Freshly brewed

A group of unemployed Mitchell’s Plain youths recently completed their four-day basic barista training at the Blaqpearl Foundation Youth Café in the Town Centre. Participants learned how to make basic latte art patterns and the art of manual coffee brewing to achieve the perfect balanced cuppa. Here, aspiring barista Cleo Philander demonstrates the newfound barista skills she learned. Looking on, from left, are Myron Beukes, Tanya Nicolaai, Elliot Peters, Cherdell Lewis and Jacqueline Fredericks. Blaqpearl Foundation’s basic barista training facilitator Shane Overmeyer urged the young people to use their training as a stepping stone to find employment and gain meaningful industry experience or study to become a qualified barista.