Skip to main content
Category

Coffee Stories

Sierra Yeo 文欣 Sierra Yeo_NOT A BARISTACoffee Stories

Sierra Yeo 文欣

Look Ma, 文欣 Sierra Yeo’s raising the bar: meet the diversity champion leading change for a more equitable coffee scene How can we make the coffee industry more inclusive and accessible? Sierra Yeo For Sierra Yeo, the barriers to growth have long been a frustrating source of motivation. This stems…
Zed Wong
19th May 2021
Nükhet Çubukçular Coffee Stories

Nükhet Çubukçular

Barista, designer, assistant coffee roaster or what we would simply call, an artist. That’s only a few words that can describe Nükhet Çubukçular! Today’s coffee story is dedicated to her because we want to let her personality inspire you as much as it has inspired us. “For me, coffee is…
Vasileia Fanarioti
10th May 2021
Cíara Hillyer Cíara Hillyer NOT A BARISTA STORYCoffee Stories

Cíara Hillyer

After discovering a deep interest and genuine love of coffee, Cíara Hillyer has dedicated the last few years to promoting the coffee scene in Bristol. Discovering and falling for coffee after having her ‘first cup of Joe’ in New York, Cíara started her coffee journey with a latte and now…
Emilie
26th April 2021
Wendelien van Bunnik barista storyCoffee Stories

Wendelien van Bunnik

Snobby baristas make Wendelien van Bunnik nervous. That might be because she’s just about as welcoming, enthusiastic, and encouraging as they come.  Wendelien van Bunnik Despite winning one world and two Dutch national championships in a single year, Wendelien continues to expand her coffee journey with an unwavering appetite to learn more. Not…
Tigger Chaturabul
21st April 2021
Ken Braz Coffee Stories

Ken Braz

Ken Braz is a driven barista that focuses on his passion to make his signature coffees. Having just moved to Mallorca, Spain during the pandemic from Berlin, Germany Ken Braz shares his struggles, biggest achievements and journey discovering coffee.  “Coffee professional focus on brewing, roasting and enjoying coffee” Originally from…
Camille Lowe
20th April 2021
Piotr Skoczylas Piotr Skoczylas coffee storyCoffee Stories

Piotr Skoczylas

Piotr Skoczylas recounts the first time stepping into a specialty coffee shop as an intimidating experience for many people. We do not understand much of what we see on the menu, yet we feel that we should. Sometimes, not knowing more, we simply go along with the barista’s recommendation. Otherwise,…
Zed Wong
10th April 2021
Janina Łaszkiewicz Janina Łaszkiewicz coffee storyCoffee Stories

Janina Łaszkiewicz

Janina Łaszkiewicz is like the water in an espresso puck. “I’m always finding paths to see where I can channel,” she says. By channeling, she means digging deeper to learn more about anything that sparks her interest, whether it’s computers or coffee.Janina Łaszkiewicz is an IT consultant and educator who…
Tigger Chaturabul
30th March 2021
Juliya Drozdova Coffee Stories

Juliya Drozdova

Juliya Drozdova is making pour-over coffee Meet Juliya Drozdova, a barista trainer from Russia. Her adoration of coffee began in childhood when she often came to visit her grandfather. He would always make Juliya a hearty cup of coffee in a small rip coffee maker. They would talk about everything,…
Anna Suffolk
29th March 2021
Oğulcan Torlak Coffee Stories

Oğulcan Torlak

Living in Turkey, Oğulcan Torlak has built up a prosperous career as a roaster- after hearing his thoughts on coffee, it is clear that this is the perfect profession for him. His first café job was where coffee turned from a regular drink to an obsession. Since then, Oğulcan has…
Vicky & Louisa
26th March 2021
Gianmarco Ierardi Coffee Stories

Gianmarco Ierardi

Gianmarco Ierardi In a strange turn of events, it wasn’t until Gianmarco Ierardi travelled half-way across the globe to Melbourne that he discovered his true passion for coffee. Founder at Iteist, head barista, coffee trainer to Q Arabica grader Gianmarco has become a coffee pro. Along with his partner, Veronica…
Emilie
22nd March 2021