Meet The Barista | Mieko Matsuo, Ozone Coffee
Mieko Matsuo, head barista at Ozone Coffee, described the most significant turning point in her life as her introduction to the 2014 NZ Barista…
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Meet The Barista | Ranee Verbo, Loretta
Coming from the small town of Lake Tekapo, Ranee Verbo, the lead barista at Loretta, knew more sheep than people. After a brief stint…
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Meet The Barista | Lauren Green, Everyday Eatery
Lauren Green began her coffee career at Whangarei’s Mokaba cafe, where she trained and served over 500 coffees a day during summer. She moved…
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Meet The Barista | Paige Flashoff, Egmont St Eatery
A third-year commerce student at Wellington’s Victoria University, Paige Flashoff’s coffee career began almost four years ago at Drop Shot Kaffee in Hawke’s Bay,…
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Meet The Barista | Grace Kim, The Pantry
“Life is too short to drink bad coffee.” Grace Kim, the esteemed head barista at The Pantry, is originally from South Korea. Given her…
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Meet The Manager | Cailtin Watts, Scratch Bakers
From the small beach town of Whangamatā, Caitlin Watts found her passion for coffee in her first job in a cafe at the age…
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Meet The Barista | Guillaume Bertin, Comes & Goes
Guillaume Bertin, head barista and manager at Comes & Goes, found solace in the simplicity and complexity of the art of coffee. Growing up…
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Meet The Barista | Matt Ross, Mount Zion Coffee
Matt Ross has been in the coffee industry for eight years and has much experience. For the past three years, he has been the…
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Meet The Barista | Fah Sae-ngow (May), Big Fig
Fah Sae-ngow (May) met her partner in her hometown of Bangkok and moved to New Zealand almost a decade ago with the love of…
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Meet The Barista | Mandy Nguyen, Milk & Honey
Mandy Nguyen, originally from Vietnam, made a life-changing decision to move to New Zealand more than twenty years ago with only $40 in her…
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Meet The Barista | Paige Simoneau, Black Coffee Newtown
After spending her time country-hopping since 2011, Canadian Paige Simoneau eventually found herself in New Zealand ten years ago and since then has called…
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Meet The Barista | Midori Otani, Addington Coffee
It was eight years ago, on a working holiday visa, that Aichi, Japan’s Midori Otani, moved to New Zealand and secured a job as…
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