In our August + September 2025 situation, we characteristic Julia Mayer from Dune Espresso Roasters in California! Additionally included: an in-depth take a look at Kratom and Kava, gown codes within the store, ’One on One’ with Ben Bicknell, and far, way more!
BY SARAH ALLEN
BARISTA MAGAZINE
Welcome to the August + September 2025 situation of Barista Journal! We’re excited to share with you one other situation full of unbelievable options, informative articles, in-depth interviews, and way more. Our workforce of writers, designers, illustrators, and photographers contributed extra terrific work in creating this situation. We couldn’t do it with out them, and we wouldn’t do it with out you, our readers. Thanks for studying and supporting Barista Journal!
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Cowl Characteristic: Julia Mayer
We’re past excited to characteristic Julia Mayer on the quilt of the August + September 2025 situation. Along with her husband, Todd Stewart, Julia owns Dune Espresso Roasters in Santa Barbara, Calif., which they based 16 years in the past in 2009. Julia has a coronary heart as extensive because the ocean. She loves browsing and performs within the waves with Todd and their two sons each likelihood she will get. Julia was born in and continues to stay in Carpinteria, Calif., a tiny city that neighbors Santa Barbara. She has sturdy ties to her neighborhood: Her accomplishments embody elevating a complete of $1.5 million for a skate park within the metropolis, which opened in 2023, and he or she at the moment serves on the Carpinteria Metropolis Council. Julia is proud that Dune Espresso is a part of the material of the area, and is dedicated together with Todd to paying truthful wages to their 65+ staff, and the perfect costs they’ll to longtime producer companions just like the esteemed Benjamin Paz of Honduras. Julia’s story is a particular one. We invite you to be taught extra and be impressed by her by studying this cowl characteristic. Images by Sean R. Collier
‘The Finest Place to Be’
Being keen to alter up your operations to satisfy your prospects’ calls for may also help preserve your enterprise thriving. Within the characteristic article, “The Finest Place to Be: Join with Your Clients to Evolve and Keep Related,” espresso enterprise advisor David Schwartz shares progressive strategies café homeowners can use to face out of their market and mirror and serve their prospects’ altering preferences. Along with the characteristic, we current a case examine about one espresso firm proprietor’s efforts to just do this. Author Melina Devoney will introduce you to the unbelievable Mo Maravilla, proprietor of Los Angeles-based Kindness & Mischief Espresso, which has gone by a latest rebirth to evolve and keep related. Illustration by NoNo Flores
‘The Inexperienced Ceiling’
After interviewing numerous ladies in green-coffee sourcing who shared totally different variations of the identical story of a gender double customary, author Sarah Charles undertook the problem of exploring why the espresso trade harbors a “inexperienced ceiling.” On this article, Sarah spoke with ladies from all over the world—merchants, roasters, inexperienced consumers, and extra—concerning the environments they work in, the obstacles they face, and the way they’ve succeeded regardless of setbacks. Photographs courtesy of contributors
‘One on One: Ben Bicknell’
Ben Bicknell began his espresso profession as a part-time barista in Perth, Australia, the place specialty espresso had but to achieve a foothold. Ben’s work over the following decade-plus would change the espresso tradition for Perth and construct on the established café scene all through the nation. At the moment working as an unbiased marketing consultant, Ben is a sought-after Q Grader and educator, and the angle he has on the broader trade is one that’s each well-developed and effectively price studying. He’s the topic of this situation’s “One on One.” Photographs courtesy of Ben Bicknell
And A lot Extra Inside
Additionally within the August + September 2025 situation: “The Knockbox“ focuses on tips on how to create a gown code that works for everybody by longtime espresso skilled, former U.S. Barista Champion, and retailing professional Laila Ghambari; this situation’s “Tech Speak“ is about constructing a tech vocabulary and was written by Rebecca Jones; a “Subject Report“ concerning the rising specialty espresso scene in La Paz, Mexico, by Jen Roberts and far, way more.
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