and I met at a coffee shop I work at two years ago. He was a regular and everyone knew him. I always knew his drink but nothing else about him, except that he came in every day after work with two of his friends who looked like they were lumberjacks covered in motor oil. We never talked much until one evening when I was closing and it was exceptionally slow. We chatted and found out we had a lot of the same friends and much in common. We even were in the same classes when we were younger and had most likely met before. Our parents knew each other and my mom had taught his sister swimming lessons. But we didn’t remember each other at all! We became quick friends and a few months later started dating. Now we are three months away from our wedding, all thanks to coffee!” —Holly
4. “I was a barista at Starbucks and a cute boy came in everyday ordering a black coffee, smiling and flirting with me. After a year, he finally left a sweet note on my car and asked me out. A year later, we were married. Now, eight years and three children later, we still frequent the same Starbucks and reminisce about the place where Mommy and Daddy met.” —Alysha
5. “I was explaining to a regular how I knew everyone who came in, but usually by their drink and not necessarily by their name. A red bearded guy was next in line and said, ‘My name is Brandon, by the way. You probably only know me as dirty chai guy.’ From then on, we would talk every time he came in, mostly about Star Trek, until I asked him to a show one night. Turns out he had messaged me to ask me to hang out on Facebook the year before, but I didn’t know his name then and had deleted it thinking it was a different (and awful) Brandon. We were meant to be. Two years strong!” —Anna
6. “He and I worked at the airport. He did two other jobs, I was the barista. Every weekend, he’d come in to print his reports and I’d just clean pretending not to notice he was there, but I was constantly looking and admiring. One night, he walked me to my car and told me he’d been wanting to do something. He kissed me and I was in love. We started officially dating on my birthday almost a year ago.” —@CC_Catastrophe
7. “I was on bar when I saw the cutest guy I’d ever laid eyes on across the counter. He had a black coffee and this amazing vibe about him. I didn’t catch his name or talk to him that day, but a few weeks later, I had a terrible closer and all I wanted to do was go get a drink. I then got a random invite from someone I didn’t know to get a drink at a local bar. I said, ‘Eh, what the hell.’ I knew the bouncer working that night so I figured I would be safe. I showed up and the guy who invited me out said, ‘Hey, I don’t think you’ll be interested in me, but I think you’ll like my best friend.’ He brought his friend forward and it was the guy I had seen across the bar. We now are getting married in October. Thanks, Starbucks.” —Kritten
8. “I met my fiancée when I was working as a barista and he started coming in regularly. He’d stay and read for hours and come back again and again for more drinks and pastries, lingering at the counter to chat. Eventually, we became friends on Facebook and then started dating. He confessed later he didn’t even like coffee; he just thought I was pretty and wanted an excuse to talk. We’ve been together for more than three years and are expecting our first baby in a few weeks.” —Becca
9. “At my small-town store, a guy I didn’t know, only knew of, came into the store to ask me out face-to-face, but after he bought a drink, he chickened out. Then, he came through the drive-through, ordered a breakfast sandwich, and asked me for my number so he could take me out. I wrote it on a receipt paper, and the rest is history! ” —@Smontyxoxoo
10. “I met my boyfriend Joshua at the Starbucks I worked at. He was a regular so I saw him four to five times every week. About a year before I asked him out, I told a few barista friends that I thought he was cute. They started telling me when he was coming in so I could hop on bar and talk to him, and we’d laugh over stories of how I would totally marry him someday. I thought it was all a fun fantasy that would never come true. I mean, why would a practicing lawyer ask out a college girl that gets his coffee? But my friends finally convinced me I should try to make something happen for giggles. To quote a coworker, ‘His drink costs $3.20 — we can afford to lose him as a customer. Put your number on his cup!’ So I did. Except he didn’t see it. Of course, I didn’t learn this until after we started dating, so I was embarrassed. I gave up for a while, thinking his non-response was a rejection. About five months later, I learned I was moving to a different store. I began to think about asking him out all the time. Why not? I’d be gone soon. But it felt awkward to ask him while I was working. No one orders a pickup line with their morning cup of joe. But on my last weekend, my roommate asked me to study with her at my store on my day off. I said yes. She picked a table right by the check out counter and who comes in? Josh. He stopped to talk to us for a bit and when he walked away, my roommate yelled at me that it was now or never and pushed me in his direction. I’m not really sure what happened after that, I was so nervous, but I do know that he said yes and I have now been with him for eight wonderful months. I have never been happier, and we’ll always have Starbucks to thank.” —Laura
11. “I was at my first store, working 40 hours a week, and they were opening a new restaurant in the plaza my store was in. The cutest guy in the world who worked at that restaurant would come in all the time. I used to harass him: “Where’s my French fries?” I went there for lunch one day and he handed me a huge brown bag. I opened it and it was filled to the top with fries. He finally asked for my number one day while I was on register and I was so flustered I wrote it on his pink La Boulange bag he had just got his cookie in. We went on our first date and it was immediate love. We just got married in August and are expecting a baby together in August.” —Chelsea
12. “The love of my life and I et six years ago, shortly after we both started working at Starbucks at different stores. He had a crush on me right away, but it wasn’t until he transferred to my store a few years later that we became really close friends and I began to see him as more than just my favorite barista (I was his shift supervisor). Sparks flew three years ago and we were married this past July.” —Marjori
13. “My husband and I just got married two weeks ago. He was a customer of mine for about a year. I was a barista at a store near his work and he would come in every morning. Eventually, my coworkers pointed out that we would be great together and the idea stuck with me. I wanted a date with him. So if I took my break during the time he was coming in, I would sit out in the cafe in hopes of talking to him. My whole store was trying to get us on a date but neither of us was sure if the other was interested. Eventually, I had to transfer stores, so I left a note for him. “Have a good week. Enjoy your drink on me,” which a fellow barista gave him. After he read it, she told him to leave his number. I texted him later that night. Two days later, we went on our first date, a year later, we were engaged, and about four months after that, we got married! He always thanks me for buying him that cup of coffee.” —Katy
14. “Dale was a regular at the location I was working at and was very quiet and timid. I wasn’t really interested, but as we baristas do, I memorized his name and order and made conversation when he would come in. We ended up having mutual friends and spending a lot of time together. I would take all of my breaks outside with him and hang out. We ended up having mutual friends and spending a lot of time together outside of work. He told me he was interested in me, and I initially shot him down. We started to text a lot and my affection for him just grew. After work a group of us, including Dale, went to hang out and after a couple of drinks he kissed me. We’ve been pretty inseparable ever since. We live together and have a dog, and will be getting married in a month!” —Jennifer
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