Barista Stories

Matthias Zechner is 29 years old barista from Southern Austria who works at BUNA Kaffee in Graz. He works with coffee for seven years, yet he keeps the barista...

Dajo Aertssen is 32 years old barista and roaster from Belgium who lives and works in Lille, France. Dajo chose coffee as a career after living 9 months on the...

Markus Pyttel is a 32 years old barista and cafe-owner living in Munich. After a decade spent working as a teacher and a chief editor, he decided to "stop bein...

Mihály Szűcs is a 27 years old barista working behind the bar at Hygge, Budapest while finishing his architecture degree at the university. He entered the worl...

Matej Šerer is a 26 years old barista from Maribor, Slovenia who found his new home behind the bar of Milchbar in Zurich, Switzerland. He started his barista j...

Phil Semelink is 17-years old barista from Gundremmingen, Germany. He jumped into the coffee world 4 years ago when his father started a coffee roastery and ne...

Delia Avram is 29-year-old barista from Baia Mare, Romania who works as a barista and all-about-coffee girl at Meron in Cluj Napoca. She has been working with ...

Our Barista Stories series has been long in the making. Since our first visits to cafes around Europe, we have met many amazing baristas who have had a number ...