She's The Barista

Ok so, a couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to visit Brasil and one of the worlds most famous farms, Daterra. This is where I met Juliana, a powerhouse of a woman, a artist, a marketing designer, a wonderful human being and a truly inspiring coffee person. Juliana is in charge of designing the artwork for the Daterra Masterpieces every year and what that is, how she approaches design combined with green coffee and how important coffee in Brasil is are just a few of the topics we talk about. Juliana inspired me to think outside the box of just clean shops and pretty coffee boxes. She finds ways of how to explain coffee, connect it with art and culture and to communicate it to people all over the world. A great episode with an incredible women! Thank you Juliana for being my guest!

Get ready for a looooong episode with a lot of detail and an amazing guest! Elika reached new heights by winning the USA Brewers Cup twice and also placing in the finals of the world competition 2 years in a row. As the second best brewer in the world and a man that’s known for an exquisite taste of colourful shirts it was a easy decision for me to ask him to be part of this podcast. We talk about his coffee career, how important it is to talk about your mental health when you are under pressure and how he came 2nd in the world. Such a great chat! Thank you so much Elika for being my guest!

Claire placed 3rd in the world at the 2022 World Barista Championships and I asked her how she got there? The UK based coffee professional is a inspiration to anyone and tells us how she pushed herself constantly to reach her goals. Her positive and easy going attitude is truly contagious. Recording a podcast with people from all over the world can be tricky sometimes so please bare with us and listen through the small glitches.... and have fun!

Also known as a world coffee events emcee and @sierrasriracha on Instagram, Sierra stepped up to compete in this years brewers cup. As a first time competitor she smashed the UK competition and travelled to Australia with an amazing team and one of the worlds best coffees. We talk about how hard training is and what is the hardest: giving it your all and not placing where you wanted to be. I had so much fun and learned so much about her and how she feels now, coming out of this stronger and motivated for the next games.

This year has been a year of many surprises. Some good and some bad ones. Ukrainian coffee in good spirits champion Vlad talked to me about his journey in life, since the war started and in his coffee career. It’s a lot to talk about. A lot of ups and downs and I am so glad I met such a passionate and genuinely nice person. Thank you so much for all the experiences and this podcast episode!

My idol, my inspiration, my coffee friend, I am so so so happy to chat with Martin Hudak who I would describe as a real bridge between coffee and cocktails, a ball of energy, a gentleman with a spirit of the lost time when people wore suits and hats. He is a entertainer, a mixologist, a business entrepreneur and a inspiration. Thank you Martin for taking the time. We can all learn a lot from you.

Let’s travel to the US and why shouldn’t I just invite the second best barista in the world to chat with me? Andrea and I talk a lot about family and how difficult it can be. Do we have to decide for one thing only? How did Andrea manage to compete year after year and be a shop owner and a loving mother? How did she decide to go for a strong and polarising presentation at the World Barista Championship? These are just a couple of topics we talked about. Definitely worth a listen!

France vs. Germany. Just kidding. It is such an honour to have my friend Charlotte Malaval on this podcast! We talk about how she started in coffee, her accomplishments and how she moved to Australia where she works as a green bean buyer now. I have to admit that Charlotte has an incredible use of words when we talk about feminism and I love how this conversation just happened and moulded itself. Must listen!

*german episode* In dieser Episode habe ich die deutsche Teilnehmerin der 2021 Welt Barista Meisterschaften zu Gast! Wir reden über ihre Performance, über Depressionen und wie Sie im täglichen Leben damit umgeht und über Ihren Werdegang.

Taste taste taste. Let’s welcome a cup tasting pro and green bean buyer, Freda Yuan. She published one of my favourite coffee book “sip’n’slurp” and we chat about her career and about how to buy green coffee and lots of other things.