
In our June + July 2025 concern, we journey to Spain to fulfill with Dara Santana, referred to as the Water Wizard! Additionally included: a C-market information for retailers, a pull-out preventative upkeep poster, ’One on One’ with Jenna Gotthelf, and far, rather more!
BY SARAH ALLEN
BARISTA MAGAZINE
Welcome to the June + July 2025 concern of Barista Journal! We’re excited to share our latest concern with you. We’ve packed it with compelling options, academic articles, in-depth interviews, and rather more.
From articles on infused coffees and why they’re controversial to the announcement of a new service tech collective, we now have newsworthy articles to maintain you knowledgeable about what’s happening in specialty espresso. We even have sensible tales to assist skilled baristas of their each day work, together with an in-depth have a look at pouring lattes with plant milks versus dairy and the way a risky C-market impacts espresso retailers. And naturally, we now have interviews with notable individuals in espresso like our “One on One“ with Jenna Gotthelf and our cowl topic, Dara Santana, who’s doing wonders with water along with her new enterprise in Madrid, Spain.
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Cowl Characteristic: Dara Santana

Dara Santana’s work with water is revolutionizing espresso. On this concern’s cowl function, we meet this exceptional engineer whose complete profession course was altered when she found the fantastic thing about specialty espresso. She now devotes her life to instructing others about how water impacts the whole lot from processing to brewing.
‘From Oat to Artwork: Pouring Stunning Lattes with Plant Milk’

Whereas prospects’ demand for different milks continues to develop, choices for foam-worthy plant milks have elevated just lately as nicely, as author Josh Rank discovers.
‘Thrills + Chills: Driving the Provide, Calls for, and Disruptions of Right this moment’s C-Market’

C-market volatility has made headlines and set current value information. Ana Mallozi seems to be at what the C-market is, what drives value fluctuations, and what it means for retailers within the June + July 2025 concern.
‘One on One: Jenna Gotthelf’
From her house in New York, Jenna Gotthelf of Counter Tradition Espresso has traveled the nation educating individuals about espresso at completely different lessons in numerous cities, rolling up miles like a veteran basketball participant. We be taught all about her on this interview.
Pull-Out Preventative Upkeep Poster

Because of the beneficiant assist of Urnex, each copy of the June + July 2025 concern features a pull-out preventative upkeep poster that can assist you maintain your café gear in nice form. Compiled by longtime gear service tech Jon Ferguson, the poster gives a fast reference device for maintaining your cleansing and upkeep on schedule. Pull out the poster and tack it on the wall in your coaching room!
And A lot Extra Inside
Additionally within the June + July 2025 concern: “The Knockbox“ focuses on easy methods to harness the ability of pop-ups by longtime espresso skilled, former U.S. Barista Champion, and retailing professional Laila Ghambari; this concern’s “Tech Speak“ was penned by Matthew Campbell, proprietor of Invoke Espresso Gear; a “Area Report“ concerning the blossoming café tradition in Aarhus, Denmark, by Caroline Cormier, Ph.D.; and far, rather more.
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