My name is Lloyd Meadows, I live and grew up in Castlemaine; a regional town in central Victoria, about an hour and a half’s drive from Melbourne. I own and run a little specialty coffee shop called Tortoise Espresso, that I opened almost 4 years ago.
My name is Morgan von Mantripp (the Von of Von and Vonnie). I’m from Wales, which is a small country in the United Kingdom. My name is Yvonne right now, my job is working on our new project called „von&vonnie“, which will be a cafe and microroastery in Porto, opening (hopefully) in November.
I'm Daniele Ricci, 2023 World Barista Champion Runner-Up, I'm 25 and I was born in Italy, but I live in Switzerland, where I moved after two years in Amsterdam. I'm currently working as head-barista and responsible for quality check for MAME Specialty Coffee, in Zurich, as well as trainer and R&D consultant for a few companies all over the world.
My name is Matt López. I currently live in Walla Walla, Washington though I was born in Albuquerque NM and have roots in Northern California.
I am Aurore Ceretta, originally from the south of France and this year’s Cup Tasters Champion of Germany. I left my hometown of Toulouse in 2009 to study German literature and history. Instead of following this path, however, I moved to Freiburg, Germany, to open a café with my husband Philip Weller in 2013.
My name is Holger Lente and my home base is in Munich Germany. However, I’ve been working for US companies for the past 10 years. In terms of work related to coffee I have been doing the full circle of brewing techniques. I started with my heavily espresso based coffeeshop business in Germany running 5 stores from 2002-2013.
My name is Mikey Rinaldo. I was born in Indonesia, but currently live in Chicago, USA. I am the roaster/founder of New Math Coffee, a roastery focused on Asian producers
I am Nikolai Fürst. I grew up in Germany, but since 2015, I have been living in Colombia. My company is called Desarrolladores de Café (coffee developers), and it's based in Medellín. We are involved in various coffee-related activities, but our main focus is on coffee education in areas such as coffee roasting, cup tasting, production, and barista training.
My name is Ben Miller, I am originally from the US and am currently located in Lisbon, Portugal. I am exploring some independent projects.
I'm Justin Piercy - husband and dad first, coffee person second! I'm based out of Ontario, Canada, about an hour north of Toronto and besides running my coffee pages, I also do freelance digital communications and marketing consulting together with my wife Sarah. We love putting more fuel behind people doing good things in the world!