Team.

Umeko Motoyoshi

Umeko Motoyoshi is a coffee nerd with a passion for helping specialty brands tell their story. Starting in coffee as a barista, Umeko managed cafes and repaired equipment before moving into coffee education for top specialty brands like Blue Bottle Coffee.

An experienced coffee taster, Umeko combined their sensory skillset and equipment background to develop manufacturing processes for instant coffee brand Sudden Coffee. In 2018 Umeko founded Umeshiso and created the acclaimed Little Dipper cupping spoon, declared the best spoon on the market by Bon Appetit.

Umeko has crafted strategy, campaigns, and content for industry leaders like Fellow, Baratza, Rancilio, Cimbali, Miir, and Sprudge. Umeko founded u&me to help coffee businesses tell their stories.

Jessica Caisse

Jessica Caisse is a coffee industry veteran with 19 years of experience. Jess has done it all in coffee, starting as a roaster and barista at iconic brands like Blue Bottle Coffee before founding her own coffee truck, Eureka Coffee.

Jessica helps coffee brands look and sound their best. She has worked with some of the most recognized names in the industry. From her brand development work at Fellow, Peet’s, and Slane Whiskey, to her work as leading marketing at Mother Tongue Coffee, Jessica has helped coffee’s best-known brands connect with millions.

Our Story.

u&me helps coffee businesses share their stories. Our partners and associates have a combined 100+ years of experience with unique specialties, huge successes, and a trove of awards and citations.
u&me believes that the next generation of coffee businesses will be inclusive, accessible, and excellent. Through energetic and empathetic collaboration, u&me helps you realize the truest and most resonant vision of your brand.

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