Three founders, among them general manager Emel Eryaman Usta, started it under Tramplen Gıda, a company with two decades in the coffee trade. The Coffee Manifesto Lab runs SCA certification courses and has trained 50 baristas, 20 of them women. Head barista Koray Erdoğdu, who came from La Marzocco Turkey and Probador Colectiva, won both the Turkish Barista and Turkish Cezve/İbrik championships in 2014.
Roasting began on a Toper, and the coffees are released by number, from No 13, a honey-processed lot from Finca La Valentina in Honduras, to No 19, a natural from Shakiso in Ethiopia's Guji zone. Shops run in Moda and Yeldeğirmeni, with training at Manifesto Studio.
