Peace and Culture Coffee is an upcoming café in Strathcona, built on the legacy of Black Tusk Coffee—a space originally created to nurture the next wave of Vancouver’s coffee community. We aim for excellence and believe that with the right people, thoughtful decisions, and consistent hard work, we can create a place where talented, passionate baristas can build sustainable careers.
Our unique offerings are consist of class brewed coffee and many cocktail-inspired-over-engineered coffee/tea drinks.
Our start date is flexible. The successful candidate will need to provide a standard two-week notice to their current employer. (Target opening: late December to mid-January.)
We’re looking for someone who can demonstrate strength in:
- Shift management
- Delivering consistent, high-quality pour-overs and espresso drinks
- Managing 20–30 drinks per hour solo, or 60–80 drinks per hour as a two-person team, within a 7-minute order-to-serve window
- Identifying coffee by origin, processing method, and cultivar
- Maintaining a clean, organized, and professional station during peak hours
- Performing basic espresso machine maintenance
- Lifting at least 25 lbs
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Staying calm and delivering steady service under pressure
- Some basic skills and knowledges in cooking and knife handling
- A community-driven mindset
- Tasting, dialing in, and recording notes for five coffees daily within 30 minutes
- Basic understanding of water chemistry in relation to coffee
If you have at least 10 of the 13 attributes above, keep reading.
You MUST BE or want to be a person that are:
- You’re consistently one of the hardest-working people on any team
- Even when discouraged, you communicate honestly about what matters
- You want to grow—through competitions or by constantly improving yourself
- You prefer engaging with guests and getting things done over socializing on the clock
- Weekend availability is a must
If you’re newer but motivated:
Even if you don’t have much experience yet, you’re welcome to apply. If you’re eager to learn, serious about improving, and excited to grow with the industry, we’re more than open to meeting you.
What we offer:
- Thoughtful, capability-based pay: We compensate based on your skill and impact.
- A flat structure: No hierarchy. Everyone is treated equally, and opportunities are shared.
- Opportunity to grow: this is not vague promises. You will get guidances and have structures.
What we don't offer at the time of right now:
- Insurances
- Work permit support
- Other benefits
At Peace and Culture Coffee, we aim to create a moment of calm for everyone who walks through our doors. We want to inspire a new culture in the coffee industry—one that’s felt by both our guests and the people who work with us. We want to start from treat everyone with kindness and fairness.
Fairness isn’t always easy. We’ll show our best, kindest selves to people who come with good energy, and we need to let down people sometimes professionally and respectfully.
If you’ve read this far and you understand what we’re trying to build, send us a DM on Instagram @peaceandculture.coffee or email your resume to [email protected]
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Pay: $25.00-$30.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Discounted or free food
- Paid time off
- Store discount
Experience:
- Specialty Coffee: 2 years (required)
- Producing Pour-over Coffee: 1 year (preferred)
- Producing Latte Art: 1 year (preferred)
Work Location: In person
