24th April 2022
Defne Ceyda Okay
At first glance, seeing Defne Ceyda Okay in her black platform Chelsea boots and countless tattoos all over – you wouldn’t suppose that she once dreamt of becoming a ballerina.…
13th April 2022
Levent Öncü
From aeronautical engineering to coffee social media creator, this is Levent Öncü’s story. We recently spoke to Levent Oncu on the I’M NOT A BARISTA Podcast. Levent began his story in…
17th March 2022
Ömer Yildirim
2021 was a game-changer for the worldwide coffee community and Ömer Yildirim himself. This was when "hospitality" became the key. And this is when Ömer launched his speciality coffee roasting brand,…
17th February 2022
Podcast #20, Meet Levent Oncu, Aeronautical engineer, Coffee blogger, and Turkish coffee community pioneer
In this episode, we talked to Levent Oncu, the owner of Teyyaredenkahve (Aircraft Coffee) Levent is NOT A BARISTA. As an aeronautical engineer, Levent joined the third wave of coffee…
4th October 2021
Erdem Özmen
This week, Erdem Özmen is sharing his coffee story with us; “to prove that there is nothing wrong with being a barista”. Originally becoming a barista as a part-time job,…
8th September 2021
Congratulations to Nükhet Çubukçular, the second receiver of our #TIPABARISTA project $100 donation!
We have elected that Nükhet Çubukçular receives this week's donation because she is an extremely hardworking woman. Beyond this/Moreover, she never ceases to inspire us through her art, charity work,…
10th May 2021
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…
8th February 2021
Aylin Ölcer
She fell in love with her city’s coffee scene. In three years, Aylin Ölcer became the German national barista champion.Aylin’s journey into coffee can be described as sweet serendipity. Fresh…
18th December 2020
Şahin Demirbaş
Everyone has a particular object in their lives that holds a lot of meaning for them. For some, it may be something that a loved one gave them, or a…
27th November 2020
Orkun Üstel
Award winning Turkish barista, Orkun Ustel tells us how he fell into the coffee industry by happy accident. Two-time winner of the Brewers Cup Champion of Turkey and professional barista…
