Atlanta’s Opo Espresso Opens Nominations for Coaching ScholarshipsDaily Espresso Information through Roast Mag

November 3, 2024

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On the flagship Opo Espresso roastery cafe in Decatur, Georgia. Photograph through Cristina Elena — www.cristinaelena.com @cristinaelena — courtesy of Opo Espresso.

Beginning as of late, Nov. 1, Atlanta-area uniqueness espresso corporate Opo Espresso is accepting nominations for a brand new espresso schooling and mentorship program for individuals who may now not in a different way have get entry to to high quality coaching.

With a reputation reflecting the corporate’s penchant for fierce positivity, the Opo Upside Student Program will come with Uniqueness Espresso Affiliation (SCA) espresso abilities coursework, one-on-one training classes with trade execs and specialised barista equipment.

Route charges, apparatus, and provides are all being lined through Opo Espresso and a large number of program sponsors, together with L. a. Marzocco, Coffee Portions, Barista Mag and Created Co.

“We introduced the Opo Coaching Lab to offer out there espresso schooling for Atlanta and the encompassing area — whether or not for house coffee lovers, baristas at close by cafes or aspiring espresso trade house owners,” Opo Espresso Co-Founder and CEO Jonathan Pascual informed Day by day Espresso Information. “I won a lot of my very own espresso schooling on the Counter Tradition Espresso coaching middle right here in Atlanta ahead of it closed, however few native assets have presented equivalent coaching, and none have ever presented the SCA Espresso Abilities Program.”

Opo Espresso, which opened its flagship roastery, cafe and coaching middle in Decatur just about two years in the past, continues to prioritize coaching and schooling during its espresso operations and programming. In July, Opo hosted its inaugural “Opo ‘No Professional’ Newbie Latte Artwork Throwdown,” the place individuals in previous latte artwork contests competed for coffee apparatus.

“Now that the Opo coaching lab is easily established, we’re excited to damage down monetary obstacles to espresso schooling, empowering people who would possibly not have had the method or alternatives to pursue a occupation in uniqueness espresso,” Pascual stated.

Opo Espresso CEO Jonathan Pascual. Photograph through Cristina Elena — www.cristinaelena.com @cristinaelena — courtesy of Opo Espresso.

The scholarship program comes to a neighborhood nomination procedure, with 3 tiers of coaching scheduled in the course of the 2025 yr. All tiers come with SCA Espresso Abilities classes with Licensed SCA Running shoes within the Opo coaching lab in Decatur, plus one-on-one mentorships.

Opo is accepting nominations thru Nov. 30 right here.

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