Meet The Team
Our Mission: To help fellow coffee lovers discover and enjoy beans from around the world while learning how to brew the tastiest coffee right at home.
While the team at Sip Coffee is small, it’s tight-knit, and we obsess over finding the best brews and tools to help us recreate the aroma of a coffee shop at home. Meet our team below:
Karen Attman
The Coffee Lady
Karen Attman is a published author and specialty coffee expert.
As a journalist, she started to write articles about coffee and fell utterly in love with this drink that keeps us moving and that means so much to the people who grow it.
To share her knowledge, Karen became a professor of coffee at La Sabana University in Bogota (yes, it’s a real thing!) and created the Latin American Coffee Academy.
Later, she wrote the book Permission to Slurp and continued to report on the topic as a journo for media outlets such as CNN, Sprudge, and Eater.
Elena Johnson
The Coffee Traveler
Elena Johnson is a writer and former barista from the U.S. Northwest who still pushes new concoctions on her loved ones.
In addition to slinging lattes and training newbies in the art for five years, she has dabbled in other aspects of the industry, including a brief stint translating materials for a coffee producer in Nicaragua.
Favorite brewing method: Moka pot
Valerie Dunn
The Ex-Barista
Val Dunn is a writer and hot-beverage enthusiast who believes coffee can be for everyone. Having done many stints as a barista, she has recently moved to the other side of the counter where she now writes about coffee.
If she’s not visiting a quirky local cafe, you’ll probably find Val on a trail or in the theatre.
Favorite brewing method: AeroPress
Beau Badinski
Coffee Extraordinaire & Writer
Beau Badinski is a writer and coffee professional living in Singapore with over 10 years of specialty coffee experience.
From starting as a barista to becoming a coffee trainer across the last decade. If he’s not thinking about or brewing coffee, he’s probably gone skateboarding!
Miguel Papa
Barista & Coffee Lover
Miguel is a barista and a beverage consultant based in South East Asia.
Having spent over 5 years consulting on brick and mortar coffee businesses, Miguel believes that while making coffee is both an art form and exact science.
Favorite brewing method: Chemex
Philip Felongco
Coffee Roaster & Ex-Barista
Philip Felongco is an ex-barista with a passion for sharing his knowledge about brewing. Having started as a barista in early 2017, he later moved on to learn the art of roasting fresh coffee.
If he’s not binging on food shows or trying out new coffee recipes, you can catch him writing here at Sip Coffee.
Favorite brewing method: V60
Ahmed Mir
Founder
Ahmed Mir is the founder and head of marketing. After traveling across South East Asia in 2015, he realized how misinformed he was on what good coffee is.
Since then, Ahmed has developed a passion and love for coffee and made it his mission to explore and sample different beans from around the world.
Favorite brewing method: It depends!