2025 Ellen Fan & JamisonCoffee StoriesEllen Fan
June 17, 2026

Ellen Fan

Most people spend years trying to build a stable life. A good job, a respected career, and something their parents can proudly tell their friends about. Ellen Fan had already found that life. Before becoming known as a coffee hunter, before founding Grand Cru Coffee, before traveling across coffee-producing countries…
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Frederick RubenCoffee StoriesFrederick Ruben
June 8, 2026

Frederick Ruben

If you’ve met Frederick Ruben at a coffee events chances are you’ve seen the same thing we did. He’s friendly. Easy to talk to. The kind of person who says hello to everyone in the room. Over the past few years, we’ve crossed paths with him several times at coffee…
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Noon Nutrada KunavivattananonCoffee StoriesNoon NutRada Kunavivattananon
May 24, 2026

Noon NutRada Kunavivattananon

At twenty-seven, Noon Nutrada Kunavivattananon walked into a room as CEO of one of Thailand’s largest specialty coffee companies. A few years later, she walked into another room as the first female president of the Specialty Coffee Association of Thailand. In both rooms, most people were older than her. Some…
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Tay Wipvasutt Brave RoasterCoffee StoriesTay Wipvasutt
May 4, 2026

Tay Wipvasutt

For some people, coffee begins with a flavor. For others, it begins with a machine, a technique, or a competition. For Tay Wipvasutt, it began with people. Tay Wipvasutt Tay was still in his first year of university when he took a part-time job at a coffee shop. At that…
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Andrés Paparoni from NomadCoffee StoriesAndrés Paparoni
April 28, 2026

Andrés Paparoni

For some people, coffee begins with a choice. For others, it’s already there, long before they understand what it means. For Andrés Paparoni, coffee was never something he discovered later in life. It was part of his world from the very beginning. Growing up in Venezuela, coffee wasn’t just a…
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Kay CheonCoffee StoriesKay Cheon
April 14, 2026

Kay Cheon

Before the stage, before the title, before representing a country, Kay Cheon’s journey in coffee began with something much quieter — a question that didn’t quite go away. At the time, coffee wasn’t part of a clear plan. His days were shaped by something else entirely, cycling before school, following…
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Coffee Stories𝖩𝖺𝗇𝖾 𝖢𝖺𝖻𝗎𝗌𝖺𝗌 𝖤𝗌𝗉𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖾
April 5, 2026

𝖩𝖺𝗇𝖾 𝖢𝖺𝖻𝗎𝗌𝖺𝗌 𝖤𝗌𝗉𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖾

Some coffee competitions attract attention. Others quietly struggle to survive. Ibrik is one of them. Compared with the Barista Championship or Brewers Cup, Cezve/Ibrik coffee rarely draws the same audience. The stage is smaller, the return is uncertain, and sometimes the competition doesn’t even happen at all. Preparing for it…
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Edward ChooCoffee StoriesEdward Choo
March 26, 2026

Edward Choo

Edward Choo didn’t grow up loving coffee. Like many kids in Malaysia, his drink of choice was Milo. Whenever his parents ordered coffee at a local kopitiam, he would secretly take a sip out of curiosity. It never tasted good. “Yo, it’s yuck. Bitter and intense. Not something I would…
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Jimmy-AdameCoffee StoriesJimmy Adame
March 3, 2026

Jimmy Adame

A life told in coffee, chaos, and second acts. A 14-year-old kid at a Michigan farmer’s market. Flannel and Neff beanies everywhere. He points at the board, orders what he thinks is a blackberry-milk-chocolate latte. The barista hands him a simple pour-over instead. Jimmy Adame still laughs when he remembers…
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Coffee StoriesShaun Liew
February 11, 2026

Shaun Liew

In the bustling world of coffee, where every cup tells a story of connection and craft, Shaun Liew stands out not as a distant icon, but as a fellow enthusiast who's navigated the daily grind with heart and humility. Like many of us who fell deeper into coffee during quiet…
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Echo Hu, TIMEMORE ManagerCoffee StoriesEcho Hu
February 5, 2026

Echo Hu

Standing for 8 to 10 hours straight, legs swelling like balloons, collapsing onto the bed at night too exhausted to move—that's the raw reality Echo Hu faced in her early days as a barista. With only one day off a week and shifts flipping between early mornings and late nights,…
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Lonika Tay Cup Taster IndonesiaCoffee StoriesLonika Tay
January 22, 2026

Lonika Tay

Lonika Tay didn’t begin her coffee journey behind an espresso machine, nor did she imagine herself competing on an international stage. She started by packing coffee. Lonika Tay  At a roastery in Indonesia, her days were spent weighing beans, sealing bags, and packing orders. She wasn’t part of the core…
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