Budapest Competitions Schedule Day One

Here’s a complete schedule of Day One’s competitions in Budapest, featuring the World Cup Tasters, World Brewers Cup, and World Latte Art Championships.

BY ASHLEY RODRIGUEZ
BARISTA MAGAZINE ONLINE

The World Coffee Championships kick off today in Budapest, featuring the first round of the World Cup Tasters Championship, the first half of the World Brewers Cup Championship, and round one of the World Latte Art Championship. Here’s a complete schedule of Day One’s competitions. (Note that the World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship kicks off tomorrow, June 14).

RED: Brewers Cup, Open Service
LIGHT BLUE: Brewers Cup, Compulsory
GREEN: Cup Tasters
PINK: Latte Art, Art Bar
BLUE: Latte Art, Main Stage

Note: All times listed in Central European Summer Time

The Athens, Greece, coffee company The Underdog made history in 2016 when Michalis Dimitrakopoulos, center, won first prize in the World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship, becoming the third in the company to win. Here he is pictured with Underdog owner Tasos Delicristos (right) and Underdog barista George Koustoumpardis, both previous WCIGS winners. Photo courtesy of World Coffee Events.

DAY ONE

9:25 a.m.: Benjamin Hohlmann, Kaffeemacher, Germany, Freda Yuan, Caravan Coffee Roasters, United Kingdom, Fernando Franco, Cafe Dromedario, Spain, Ilya Khlyzov, Double B Coffee & Tea, Russia

9:50 a.m.: Domas Ivonis, Taste Map Coffee Roasters, Lithuania, Reda Matiejune, Butlers chocolate cafe, Ireland, Gabriel Cespedes, Prosol Productos Solubles, Costa Rica, Ingrid Aass, Kaffebrenneriet, Norway

10:05 a.m.: Liang Fan, Fan Coffee Club, China, Jaranya Chanwong, Simple Coffee Simple Life, Thailand

10:08 a.m.: Florentino Leon, Quentin Cafe MX, Mexico

10:15 a.m.: Ovie Kurniawan, Common Grounds Coffee, Indonesia, Ken Shi, Roma Coffee Roaster, New Zealand, Grzegorz Kurzajczyk, Brisman Kawowy Bar, Poland, Giacomo Lo Cascio, Caffetteria Sabrina, Italy, Esther Maasdam, Manhattan Coffee Roasters, The Netherlands

10:25 a.m.: Leo Li, Atomic Coffee Roasters, New Zealand

10:27 a.m.: Yasuhito Kobayashi, Ogawa Coffee co. Japan

10:30 a.m.: Petra Strelecha, Industra Coffee, Czech Republic

10:35 a.m.: Ieva Meiliunaite, Vero Cafe, Lithuania, Mikael Humbert, Verdenero, France, Jaantje Van Damme, Independent, Belgium

10:40 a.m.: Lok Chan, Craft Coffee Roaster, Hong Kong, Steve Cuevas, Black Oak Coffee Roasters, USA, Simphiwe Adams, Sumatran Coffee, South Africa, Husuan Chuang, Bu Cafe, Taiwan

Gabriel Céspedes of Costa Rica became the 2016 World Cup Tasters Champion in Shanghai last year. With more competitors than ever before, it’s anyone’s guess who will take top honors in Budapest at the 2017 World Cup Tasters Championship June 13–15. Photo courtesy of World Coffee Events.

10:45 a.m.: Jervis Tan, Kinsmen Coffee, Singapore

10:49 a.m.: Gyeo-Re Han, Ucc Coffee, South Korea

10:52 a.m.: Dmitrii Borodai, Double B, Russia

10:55 a.m.: Seonbon Won, Luft, South Korea, Adrian Vocalan, Satchmi, Philippines, Dongsu Shin, Short Black Coffee, Australia

11:05 a.m.: Ozgür Genc, Keobs Coffee Roastery, Turkey, Frederick Kjaerulff-Schmidt, Original Coffee, Denmark, Felix Cha, De Mello Palheta Coffee Roasters, Canada, Amano Satsuki, Mamezo Coffee, Japan

11:11 a.m.: Nicolas Rico, Azahar Coffee Company, Colombia

11:14 a.m.: Phil Coppin, Independent, Belgium

11:15 a.m.: Nick Vink, H32, The Netherlands, Lucia Ondruskova, Independent, Slovakia, Giesen Cheng, Alfee Coffee, Taiwan

