I’M NOT A BARISTA “The Brewing Guide Card Deck”
Here at Coffee Insurrection, we’re all about the Specialty Coffee Community.
Obviously we love specialty coffee, it’s the behind all of it, but the love for our beloved community is pretty much at the same level.
We love to meet new people over coffee (even just virtually right now), talk about beans, recipes, stories, brewing methods and all those nerdy things we all love so much.
Connect this community is one of the reason why we started our project, and we love when we stumble upon a project that is so likeminded to what we believe in.
We couldn’t wait to read more about it, and what we found on the Kickstarter page was really interesting… as I said, something so similar to what we aim… another way to help tighten our community.
What’s all about?
First of all, we read about the guys behind the project.
In a world increasingly dominated by technology and functioning virtually, human connection is more important than ever. Behind every cup of coffee there is a story, a group of people, and a process. The journey from bean to cup is a craft that deserves to be acknowledged. Each coffee represents an opportunity to appreciate, celebrate, and advocate for the enthusiasm which upholds this entire industry.
This is already pretty nice per se, and their first project, “The Brewing Guide Card Deck” is something really important, in every moment and even more right now, after one year lived fighting the pandemic.
Their coffee stories are meant to put a spotlight on baristas, placing an emphasis on the human aspect in coffee and helping to raise awareness for the people that are an important part of this industry, but sometimes get overlooked.
Today, while scrolling Instagram for news, we spot a post by our friend Łukasz Gałęcki regarding something called I’M NOT A BARISTA, a Kickstarter project about “The Brewing Guide Card Deck”.
Interesting, uh?
I’M NOT A BARISTA is a not-for-profit company with the mission to empower coffee people behind the cup.
These are just some of the core values the team behind I’M NOT A BARISTA stand for.
Their project is a mission inspired by the community which seeks to then give back to the community. Baristas work tirelessly to provide us all with our daily caffeine fix. More often than not their long hours of hard physical work receives too low a pay and the true value of their efforts is rarely recognized. Furthermore, the pandemic has been greatly detrimental for baristas on a global scale. As specialty cafés have closed their doors, both the barista’s profession and livelihood have been taken away (and we behind Coffee Insurrection sadly know so much about it).
“The Brewing Guide - A Gift from the Global Coffee Community”, was their answer.
In a way similar to a cookbook that shares famous chefs’ recipes, the I’M NOT A BARISTA Brewing Guide is a collection of tested recipes for everyone that wants to level up its coffee experience, from coffee champions, experts, and really good home brewers from around the world, because anyone can brew and anyone deserves good coffee.
But this is not just about the brewing recipes – it’s about bridging with talented individuals around the world who share their knowledge and technique for better brews.
The goal of Micky Wang (the founder) and his team is to spread the love for drinking coffee around the world, and to empower baristas - those that are know by name and those they want to shine a light on.
How? This Brewing guide contains 55 cards in total, 48 recipe cards and 7 special cards. In the recipe card you can easily discover and enjoy 48 unique verified recipes from the comfort of your own kitchen or office. Each card represents so much more than a recipe: it is a vehicle for connection in these lonely times, represents a real coffee lover, or a barista champion who you can reach out to, whether because you want to learn from them, show gratitude for their work or simply bond over your shared passion for coffee. Nothing is more powerful than connection. The 48 recipe cards are based upon community verified and hand-selected major brewing methods: AeroPress, Pour-over, French Press, Moka pot.
To add more fun to the brewing experience, the team has also created an irresistible Spotify playlist (based on the recipe owners’ favorite brewing music) to enhance your brewing routine. 48 music recommendation from 48 coffee lovers like you. It absolutely changes the way your coffee tastes. Each recipe comes with a specific song track to recreate the exact experience.
And if this not enough to tackle your curiosity, take a look at the contributors barista!
For pour-over (not only V60, but also Melodrip and Lilydrip): Brandon O'Shea / Christos Klouvatos / Hrishikesh Mohite / Tanty Hartono / Ronaldo Hurtado / Josh Williams / Łukasz Gałęcki / Michal Boček / Renan Dantas / Sarah J. Hannaway / Siew Hui Ong / Tzanetos Dalletos / Ray Murakawa / Orkun Ustel / Zach Vasquez / Priscila Pinho
To us, all of it seemed really interesting.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iamnotabarista/the-im-not-a-barista-coffee-brewing-guide-card-deck
So, the guys behind the I’M NOT A BARISTA company ask themselves “what can we do to help?”
For Aeropress (both inverted and standard): Ronița Dragomir / Kiki / Alvin Cheng / Konstantinos Spanos / Fakhri Wiratama / Sulaiman Alalawi / Jared Dennison / Hafidz 'Ryuki / Nicole Battefeld-Montgomery / Tim Rogg / Paul Asquith / Pedro Martinez / Ricardo Saavedra / Wendelien van Bunnik / Smayah Uwajeneza / Naomi Carbin / Jessie Gao / Zarak Yusufzai
For the Moka Pot: Valentina Palange / Arquimedes Rondon / Davide Spinelli / Andrea Panizzardi / Frankie Breda / Pierpaolo Caperna
For the French Press: Vasileia Fanarioti / Alejandro Cardenas / Clarijs Rob / Lucia Ng / Andrea Ley / Karolina Gaizauskiene
And, last but not least, two special recipes from World Barista Champion for the clever dripper: Kyohei Tanaka / Berg Wu
If you want to know more anout Micky and his team, to read about this cool project and to support it, head to their Kickstarter page, and enjoy!