Our Story

About Coffee Insurrection: Your Specialty Coffee Community

About Coffee Insurrection!

We are Tanya and Endri. Two Italians, citizens of the world, united by passion for great coffee. When the pandemic left us unemployed, we turned our love for coffee into a global community. This page tells our story.

Our Mission: Why “Insurrection”?

The world is flooded with bad coffee. Burned espressos, watery americanos, sugary drinks that hardly resemble coffee. This is our frustration as coffee lovers everywhere.

But there is hope on the horizon.

The Third Wave of Coffee Movement

The Third Wave of Coffee is a movement treating coffee as artisanal, not commodity. Our values: high-quality single origin beans, precise brewing techniques, and direct consumer-producer connection.

More people are discovering well-crafted coffee. We are here to celebrate this positive change in coffee culture.

Our Purpose: Strengthening the Coffee Tribe

Our goal is simple. Building the ultimate resource for coffee enthusiasts. Here is what we offer on our platform.

Our Specialty Coffee Content

The resources in our community include profiles of cafés and roasteries worldwide, with Cups Ratings on the venues we have rated. Recipes for perfect brewing. Interviews with leading baristas. Tips on coffee culture and techniques.

You can browse the guide by country and city, explore roasters, read our city guides and learn articles, or find a venue on the world map. Each venue page shows where it is and what it offers and, for the venues our team has visited and rated, its Cups Rating™. Venue owners can claim their profile for free and keep opening hours, photos and details up to date, so the guide stays useful for travellers and coffee professionals alike.

Our Community Values

We believe in collective knowledge. We welcome your input to keep our tribe vibrant and diverse.

Meet the Team Behind Our Community

Tanya

Tanya is not just a coffee enthusiast. She is a prolific writer for Standart Magazine and Barista Magazine. A certified coffee trainer and coach for Barista Hustle. A coffee consultant. Her expertise drives our community forward.

Endri

Endri brings experience in digital spaces as an SEO manager and web designer. He makes our platform discoverable and user-friendly. His technical skills complement his passion for coffee.

How to Help Our Coffee Tribe

Contributing

This is YOUR website too. Share your discoveries. Have you found a cool coffee shop? Have great photos from your latest adventure? Want to share your favorite recipe or review an amazing coffee? Send us an email or message.

Contacting Us

Reach out. Your contributions are essential to making Coffee Insurrection a comprehensive resource for members worldwide.

Disclaimer & Transparency

Ongoing Development

We are a work in progress. Everything on this website, and our Facebook, Instagram, and other social pages, is shaped by our travels, knowledge, and your suggestions. While we strive for accuracy, mistakes might slip through. We apologize in advance for any errors.

Photo Use

We use our own photos, community submissions, and web sources when necessary. In all cases, the copyright of the photographs remains with the original author.

Join Our Specialty Coffee Community

Whether you are a coffee novice or a seasoned aficionado, join our journey. Brew a better world together through great coffee. Together, we can celebrate the rich and diverse world of specialty coffee.

7 Reasons to Join Our Specialty Coffee Community

  1. Discover the best cafés and roasteries globally
  2. Learn precise brewing techniques from experts
  3. Access exclusive single origin coffee guides
  4. Connect with passionate coffee enthusiasts
  5. Share your own coffee adventures and recipes
  6. Get inspired by interviews with top baristas
  7. Be part of the third wave coffee revolution

Explore More From Our Specialty Coffee Community

Ready to dive deeper? Check out our guide to specialty cafés worldwide, and the venues our team has rated. Read our barista interviews with industry leaders.

How we rate

Coffee Insurrection lists specialty coffee shops and roasters worldwide. Not every venue in the guide is rated: our team selects venues to visit, and only those carry a Cups Rating™, our independent scale from 3 to 5 Cups. A venue shown without Cups is listed but not rated.

Ratings are assigned by our team from in-person visits and defined quality criteria, including coffee quality, consistency, sourcing, brewing expertise, hospitality and overall experience. Ratings cannot be bought, and paid featured placements are always labelled as sponsored and never affect a venue’s rating.

Read more in our FAQ on Cups Ratings and how venues are listed.

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