Vinicius Arruda
Vinicius Arruda is a well known and respected name within the Irish barista community.
Vini has been involved with the Speciality Coffee Assocation of Europe (SCAE) for a number of years, being one of the first to complete the Diploma in Coffee in 2012 and has held, since last year, the chair of SCAE Ireland Education committee.
Vini then went on to become an SCAE Authorised Trainer (AST) and in 2013 completed the Coffee Quality Institute’s Q-grader program – a highly specialised course in refined sensory skills. In doing so he became the first and only Q Grader in Ireland.
Vini is the head barista trainer for speciality coffee roaster Badger & Dodo Boutique Coffee Roasters.
Vini has also been serving coffee as head barista for Cabinteely’s ubercool Urbun cafe for many years now.
Anita Nagy-Bertok
Anita has been an Area Trainer for Matthew Algie since 2007. In addition to running coffee schools and customer training programmes in Ireland, Anita coaches staff and customers for barista competitions. She runs tasting and cupping sessions daily as part of her job. Anita is a certified AST (Authorised SCAE Trainer) and runs SCAE Barista and Brewing courses across the UK & Ireland for SCAE. Anita is a certified World Brewers Cup Sensory Judge, World Barista Championship Sensory Judge and World Latte Art Visual Judge. Anita already has huge experience judging internationally. She has been the head Judge for the Hungary and Turkish Barista Championships and has organised the Irish Judges workshops. She was this years head Judge at the Irish Barista Championships and last years head Judge at the Irish Brewers cup.
Estelle MacGilp
Estelle MacGilp is currently the Green Coffee Buyer at Matthew Algie, an independent coffee roaster based in Glasgow. Prior to that, Estelle was the Coffee Buyer at another large coffee roaster based in Kent. Through these roles she now has over 14 years cupping experience, cupping a whole range of coffees from more mainstream commercial coffees right through to speciality coffees from all over the world on a daily basis. She also has extensive coffee blending experience and is often involved in training events on cupping, coffee tasting and coffee knowledge. She has travelled to both Ethiopia and Indonesia on coffee sourcing trips meeting her coffee partners on their home ground.