In our October + November 2025 difficulty, we function award-winning barista and roaster Delia Avram of Romania! Additionally included: we discover artistic choices for elevating capital, potential baking packages, ’One on One’ with Uganda’s Ibrahim Kiganda, and far, way more!

BY SARAH ALLEN
BARISTA MAGAZINE

Welcome to the October + November 2025 difficulty of Barista Journal! We’ve received some terrific content material to share from a discipline report back to the distant Faroe Islands to a quartet of Halloween-themed drink recipes in one other difficulty filled with incredible options, informative articles, in-depth interviews, and way more. Our crew of writers, designers, illustrators, and photographers contributed to creating this difficulty with the unimaginable work you’ve come to count on. We couldn’t do it with out them, and we wouldn’t do it with out you, our readers. Thanks for studying and supporting Barista Journal!

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Cowl Characteristic: Delia Avram

Specialty espresso is comparatively new in Romania in comparison with different elements of the world. It was just a few many years in the past when Romanians dwelling below communist rule confronted widespread shortages of sources and bans on imports. Maybe the truth that Delia’s father prioritized bringing high quality espresso dwelling from his enterprise journeys to Germany was a harbinger for Delia’s future career. After working as a barista and roaster in Bucharest and Cluj, and occurring to win the nationwide barista championship title in addition to the coveted Roast Masters title in Milan in 2023, Delia went on to open her personal cafe, ROX, and roastery, Arusha, in her hometown of Baia Mare, Romania, which has not solely been an amazing success, however has helped to safe Romania’s status as a hub for specialty espresso.

‘Get Baked: Figuring out How Greatest to Provide Baked Items at Your Store’

Regardless of how a lot some cafe house owners wish to succeed based mostly solely on the gross sales of specialty espresso, pastries are a tried-and-true avenue for including extra streams of income to a enterprise. Not solely that, prospects count on it. On this article by veteran cafe retailer Maxwell Mooney of Threadbare Espresso Consulting, you’ll study what your choices are for implementing a stellar baked good program in your store, from baking all your personal pastries, shopping for wholesale, or making a hybrid of each.

‘Cultivating Capital: Sourcing Cash Creatively to Develop Your Enterprise’

Laila Ghambari, who owns three cafes and a roastery in Portland, Ore., and likewise writes the coffee-retail centered column, “The Knockbox” for Barista Journal, takes on the substantial matter of increase capital for your small business. There are quite a few avenues for doing so, and Laila evaluations each on this information-packed article.

‘One on One: Ibrahim Kiganda’

Once we profiled Jenna Gotthelf for the function, “One on One,” within the June + July 2025 difficulty of Barista Journal, we requested her who she thought could be an inspiring topic for a future “One on One” column. She was fast to reply with Ibrahim Kiganda, a espresso skilled in Uganda, with whom she had struck up a web-based rapport a number of years in the past. The 2 have shared concepts and methods for his or her work in espresso—her, the director of training for Counter Tradition Espresso, and him, a top quality management supervisor for Mountain Harvest Espresso Firm and likewise Uganda’s reigning nationwide barista champion. Ibrahim shares the story of his espresso journey, the state of specialty in Uganda, and way more on this fascinating interview with Jenna.

And A lot Extra Inside

Additionally within the October + November 2025 difficulty: journey north of the North Sea to the distant and rustic Faroe Islands for a Discipline Report of the archipelago’s rising specialty espresso scene; this difficulty’s “Tech Discuss“ is written by Josh Taves and tackles the subject of filtration; moreover, we speak with members of the Ukrainian specialty espresso neighborhood about life throughout wartime and the position espresso performs of their lives, all of this and far, way more is within the new difficulty.  

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