Team

The hands behind your cup

Eleven people roast, pour, pack and answer the phone. These are the ones you are most likely to meet in the shop or on the other end of an email.

People

Who does what

Stelios Vlachos

Co-founder & Head Roaster

Six years on bar at Market Lane and St. Ali in Melbourne before coming home. Q-grader, SCA Authorised Trainer, and the palate that signs off every roast curve. On the Giesen by 06:30 on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Anneke de Vries

Co-founder & Green Buyer

Trained at De Beren Coffee in Utrecht and ran their green-buying programme for two years. Every farm contract, every January visit and every washed African decision goes through her.

Eleni Kalogeropoulou

Lead Barista

Joined from Taf Coffee in 2021. Third place at the 2024 Greek Brewers Cup with a washed Konga — the first BrewCraft barista on a national podium. Runs the bar most afternoons.

Marios Petridis

Head of Wholesale & Education

Looks after 46 cafés across Greece and Cyprus, drives the Niche-fitted calibration van, and teaches Espresso at Home on the second Sunday of every month.

Faidra Mantsiou

Roaster, Sample Lab

Apprenticed under Anneke for two years and now runs the 1kg sample roaster, profiling every green lot before it reaches the W6A. Manages the cupping calendar and staff certifications.

And

Also on the team

Five more people, none of whom wanted their photograph taken.

Petros AnastasiouSubscriptions & Logistics
Runs the whole subscription pipeline from roast scheduling to courier pickup, and calls any customer whose parcel is even a day late. Also the official cinnamon-bun taster.
Dimitra SakellariouBarista, weekends
Came to us from the Filter Fundamentals class as a student in 2023 and never really left. Runs Saturday mornings on the bar.
Nikos TzimasPacking & dispatch
Weighs, valves and labels every bag that leaves the roastery, and knows the courier drivers by name.
Sofia PapadakiWholesale support
Handles trade orders and the calibration calendar, and covers the phone when Marios is on the road.
Vangelis RoussosRoaster, W6A
Second pair of hands on the drum since 2024, and the person who rebuilt our maintenance schedule after the W15 write-up.

How we hire

Warmth first, skill second. Every new barista spends their first fortnight on the bar with Eleni and their first month cupping twice a week, whether they arrive from another roastery or from a bookshop.

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Visited Thessaloniki for three days and went to BrewCraft every morning. The flight of three Ethiopia lots that Eleni put together changed how I think about Ethiopian coffee.

Janne Lindholm · Helsinki