06/06/2024
Our visiting sensory Judge is coming from Berlin and its well known coffee Five Elephant. Growing up in Massachusetts, USA, Krisโ love for coffee started in the mid-1990s while attending the University of Massachusetts and Hampshire College, drinking Scott Rao batch brews by the liter.
After a career in feature film and advertising in New York City, Kris fell in love with Berlin and soon after moving there, co-founded the Berlin-based Five Elephant Coffee Roastery & Cake Shop in 2010 with his wife & partner Sophie. Kris has worked since 2010 as Co-CEO and Director of Coffee for the international brand. The founding core value of Five Elephant focuses on ethical and responsible business practices, creating meaningful value in coffee communities, and the direct sourcing of high-quality coffee. On the side, Kris is usually listening to 60โs jazz records and is forced to test new cakes from the companyโs bakery.