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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Isabel Keane

Increasing number of Gen Zers are suffering from ‘Baristaphobia’ and too afraid to talk to humans in coffee shops

Gen Z needs to wake up and smell the coffee.

Nearly half of all young people are too shy to order a cup of coffee, suffering from “Baristaphobia” and instead opting to order their caffeine fix on their phones, according to survey done by Philips, which makes espresso machines.

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