11:25 a.m.: Heidi Philip-Smith, Coffee Lab UK, United Kingdom

11:30 a.m.: Edimilson Batista Generoso, Alicerce Specialty Coffee, Brazil, Anna Ribovicova, Dublin Cafe, Slovakia, Alesansr Shychko, 26 Coffee shop, Belarus, Yama (Jinwoo) Kim, Kingswood Coffee, Australia

11:33 a.m.: Nara Lee, Independent, New Zealand

11:35 a.m.: Polina Notik, Roast & Crosby, Russia, Gap Thangsubutr, Gappuccino, Switzerland, Sebastian Loan, Barista School

11:36 a.m.: Albin Frid, Da Matteo, Sweden

11:45 a.m.: Arnon Thitiprasert, Ristr8to, Thailand

11:55 a.m.: Matteo Beluffi, Independent, Italy, Lucas Eng, JWC Global, Malaysia, Shogo Eto, Ogawa Coffee Creates co., Japan, Stephen Houston, Bailies Coffee Roasters, Ireland, Markus Vestergaard, da Matteo Kafferosteri, Sweden, Eduardo Armero Martinez, Asprounion, Colombia, Dimas Rajar, Segitiga Coffee, Indonesia, Shengli Ni, Season Coffee, China

11:58 a.m.: Rodman Chan, A.R.C Coffee, Singapore

Judges train for years to evaluate competitors at this high a level. Here, judges from Iceland, France, and Taiwan evaluate drinks in the final round of the 2016 World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship in Shanghai. Photo courtesy of World Coffee Events.

12:05 p.m.: Marvin Soliven, Nostalgia Dubai, United Arab Emirates

12:15 p.m.: Markus Badura, WeinCafe KostBar, Germany, Tse Kwun Kit, Accro Coffee, Hong Kong, Ieva Meiliunaite, Vero Cafe, Lithuania

12:17 p.m.: Agnija Tilla, Independent, Latvia

12:20 p.m.: Stathis Koremtas, taf coffee, Greece, Dulce Barrera, Bella Vista Coffee, Guatemala, Balogh Csaba, Trattoria Pomo d’oro, Hungary, Sebastien Maurer, Cafe Sati, Franca, Marius Nica, Narcoffee Roasters, Romania

12:25 p.m.: Mikael Humbert, Verdenero, France

12:35 p.m.: Michalis Karagiannis, Manor House, Greece, Oleksandr Benytskyi, Custom Coffee, Ukraine, Seonbon Won, Luft, South Korea

12:29 p.m.: Dylan Siemens, Onyx Coffee Lab, USA

12:42 p.m.: Daniel Hofstetter, Hemro Group, Switzerland

12:45 p.m: Adrian Vocalan, Satchmi, Philippines, Zafiris Mavros, Lara Brazil The Coffee Company, Greece, Alina Vitrenko, Fair Finch Coffee Center, Ukraine, Kevin Mohler, Delica, Switzerland, Tom Janssen, OR Coffee Roasters, Belgium

12:55 p.m.: Mansour Zandinahad, Lalehhotel, Iran, Krisztina Tokaji, Volantilis Kft., Hungary, Nick Vink, H32, The Netherlands

1:10 p.m.: Daniella Rene Nyström, Scandinavian Embassy, The Netherlands, Paulina Bernaciak, Te og Kaffi, Iceland, Jessica Thomson, Coffee Pirates, Austria, Eliska Jandova, Dos Mundos, Czech Republic, Julian Loayza, Mokha1450, United Arab Emirates

1:04 p.m.: Marton Lonkai, Steamhouse Cafe, Hungary

1:05 p.m.: Lucia Ondruskova, Independent, Slovakia

1:15 p.m.: Christian Landron, Barista Squared, Puerto Rico, Karen Quiroga, Cafe Dromendario, Spain, Polina Notik, Roast & Crosby, Russia

1:25 p.m: Gap Thangsubutr, Gappuccino, Switzerland

1:23 p.m.: Orkum Ustel, Coffee Department, Turkey

1:26 p.m.: Michael Manhart, Independent, Austria

1:35 p.m.: Renata Khedun, 9th degree coffee roaster, Ireland, Jorge Solis, Coffeeximo, Mexico, Matteo Beluffi, Independent, Italy, Rodman Chan, A.R.C. Coffee, Singapore, Tiina Koivikko, Kahvila Sävy, Finland, Jaehyeon Son, Snug Roastery, South Korea, Janis Podins, Five Elephants, Latvia

