{"id":13809,"date":"2019-02-14T17:14:13","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T16:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/espressoacademy.it\/?p=13809"},"modified":"2019-02-14T17:24:33","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T16:24:33","slug":"mokaflor-project-bahrain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/espressoacademy.it\/en\/news-en\/mokaflor-project-bahrain\/","title":{"rendered":"Mokaflor Project in Bahrain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Since the last months of 2018 there has been some amazing progress on our project in Bahrain:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The plan is to start a chain of coffee shops who will serve <strong>Mokaflor Coffee<\/strong> in the most classic \u201citalian style\u201d recipes, this will give customers a chance to try something different from the very common international coffee based \u201cdesserts\u201d&#8230; At the moment our main partner, Saeed Eftekhryan, is working on the<strong> first caf\u00e8 in the Hala Plaza, Bu Ghazal,<\/strong> and it\u2019s looking awesome: a spacious, well organized, stylish and welcoming shop with very kind staff and already a good flow of customers, many people seem interested in trying our small classic italian cappuccino or the famous refreshing shakerato.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\n\t\t\t\t#sc_gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#sc_gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\t\twidth: 49.99%;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#sc_gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\/* see sc_gallery() in functions\/theme-shortcodes.php *\/\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='sc_gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-13809 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large  element_classes gallery-default'><dl class='gallery-item'  data-title='51556298_10156989009954738_8870304228812259328_n' data-description=''><div class='gallery-item-wrapper'>\n\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon 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roast profile for each one, blending them to create balance and uniformity and tasting for quality control, it would be a shame to ruin the customers experience by leaving the final and most important step to an uneducated barista.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of our<strong> Espresso Academy trainers, Robert,<\/strong> just returned from a<strong> five day Barista Course<\/strong> inside the new <strong>Mokaflor Coffee in Bahrain<\/strong> where he had the chance to teach the local baristas a lot about coffee processing, roasting and, of course, serving:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cW<em>e focused on setting a standard for the preparation of all the coffee based drinks, learning the correct way of frothing and managing milk and setting the grinder for consistent and delicious extractions.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\n\t\t\t\t#sc_gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#sc_gallery-2 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barista is able to answer the most common questions we get from customers like \u201cwhere\u2019s this coffee from?\u201d, \u201chow was it roasted\u201d, \u201cwhat\u2019s Arabica?<\/em>\u201d&#8230;.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of course a <strong>few days can only be an introduction to the world of quality coffee<\/strong> but for now we gave our baristas something to work on and practice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>We are looking forward to seeing our brand gaining popularity in this area and thanks to the enthusiasm and determination of our partners we are very optimistic about this project.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the last months of 2018 there has been some amazing progress on our project in Bahrain: The plan is to start a chain of coffee<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> 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