Barista who lost job due to pandemic now a multi-coffee shop owner

DAVAO CITY –

Looking back, the 35-year-old Dabawenyo said losing his job of 12 years amid the pandemic was a blessing after all because it gave him an opportunity to start Kapeweñoz Specialty Coffee Davao and provide for his family. Plaza won the Davao leg of the coffee triangulation competition of Baristas’ Quest in July 2019.

Last July 8, his own third wave coffee bar on V. Mapa St., Poblacion District opened. It banners the local specialty beans from different regions of Mindanao and even from different parts of the country as he sources green Arabica beans from as far as Sagada, Mountain Province and soon Liberica beans or “Barako Coffee” from Batangas.

Plaza still comes to his pop-up spot across Carmelite Monastery along JP Laurel Avenue from 6 a.m. to 9 am. daily with his makeshift coffee bar using his motorcycle with an old ironing board placed on top, while he trains two junior baristas for his new shop open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily.

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