Coffee Trip Destination

Amy Emerson will be for second time in our judging panel making sure the greatest coffees will advance! Amy has been working in coffee for 15 years. In 2020, she started a project, Tesifa Coffee, as a combination of her training as a social worker and being a licensed AST in Brewers and Barista Skills. Tesifa works with NGO projects using coffee to reach communities and helps bring them into the specialty coffee world.

Our visiting sensory Judge is coming from Berlin and its well known coffee Five Elephant. Growing up in Massachusetts, USA, Kris’ love for coffee started in the mid-1990s while attending the University of Massachusetts and Hampshire College, drinking Scott Rao batch brews by the liter.
After a career in feature film and advertising in New York City, Kris fell in love with Berlin and soon after moving there, co-founded the Berlin-based Five Elephant Coffee Roastery & Cake Shop in 2010 with his wife & partner Sophie. Kris has worked since 2010 as Co-CEO and Director of Coffee for the international brand. The founding core value of Five Elephant focuses on ethical and responsible business practices, creating meaningful value in coffee communities, and the direct sourcing of high-quality coffee. On the side, Kris is usually listening to 60’s jazz records and is forced to test new cakes from the company’s bakery.