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180 Wristbands, One Community: Supporting the 2026 China AeroPress Championship blogEventsNews

180 Wristbands, One Community: Supporting the 2026 China AeroPress Championship

Every competitor matters. Every volunteer matters. Every person behind the cup matters. This October, I’M NOT A BARISTA is proud to contribute 180 specially designed charity wristbands to the 2026 China AeroPress Championship, taking place in Guiyang, China, from October 26–28. Every competitor, volunteer, and organizing team member will receive…
IMNAB
October 22, 2026
Amalie Gagné-Acoulon Amalie Gagné-AcoulonCoffee StoriesUncategorized

Amalie Gagné-Acoulon

She appears at coffee competitions, stays on farms, teaches languages, and somehow knows people everywhere. But when we asked what she actually does, the answer turned out to be less important than the question. There are people in coffee whose work is easy to explain. They roast beans, run cafés,…
IMNAB
October 9, 2026
Mohammad Mousavi Coffee Stories

Mohammad Mousavi

There are people we meet at the right moment in life who change much more than what we know. Sometimes they teach us a skill. Sometimes they believe in us before we have much reason to believe in ourselves. And sometimes, the best mentors do something even more difficult: they…
IMNAB
October 4, 2026
Riza Zahrul Huda Coffee Stories

Riza Zahrul Huda

When we asked Riza Zahrul Huda about the biggest challenge he had faced in coffee, we expected to hear about farming. Maybe pests, changing weather, coffee quality, or the difficulty of helping coffee from a small village reach a bigger market. Instead, Huda went quiet. His eyes filled with tears,…
IMNAB
September 21, 2026
Simon Sun Unpublished

Simon Sun

When Simon Sun was a child, his dog disappeared. It had lived with his family for four or five years, long enough for Simon to become deeply attached to it. What stayed with him was not only the loss, but the fact that he never knew what happened. If the…
IMNAB
September 12, 2026
George Peng Unpublished

George Peng

After Becoming World Champion, George Peng Still Has Coffee to Make. George Peng used to deal with pressure by posting strange things on WeChat Moments. Sometimes it was nonsense, sometimes a movie scene, sometimes a Stephen Chow reference that said what he wanted to say without actually saying it. He…
IMNAB
September 10, 2026
MOMENTEM Shipping Update — Please Check Your Email News

MOMENTEM Shipping Update — Please Check Your Email

We’re getting very close to shipping MOMENTEM. We’ve now started collecting shipping fees and confirming final shipping addresses with our supporters. Shipping emails are being sent from: momentem@notabarista.org. If you’ve already received our email, please follow the instructions to complete your shipping payment and provide your latest shipping information. If…
IMNAB
August 25, 2026
GCAG Indonesia 2026: From Cupping Tables Around the World, Back to Origin blogEventsNews

GCAG Indonesia 2026: From Cupping Tables Around the World, Back to Origin

Three days of coffee education in East Java brought together local coffee people, coffees from around the world, and the support of coffee communities across 14 countries and 21 cities. We did it. After months of planning, fundraising, packing coffee, dealing with international shipping, and bringing coffee communities together through…
IMNAB
August 24, 2026
Ibrahim H. Al Mallouhi Ibrahim H. Al MallouhiCoffee Stories

Ibrahim H. Al Mallouhi

“I always want people to remember me after I pass away.” Many people speak about passion, growth, success, or community. Ibrahim H. Al Mallouhi speaks about legacy. He says it directly. He wants people to remember what he built, and more importantly, what he served. Not the richest company. Not…
IMNAB
July 7, 2026