64 STiR coffee and tea | 2026 Quarter 2 Summer (Jun/July/Aug)
In the next issue of STiR Coffee and Tea Magazine
• Co-Packing for SMEs
• Organic Tea Compliance
• The Rise of Liberica
Contributors
Emerson Leonard
Sales Director
US-based Emerson is director
of sales at October Multimedia,
which publishes STiR.
As director of October Inter Co.,
Boonthin "Ron"
liaises with STiR's service
providers in Thailand.
S T A F F
Boonthin Tubsongkroh
Director
A longtime editor and publisher of
international trade magazines, Glenn
founded Tea & Coffee Asia in 1999 and
STiR Coffee and Tea Magazine in 2012.
Glenn Anthony John
Editor/Publisher
Art director Somjet
designs each issue of STiR from
southern California.
Somjet Thitasomboon
Art Director
Executive editor Diana loves sharing
fascinating stories about coffee and tea and
is the communications advisor for the
Ceylon Artisan Tea Association (CATA).
Diana Jendoubi
Executive Editor
Bhavi is the editor of Tea Journey and a
brand-building specialist. With a background in
dairy technology, she is interested in culinary
history and sensory perception of food.
Bhavi Patel
Correspondent
Fionn is a coffee roaster and writer based in
the Scottish Highlands. He has written the
Pourover, a coffee newsletter, since 2016.
Fionn Pooler
Coffee Correspondent
Based in Laos, copy editor Dawn
combines a meticulous eye for detail with
a love for reading to ensure STiR's
pages are flawless.
Dawn Underwood
Copy Editor
Billy Dietz
Correspondent
Billy is the co-founder of BDH Consultants, a
bespoke tea consulting agency, and former R&D
lead at DAVIDsTEA. He covers tea market trends
for STiR and is the author of Spill The Tea.
Emilio Bonnet
Correspondent
Emilio is a coffee producer and former Colombia
Cup of Excellence program coordinator and
executive director. Passionate about sustainability,
he challenges conventional coffee approaches.
