Santiago and Victor Gamboa, two out of three of the founders behind Hermanos Colombian Coffee Roasters, a specialty coffee roastery based in London. Through our shops, we sell single-origin Colombian coffee with a focus on showcasing the diversity and complexity that can be found in beans from our home country.
We are Daniel from Falkenberg, Sweden and Beatriz from Lisbon, Portugal. We run our own coffee-roastery Swerl Coffee Roasters and rolling coffee-bar in the summer time. Daniel is full-time at the roastery, while Beatriz runs the coffee-bar and helps out at the roastery.
Antony Watson, originally hailing from the UK but ‘Brexited the Brexit’ to co-found a coffee roastery – Olisipo Coffee Roasters – along with Sofia Goncalves in Lisboa, Portugal.
Amilka Lee, born in Cuba in 1974 and raised in Spain. He works for his company, Coffee Lovers Roasters, focused on coffee sales, coffee training and consulting for other companies in the industry.
Andrea Pettinari is from Cagliari on the Italian island of Sardinia in Italy. He is Head of Coffee at Caffè dell’Arte Specialty Coffee, a specialty cafè and roastery focused on developing the culture of high quality coffee.
David Stefanik is from Slovakia and he had worked in England for the last 4 years, covering various positions: barista, head barista and manager. He recently moved to Netherlands, where he is going to work as barista at a coffee shop in Amsterdam.
Ben Morrow is the co-founder of Manhattan coffee roasters, which is a small specialty coffee roastery based in Rotterdam, NL. He is originally from Melbourne, Australia. Besides being one of the founders he is in charge of green sourcing, producer partnerships and the head roaster of the company as well.
Paolo Scimone, coffee roaster (and owner of His Majesty the Coffee), trainer and consultant. I’m travelling all over the World doing consultancy for various roastery, from the smallest to the biggest. I born in Monza (Italy) but now living in London.
Rafael Motta Maggion, was born in 1984 – in Sao Paulo, Brazil. His work comprehends investment funds in Brazil, but in 2017 he has entered the world of gastronomy as a hobby by doing a beer sommelier course.
Wendelien van Bunnik, 33, and she lives in Utrecht, the Netherlands. She is an independent coffee trainer, coach and consultant; a company that she has started after becoming Dutch Barista Champion, Dutch Aeropress Champion and World Aeropress Champion in 2019