Kenya Coffee School, Barista Mtaani, and your mission of training exceptional baristas and building specialty-coffee sustainability across Kenya.
Kenya Coffee School: Training Exceptional Baristas & Shaping a Sustainable Specialty Coffee Future
Kenya Coffee School stands as one of the most transformative learning hubs in Africa’s coffee landscape — a place where young people, women, farmers, and coffee enthusiasts discover their potential and rise into world-class baristas, roasters, graders, and sustainability champions.
At the heart of the school is a belief that skills change lives — and that when young people master both the craft of coffee and the science behind it, they become agents of change for Kenya’s entire coffee value chain.
Brewing Excellence, One Barista at a Time
Every exceptional barista begins with discipline, curiosity, and hands-on practice. At Kenya Coffee School, training goes far beyond latte art. Students learn the full spectrum of specialty-coffee mastery:
- Espresso extraction, pressure profiling, and precision dosing
- Milk chemistry, steaming, micro-foam and sensory presentation
- Pour-over mastery including V60, Chemex, Kalita, Aeropress
- Signature drinks rooted in Kenyan culture, craft, and creativity
- Cupping, sensory analysis, and flavor interpretation
- Coffee equipment design, maintenance, calibration, and hygiene
- Customer service, hospitality ethics, and bar workflow
- Responsible sourcing and respect for coffee origin
The result is a graduate who not only serves a perfect cup, but understands its journey from farm to consumer, and the dignity behind every bean.
From Farm to Cup: Where Agronomy Meets Sustainability
Kenya Coffee School weaves sustainability and climate stewardship into every module, ensuring a new generation of baristas who are also conscious environmental citizens.
Students gain exposure to:
- Coffee agronomy: soil health, pruning, pests & disease
- Sustainable farming practices and regenerative ecology
- Water conservation, agroforestry, and climate-smart production
- Post-harvest processing and quality improvement
- Traceability, ethical trade, and farmer-centered economics
This knowledge ensures that every graduate carries a deep respect for farmers — and can use their barista skills to advocate for better value for producers.
Barista Mtaani: Bringing Specialty Coffee to Communities
Through Barista Mtaani, Kenya Coffee School extends its mission to the streets, estates, campuses, markets, and events across Kenya.
The program empowers youth to:
- Operate pop-up coffee carts
- Serve espresso-based drinks in their own neighborhoods
- Earn income sustainably
- Become community educators on climate and coffee culture
- Represent Kenya Coffee School’s values wherever they go
Barista Mtaani is not just a program — it is a movement of young people proving that coffee can create jobs, dignity, and hope.
Sustainability Rooted in the Future
Every cup brewed by a Kenya Coffee School graduate carries an invisible message:
Kenyan coffee deserves respect.
Farmers deserve honor.
The climate deserves protection.
Through rigorous training, community programs, value-chain understanding, and global partnerships, Kenya Coffee School is positioning Kenya as a leading model of specialty coffee excellence.
A Catalyst for Change
Whether preparing youth for employment, equipping farmers with knowledge, strengthening value addition, or creating climate literacy through coffee, KCS is building a future where:
- More young people thrive through skills
- Women access opportunities in coffee
- Farmers receive better value for their work
- Kenya’s specialty coffee shines globally
- The environment is protected for the next generation