Costa brings Rainbow Coffee for Pride celebrations

Costa has flown world-class barista and Instagram star, Mason Salisbury across the world to train their baristas to make Rainbow Flat Whites in selected stores in time for this summer’s Pride celebrations.

Five Costa baristas from across the UK, selected for their latte art skills, spent a day learning Mason’s technique of creating rainbow art in the milk poured into a Flat White, ahead of London kicking off their Pride celebrations on 25th June.

The Rainbow Flat Whites will be served in four cities this summer to show Costa’s support for Pride and the LGBT+ community, including London on 25th June, Bristol on 9th July, Brighton on 6th August and Manchester on 27th August.

The Las Vegas barista has become a hit on his social media channel with 25,500 followers thanks to his visually stunning coffees and mesmerising pouring technique.

Costa is a founding partner in GLOW (Gay Lesbian Out at Whitbread), which provides a network for the companies’ LGBT+ community as well as straight allies. People from across the whole Costa business - and the parent company Whitbread - from graduates, 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 said: “We’re delighted to have Mason fly over from Las Vegas to train our baristas to make Rainbow Flat Whites. We believe that it’s not just our coffee but the people that make Costa so great and Mason definitely shares that mentality. He pours his bright and colourful personality into every cup and we’re so pleased he could share this skill with our baristas."

“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.”

Mason Salisbury added: “Coffee is my biggest passion, so I was really excited when Costa invited me to come to the UK to show their baristas how to make rainbow coffees. The baristas were all fast learners, highly skilled and fun to work with, so we had a great time. Pride is such an incredible event and I’m thrilled that my rainbow coffees get to be a part of it.”

The Costa Rainbow Flat Whites will be available from the following participating stores on 25th June during London Pride at the normal RRP of £2.50:

11 Argyll St, London W1F 7TH
200 Piccadilly, London W1J 9HD
15 Regent St, London SW1Y 4LR
15 Regent St, London SW1Y 4LR
Waterstones Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5EJ

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