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Alyson Welch in a blonde white woman in her 40s. She poses with her arms crossed smiling in a grassy field.

10 Minutes With Alyson Welch

July 13, 2021 Chris Ryan Comments Off

We get to know Food 4 Farmers’ new executive director. BY CHRIS RYANBARISTA MAGAZINE ONLINE Photos courtesy of Aly Welch Food 4 Farmers is a nonprofit organization that collaborates with Latin American coffee-farming communities to […]

Mo Maravilla is a woman in her early 30s smiling amidst a group of coffee workers in Mexico. They all stand holding baskets of coffee cherries smiling.

10 Minutes With Mo Maravilla

July 8, 2021 Katrina Yentch Comments Off

We talk to the owner of community-centric café Kindness & Mischief about the meaning of the shop’s name, the importance of collaboration, and much more. BY KATRINA YENTCHBARISTA MAGAZINE ONLINE Photos courtesy of Mo Maravilla […]

10 Minutes With Dr. Sarada Krishnan

June 18, 2021 baristamagazine Comments Off

Today, we’re learning more about newly appointed IWCA Executive Director Dr. Sarada Krishnan and her journey through the coffee world. BY EMILY JOY MENESESSPECIAL TO BARISTA MAGAZINE ONLINE On May 27, the International Women’s Coffee […]

Kasey Towles and her husband Randy. Both are smiling, have short hair. Kasey is blonde and wears a red tank top, Randy a brown collared shirt. They are inside their business.

10 Minutes With Kasey Towles

June 4, 2021 baristamagazine Comments Off

We chat with the Kentucky business owner about her café Bird Dogs Coffee. BY SAMANTHA TAMPLINSPECIAL TO BARISTA MAGAZINE ONLINE Photos courtesy of Kasey Towles Small-town café owner Kasey Towles (she/her) speaks with us today […]

Peace is a young woman in her early 30s. She stands behind the counter of a coffee education station, wearing a pink collared shirt a smiling looking off in the distance. She has short black hair and is of Thai descent.

10 Minutes With Peace Sakulclanuwat: Part Two

April 5, 2021 Katrina Yentch Comments Off

We wrap up our conversation with Peace by talking about Thai coffee and the SCA Coffee Taster’s Flavor Wheel. BY KATRINA YENTCHBARISTA MAGAZINE ONLINE Cover photo provided by Peace Sakulclanuwat On Friday, we began learning […]

Peace is a Thai barista with short hair. She is at a coffee competition pouring water with an apron on and small mic attached.

10 Minutes With Peace Sakulclanuwat: Part One

April 2, 2021 Katrina Yentch Comments Off

We chat with Peace, a coffee competitor and manager at Coffee Project New York. BY KATRINA YENTCHBARISTA MAGAZINE ONLINE Photos courtesy of Peace Sakulclanuwat Sirada Sakulclanuwat (she/her), or Peace as most of us know her, […]

a scene of a women's march. a woman holds a sign that says the future is female.

Celebrating the Women of Barista Magazine

March 8, 2021 Katrina Yentch Comments Off

This International Women’s Day, we take time to thank our longtime contributors and other featured voices from the archives. BY KATRINA YENTCHBARISTA MAGAZINE ONLINE Cover photo by Lindsay Lamont for Unsplash Women empowerment has been […]

Kellem is a white woman in her middle age. She has short curly brown hair and speaks into a microphone at a podium of a conference.

10 Minutes With Kellem Emanuele

February 25, 2021 Chris Ryan Comments Off

The former executive director of International Women’s Coffee Alliance talks about delivering change through coffee and her new role at Sustainable Harvest. BY CHRIS RYANBARISTA MAGAZINE ONLINE Photos courtesy of Sustainable Harvest Kellem Emanuele (she/her) […]

The sign La Vaca coffee in bright colorful writing on the sidewalk.

From Tortas to Coffee With La Vaca

January 27, 2021 Katrina Yentch Comments Off

Portland, Ore.’s Güero Tortas launches Latin-themed coffee pop-up as a COVID side project. BY KATRINA YENTCHBARISTA MAGAZINE ONLINE In our coffee community, we often hear about the food programs that cafés develop to accompany their […]

This is a title photo that features a landscape in Ethiopia. There are mountains and clouds covering a bright sun sky. The title reads African businesswomen in coffee.

Women Making Waves in African Coffee

January 25, 2021 baristamagazine Comments Off

Three African businesswomen and coffee exporters are paving new ways to fight for better pay and education for the coffee farmers of Africa. BY SELAM FANTA ASEGASPECIAL TO BARISTA MAGAZINE ONLINE African coffees are some of […]