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Smayah is a talented coffee professional who works at Question Coffee in Kigali, Rwanda and is the 2018 Kenyan Aeropress Champion and a Specialty Coffee Association Lead Diversity Scholar. She is also the recipient of the Leadership Equity and Diversity (LEAD) Scholarship Program through the SCA. The SCA received over 60 applications from individuals all over the world, representing a wide range of coffee professions, including baristas, café managers, graduate and PhD students, and more.

Sebastian was born and bred in the south of Sweden with an enormous interest for coffee and psychology. Sebastian discovered specialty coffee in 2015 and quickly the supermarket dark roast disappeared from his life. He Prefer filter coffee to espresso based drinks, at least one v60 per day, but enjoys his Kalita sandstone very much. Likes minimalism and color, tries to fill his life with those. Thinks every cup of coffee has a soundtrack.

Kaie Bird has been working the past five years to establish a specialty-coffee community in Israel by bringing new events like barista throwdowns, coffee cuppings, and SCA trainings to the Tel Aviv, and the wider Israeli, coffee community. The founder of Sharing Tables, Kaie is the organizer of the Israeli AeroPress Championship, organized the first Women In Coffee Forum in Tel Aviv in 2018, and has written about coffee in various magazines and blogs. Click the link below to learn more about Kaie Bird.

Adrian Necula is an expereinced software engineer, project manager, and passionate coffee lover from Romania. He loves hiking, reading, and fitness.

Ciao! I’m Benedetta, an espresso-lover and Service Designer from Italy.
I’m on of the new Graphic Design Intern, currently living in London. Coffee for me is an essential particle of the atmosphere, I can’t wait to give my contribute to its community and bring real value to it!

Hello! I am barista, the president and founder of my university’s own coffee club, and a coffee lover! I have been surrounded and influenced by the culture of coffee from an early age, as I am originally from the southeast of Brazil, and I couldn’t be luckier. I am incredibly excited for this opportunity, as I am contributing to helping others while being in direct contact with my passion.

HI! I am a barista that lives in London originally from Italy. I’ve spent years working alongside passionate people in the coffee industry. I love the specialty coffee scene, it's a community of open minded people that spread love and creativity. Wherever I am in the world, I always feel at home when I am in a coffee shop.

Hello! I’m a Software Intern who is from Egypt, I fall in love with coffee 2 years ago and I’m now in relationship with my espresso machine lol, It’s a huge honor to be part of the coffee community all over the world, Also it’s my pleasure to be part of I’M NOT A BARISTA family.

I am a barista that lives in Bangalore,India . I’m software developer intern ,thrilled to be working with such a fabulous team and learning more about those behind the scenes of speciality coffee. My favourite coffee is the caramel latte. I can’t wait to give my contribute to its community and bring real value to it! Wherever I am in the world, I always feel at home when I am in a coffee shop.

Hi! I’m Albina Marketing Intern. I am thrilled to be working with such a fabulous team and learning more about those behind the scenes of speciality coffee. My favourite coffee is the caramel latte. I’m also a in-house content creator for Disgraceful Magazine with a love for storytelling, creativity and strategy.

Hi! I’m Matin, marketing intern from sunny Azerbaijan!
I have been surrounded by coffee since my childhood because every member of family was passionate about coffee. As for me, my favorite coffee drink is a Moscow-based Raf coffee. I’m super-excited about making a real-world impact on the development of barista community around the globe.

My name is Valentina Palange, I come from the South of Italy and I lived in several Italian cities. Actually I'm based in Milan.
I discovered the world of Specialty Coffees since I stay here In Milan.
I come from the world of wine and I fell in love with specialty coffee because is complex and never boring.
I open my IG account Specialty PaL to spread the word about quality coffee because here in Italy the most of people don't know anything about it. And not just about coffee, but also about the different method of extraction.
My partner Luca, help me with pictures and graphics. But also him is very passionate with coffee.
My mission is to help roasters and the coffee Industry to arrive to the heart of each person in Italy through the good communication.
#brewathome for me is a kind of life style. We should stay at home in these day and we should do it in the best possible way.
In this suspended time, we can help to teach and learn something to each other and never forget to support local market.
Every problem if faced together, surely will be easier and more powerful!

I have started my journey with speciality coffee around 4-5 years ago, after an espresso in Barcelona converted me forever. Since then, I have drank litres of exceptional brews, met some fascinating and ultra hardworking people and learned a lot. Running the blog and attending the events along working full time is not always easy for me however if I should name one aspect that always draws me in again - it's the community.
#BREWATHOME is an exact expression of what the coffee community does best: inclusion, support and togetherness. We're all feeling anxious, isolated and stripped of our normal lives so knowing there's a hub of fellow coffee lovers who are in the same position definitely helps! It's really inspiring to be able to find people from all around the world brewing beans from around the world, in one place or under one hashtag. I can't wait to learn all your tips and tricks when you #brewathome!

I studied Advertising and Marketing in university, worked for several years in high tech manufacturing, and currently I’m a self-employed freelance specialty coffee consultant (among other things) 😉 with a focus on manual brewing.
I’ve always loved coffee and began my journey into brewing specialty coffees around 2009 using just a French press. My fascination and interest for specialty coffee and manual brewing grew quickly and I searched for better coffees, mostly single origin coffees from roasters in the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada at the time.
Coffee really connects people! I’m really glad to be a part of something bigger with #brewathome campaign. Hoping our efforts can help people around the globe in these troubled times.

I have been the Sales & Marketing Manager for AeroPress Coffee Maker for the last five years and absolutely love the specialty coffee industry and the amazing AeroPress fans. As the manager of our instagram account, I have the privilege of seeing everyone’s posts and stories and they always completely impress me away with their creativity.
To me, #brewathome is an oasis of positivity during this very difficult time and a very powerful social media movement that brings together roasters, coffee accessory companies and customers. I am so happy to be a part of this and work with this incredible team of people.

I'm originally from Israel. Came to Poland in 2004 for med school. Opened up a tiny cafe during my 3rd yr since I needed to put food on the table for my little baby daughter.
I graduated in 2011, and decided that this cafe has to start making a difference, so I focused mostly on that. Making a difference. It sucked me in and here we are. 🙂
I'm the owner of Cophi solutions, and also COPHIED. We produce fair trade eco local barista socks.
Never heard of us?
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What #brewathome means to me...
In English, there is the expression " take a decision".
This collection of words is beautiful.
It's what being a part of the speciality coffee scene means. It's taking the decision to pursue perfection, knowledge, skills, more knowledge, more work, and so on and so on.
Everyone knows, it really isn't an easy job, but what makes it so amazing is the community. The glue that holds all of this together. No politics. No borders. Just 1 common "decision that WE took", to make this world a better place, 1 cup of coffee at a time. Together.
Brew at home is exactly that for me. It's a continuation, the practise of that "oath".
Sharing is caring. We are stronger together.
Another day, another way.