I am Aurore Ceretta, originally from the south of France and this year’s Cup Tasters Champion of Germany. I left my hometown of Toulouse in 2009 to study German literature and history. Instead of following this path, however, I moved to Freiburg, Germany, to open a café with my husband Philip Weller in 2013.

My name is Holger Lente and my home base is in Munich Germany. However, I’ve been working for US companies for the past 10 years. In terms of work related to coffee I have been doing the full circle of brewing techniques. I started with my heavily espresso based coffeeshop business in Germany running 5 stores from 2002-2013.

My name is Mikey Rinaldo. I was born in Indonesia, but currently live in Chicago, USA. I am the roaster/founder of New Math Coffee, a roastery focused on Asian producers.

I am Nikolai Fürst. I grew up in Germany, but since 2015, I have been living in Colombia. My company is called Desarrolladores de Café (coffee developers), and it's based in Medellín.