Words and Photos by Malik Salamatian
Day 2 was exciting, productive, educating and very successful all in one. The day was structured in two halves, with three different stations to choose from.
The first station was business planning and marketing. Guided by Mr Lily we set out to create a business plan and posters for our coffee business, and ended up writing a backstory, designing a logo, creating numerous posters and gathering many brilliant ideas that we can use throughout the year.
Second came the baking station, in which Melissa (head baker for Picnic Cafe), was invited to come teach us some tricks, and techniques to create the perfect goodies for our business. She introduced us to some great new recipes, as well as some classics, and we made a large variety of baked goods, ranging from lemon truffles to chocolate lava cookies and pumpkin spice latte cupcakes. We thoroughly enjoyed making and trying (in fairly moderate amounts) our products.
Station three was coffee roasting with Mr. Daly on Wenman pavilion. We built on our roasting skills, and developed the right steps for excellent coffee. Through a group effort, we managed to consistently roast and package 45 pounds of school grounds specialty coffee, to sell to parents and teachers at parent teacher evening.
At the end of the day, the group consolidated our learning and ideas, and are now ready for our soft launch at parents evening on Thursday November 28th.
All proceeds from the sale of coffee and baked goods at parent-teacher night was given as a donation to the Victoria Single Parent Resource Centre, to be used to fund Christmas hampers for families in need.
If you didn’t make it, have no fear, school grounds will be back very soon with even more deliciousness!