Coffee People: Put Something Behind the Words
Twenty-seven coffee people are putting their voices and reach behind three others. Three coffee people facing real problems will receive access to The Places at no cost. You can help make that happen.
We published our reflection on the series in What Coffee People Are Telling Us:
What Coffee People Are Telling Us
Across 27 conversations, coffee people describe the problems they face, what they want to change, and what keeps returning: cooperation, solidarity, shared knowledge, and the need for structures that make collective action possible.
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On August 26, the people behind those conversations are doing more than sharing an article.
Across LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, and Stories, they are asking other coffee people to help three more: a farmer or farm, a roaster or roastery, and a barista or café.
Each will receive a three-year The Places license through Pay-It-Forward, at no cost to them.
You can read what that means here:
For someone facing a problem in coffee, The Places means leverage, experience, and support they may not have alone — including collective support, unlimited consultation, help finding new clients, and entering new markets.
The three licenses are guaranteed regardless of how much this action raises.
Now we are asking you to put something behind it too.
Twenty-seven coffee people are already making that ask with us.
If you can help, contribute:
Meet the 27 coffee people behind the series.
Read their conversations here:
Coffee People: Balkis Mejri
Balkis Mejri, Food Science Engineer, Tunisia. Four questions — everything the industry rarely stops to hear.
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Coffee People: Bryan Serwatka
Bryan Serwatka, On-Trade Marketing and Partnerships Manager, Minor Figures. Four questions — everything the industry rarely stops to hear.
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Coffee People: Chris So
Chris So, beverage consultant, coach, judge, and educator, United Kingdom. Four questions — everything the industry rarely stops to hear.
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Coffee People: Daniele Ricci
Daniele Ricci, freelance barista, trainer and consultant. Four questions — everything the industry rarely stops to hear.
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Coffee People: Dénes Rajmond
Dénes Rajmond, coffee roaster, Munich, Germany. Four questions — everything the industry rarely stops to hear.
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Coffee People: Emma Markland Webster
Emma Markland Webster, coffee educator, coach, and community builder, Aotearoa New Zealand. Four questions — everything the industry rarely stops to hear.
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Coffee People: Fahed Almaghrbi
Fahed Almaghrbi, agricultural engineer and founder of Yemen-at-Coffee, Yemen. Four questions — everything the industry rarely stops to hear.
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Coffee People: Gideon Thembo
Gideon Thembo, barista and promoter of Rwenzori origin, Western Uganda. Four questions — everything the industry rarely stops to hear.
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Coffee People: Gürcan Egeli
Gürcan Egeli, Sales Engineer in the coffee roasting equipment industry, Türkiye. Four questions — everything the industry rarely stops to hear.
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Coffee People: Hossain Dalaoawar
Hossain Dalaoawar, barista and baker from Bangladesh. Four questions — everything the industry rarely stops to hear.
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Coffee People: Jairo Ramírez
Jairo Ramírez, Authorized SCA Trainer and Q Grader, coffee processing and quality consultant. Four questions — everything the industry rarely stops to hear.
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Coffee People: Jakub Krystek
Jakub Krystek, event curator and consultant, Prague, Czechia. Four questions — everything the industry rarely stops to hear.
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Coffee People: Julian Loayza
Julian Loayza, coffee trainer, London, UK. Four questions — everything the industry rarely stops to hear.
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Coffee People: Kevin Bwire
Kevin Bwire, Head of Coffee Production, Nairobi, Kenya. Four questions — everything the industry rarely stops to hear.
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Coffee People: María Esther Thome-López
María Esther Thome-López, coffee educator and roaster, Miami, Florida. Four questions — everything the industry rarely stops to hear.
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Coffee People: Mario Roberto Fernandez Alduenda
Mario Roberto Fernandez Alduenda, Technical VP at the Specialty Coffee Association, on standards, shade-grown coffee, and the aging of coffee farmers. Four questions — everything the industry rarely stops to hear.
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Coffee People: Matthew Deyn
Matthew Deyn, production lead and co-founder of Fuente.Coffee, East Anglia, UK. Four questions — everything the industry rarely stops to hear.
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Coffee People: Milo
Milad “Milo” Chaharlangi, barista and community manager at Another Cotton Lab, Düsseldorf. Four questions — everything the industry rarely stops to hear.
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Coffee People: Mutete Allan Muhamad
Mutete Allan Muhamad, roaster and quality grader, Rwanda and DRC. Four questions — everything the industry rarely stops to hear.
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Coffee People: Radek Kolombo
Radek Kolombo, green coffee buyer and roastery manager at Nordbeans, Liberec, Czech Republic. Four questions — everything the industry rarely stops to hear.
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Coffee People: Riddhima Sanan
Riddhima Sanan, founder, Ball & Bean. Four questions — everything the industry rarely stops to hear.
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Coffee People: Salman Alsubaihi
Salman Alsubaihi, Director of Coffee Quality & Operations, Saudi Arabia. Four questions — everything the industry rarely stops to hear.
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Coffee People: Spencer Turer
Spencer Turer, Head of Quality Assurance at Pan American Coffee, Edison, New Jersey. Four questions — everything the industry rarely stops to hear.
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Coffee People: Tasmin Grant
Tasmin Grant, Managing Editor, Perfect Daily Grind. Four questions — everything the industry rarely stops to hear.
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Coffee People: Tasos Delichristos
Tasos Delichristos, founder of The Underdog Coffee Roasters, Athens, Greece. Four questions — everything the industry rarely stops to hear.
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Coffee People: Vasileia Fanarioti
Vasileia Fanarioti, coffee professional, writer, and event producer, Greece. Four questions — everything the industry rarely stops to hear.
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Coffee People: Viviana Andrea Martínez Victoria
Viviana Andrea Martínez Victoria, third-generation coffee producer, Quindío, Colombia. Four questions — everything the industry rarely stops to hear.
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