Barista Stories: Elin Karlsson – Ljungby, Sweden September 19, 2026SwedenElin Karlsson’s first memory about coffee is her family making their special coffee at home in Ljungby, a...
Barista Stories: Elina Serhenchuk of Funt Coffee, Kyiv September 11, 2026Kyiv, UkraineElina Serhenchuk grew up in Donetsk, in the east of Ukraine, where her earliest memory of coffee is...
Barista Stories: Petr Holata of Cukrárna Alchymista, Prague September 4, 2026Prague, Czech RepublicIn 2007, Petr Holata took a part-time job at Cukrárna Alchymista in Prague for 53 Czech crowns an...
Barista Stories: Alexandra Sturdza of Oddly Specific & Bandit, Bucharest August 27, 2026Bucharest, RomaniaMaria Cristina Alexandra Sturdza will be the first to admit she thought working in a coffee shop would...
Barista Stories, Angie Katherine Molina Ospina of Tanat Coffee, France / Hong Kong August 21, 2026Paris, FranceAngie’s first encounter with specialty coffee happened in Paris, during an Erasmus year spent searching for something that...
Barista Stories: Felipe Bunemer Nojiri of Oatly, Barcelona August 14, 2026Barcelona, SpainFelipe Bunemer Nojiri grew up in São Paulo, a city whose entire modern history is tangled up with...
Barista Stories: Jaideep Sidhu of Wide Awake Coffee, Brussels August 7, 2026Brussels, BelgiumJaideep Sidhu found coffee the way a lot of good things happen: sideways, through an unexpected conversation. A...
Barista Stories: Jonathan Townsend of The Institute of Coffee, United Kingdom July 31, 2026United KingdomJon Townsend wanted to be a journalist. He ended up delivering papers at 6 am for five years...
Barista Stories: Alyson of Cøffe & Gentle Madness, Düsseldorf July 24, 2026Dusseldorf, GermanyAlyson was offered a cup of espresso at her job interview at Cøffe in Düsseldorf. She had no...
Barista Stories: Ana Rubio Ramírez – Coffee & Translation, Madrid July 18, 2026Madrid, SpainAna Rubio Ramírez, a proud extremeña, did not fall into coffee through a barista shift or a competition...