I have a few heros I look up to. Ashrita Furman and Sanjaya Spettigue are two of them. Ashrita with his videographer companion are coming to Italy and Germany for a few days, to attempt to transcend three world records, two in Rome and one in Munich.
Kanan pointed out this article about Ernesto Illy, chairman of Illycaffè and maker of one of the best commercial brand of coffee in the world. He was renowned as a scientific perfectionist of coffee and especially as an evangelist of espresso.