Competitions

The Barista League Returns to Sweden

In addition to its next event—January 26 event in Sweden—The Barista League will host competitions in Croatia and the USA in 2019, with some new additions to the format. BY CHRIS RYAN BARISTA MAGAZINE ONLINE […]

WBC 2014 Rimini

Barista Champion of Sweden

Editor’s note: As we approach the beginning of the 2014 World Barista Championship, which takes place in Rimini, Italy, June 9 “12, at the SCAE’s World of Coffee event, we would like to introduce you […]

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WBC Vienna 2012

WBC Semifinalist #4: Per Nordell, Sweden

Per Nordell, who owns a coffee roastery with his wife in the mountains of Sweden, made his performance all about contrasts: using a washed coffee from Antigua, Guatemala, Per discussed how the flavors from that […]

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NBC Iceland 2009

Team Sweden Wins Day #2!

In the true spirit of the Nordic Barista Cup, there’s no telling who will be the winner until the end of this entire event, which concludes tonight ”Saturday (um, er make that Sunday morning, given […]

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WBC Atlanta 2009

Guatemala, Austria, Sweden

#47: BARISTA CHAMPION OF GUATEMALA ”RAUL RODAS Raul is back this year after a tremendous showing in Copenhagen at the World Barista Championship in 2008. He has practiced hard for this second chance, and it […]

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Cafés

Sweden & El Salvador

Two of our favorite countries have been the focus of the last week and also this week: Five wonderful friends from Sweden came to Portland to spend three days exploring the coffee culture of our […]