Rainbow coffees will be served in four Manchester stores to celebrate Pride this Saturday
Costa flew world-class barista and Instagram star, Mason Salisbury 5,000 miles across the world to train five baristas in the art of making rainbow coffee in time for Manchester Pride festivities.
Simon Roberts-McBride is one of the specially selected baristas to spend a day learning Mason’s technique before she serves the colourful drinks in Manchester this Saturday 27 August.
As an equal opportunities employer, Costa is a founding partner in GLOW (Gay Lesbian Out at Whitbread), which provides a network for the company’s LGBT community as well as straight allies. People from across the Costa business – and the parent company Whitbread – from graduates and store teams to senior directors meet regularly for informal networking sessions.
John Kerslake, Costa’s UK & Ireland Operations Director and co-founder of Costa GLOW commented: “We’re delighted to be bringing rainbow coffee to Manchester Pride this year. We hope customers will enjoy the multi-coloured drinks and admire our baristas’ passion and creative flair!
Being an open and fair employer is extremely important to Costa; we’re proud to champion equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We hope to demonstrate our forward-thinking ethos with our Rainbow Flat Whites and will continue to show our support for Pride and the LGBT community.”
Simon Roberts McBride, Costa Barista Maestro added: “I love creating latte art so I was really excited when I was given the opportunity to be trained by Mason to make these beautiful rainbow coffees. I hope customers will be as amazed as I am by the mesmerising patterns! Pride is such an incredible event and I’m thrilled that I get to be a part of it by serving our rainbow coffees.”
The Costa Rainbow Flat Whites will be available from Costa stores on Portland Street, 14 Oxford Road, 28 Market Street and 124 Market Street.
