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There are endless flavour notes to coffee. You can practise observing these through a coffee tasting technique called coffee cupping. Paulig’s chief taster describes how to get started.

Sonja Björk Grant runs her own business called Kaffibrugghúsið – a multi-functional coffee company – in Reykjavik, Iceland. She has been involved with the World Barista Championships since 2000 and has influenced the development of the competition’s judging system. 

Fi O’Brien and Casey Lalonde roast their coffee in the small town of Upton Scudamore in England. They source their coffee from female producers, cooperatives and those that work to support them. Their goal is to increase female empowerment throughout the chain from farmers to coffee drinkers. 

Anne Lunell is one of the few women who have succeeded in the Swedish coffee championships. Since 2007, she has been running her Koppi roastery with her fiancée Charles Nystrand.