About Manhattan Coffee Roasters
Manhattan Coffee Roasters is run by long time coffee professionals and multiple barista championship-winning barista’s Ben Morrow and Esther Maasdam, who have more than 13 years of experience in the field up their sleeve. In March 2017, with her partner and Australian importer Ben Morrow, Esther founded a roastery located in Rotterdam. Ben worked for 5 years as a barista in Melbourne, Australia. In 2016, he moved to Europe, when he was ready to work outside the bar counter and also enjoy a more personal life with Esther.
Since its inception, Manhattan Coffee Roasters has seen a flurry of activity. The brand new company was entered for roasting for Daniella Nyström, the barista who represented the Netherlands at the World Brewers Cup, and also for Merijn Gijsbers, the Dutch barista champion. In addition to providing Gijsbers with the Panamanian geisha La Berlin Geisha, which enabled him to win a national title, they also served as coaches for Maasdam and Morrow.
Ester Maasdam participated in:
- Dutch Latte Art Champion 2011
- Dutch Latte Art Champion 2012
- Dutch Latte Art Champion 2013
- 5th World Latte Art Championships 2013
- Dutch Latte Art Champion 2014
- 4th Dutch Barista Championships 2016
- Dutch Cup tasters Champion 2017
Ben Morrow articipated in:
- Australian latte art champion 2015
- World latte art champion 6th place 2015
- New York Coffee Masters champion 2015
- London Coffee Masters champion 2016
- San Remo God Shot Run Winner (With Claye Tobin) 2018