1:45 p.m.: Lucas Eng, JWC Global, Malaysia, Javaid Shah, Phil & Sebastian Coffee Roasters, Canada

1:48 p.m.: Jaranya Chanwong, Simple Coffee Simple Life, Thailand

1:55 p.m.: Sarah K. Mahmood, Dromedar, Norway, Clara Drake Pihlgren, Da Matteo, Sweden, Markus Badura, WeinCafe KostBar, Germany

South Korea’s Umpaul—yep, just one name, like the superstar he is—became the 2016 World Latte Art Champion in Shanghai after the most intense final round in the competition’s 10 years. Photo courtesy of World Coffee Events.

2:05 p.m.: Tse Kwun Kit, Accro Coffee, Hong Kong

2:07 p.m.: Florentino Leon, Quentin Cafe MX, Mexico

2:10 p.m.: Yasuhito Kobayashi, Ogawa Coffee co. Japan

2:15 p.m.: Agnieszka Rojewska, Rojes, Poland, Graciele Rodrigues, Black Coffee, Brazil, Michalis Karagiannis, Manor House, Greece

2:25 p.m.: Oleksandr Benytskyi, Custom Coffee, Ukraine

2:29 p.m.: Petra Strelecha, Industra Coffee, Czech Republic

2:32 p.m.: Gyeo-Re Han, Ucc Coffee, South Korea

2:35 p.m.: Benjamin Graf, La Cultura del Caffe, Austria, Roman Lehnovich, “26” coffee shop, Belarus, Mansour Zandinahad, Lalehhotel, Iran

2:45 p.m.: Krisztina Tokaji, Volantilis Kft., Hungary

2:51 p.m.: Dmitrii Borodai, Double B, Russia

2:54 p.m.: Nicolas Rico, Azahar Coffee Company, Colombia

2:55 p.m.: Alhenrico Thomas, Famous Brands Coffee Company, South Africa, Liang Fan, FAN COFFEE LAB, China, Christian Landron, Barista Squared, Puerto Rico

3:05 p.m.: Karen Quiroga, Cafe Dromendario, Spain

3:13 p.m.: Phil Coppin, Independent, Belgium

3:15 p.m.: Ovie Kurniawan, Common Grounds Coffee, Indonesia, Leo Li, Atomic Coffee Roasters, New Zealand, Renata Khedun, 9th degree coffee roaster, Ireland

3:16 p.m.: Nara Lee, Independent, New Zealand

3:25 p.m.: Jorge Solis, Coffeeximo, Mexico

3:35 p.m.: Jaantje Van Damme, Independent, Belgium, Jervis Tan, Kinsmen Coffee, Singapore, Sarah K. Mahmood, Dromedar, Norway, Albin Frid, Da Matteo, Sweden

3:38 p.m.: Stephen Houston, Bailies Coffee Roasters, Ireland

3:45 p.m.: Clara Drake Pihlgren, Da Matteo, Sweden

3:55 p.m.: Dongsu Shin, Short Black Coffee, Australia, Ozgür Genc, Keobs Coffee Roastery, Turkey, Agnieszka Rojewska, Rojes, Poland

3:57 p.m.: Rodman Chan, A.R.C Coffee, Singapore

4:00 p.m.: Agnija Tilla, Independent, Latvia

4:05 p.m.: Graciele Rodrigues, Black Coffee, Brazil

4:15 p.m.: Giesen Cheng, Alfee coffee, Taiwan, Heidi Philip-Smith, Coffee Lab UK, United Kingdom, Benjamin Graf, La Cultura del Caffe, Austria

4:19 p.m.: Stathis Koremtas, taf coffee, Greece

4:22 p.m.: Dylan Siemens, Onyx Coffee Lab, USA

4:25 p.m.: Roman Lehnovich, “26” coffee shop, Belarus

4:35 p.m.: Sebastian Loan, Barista school, Romania, Arnon Thitiprasert, Ristr8to, Thailand, Alhenrico Thomas, Famous Brands Coffee Company, South Africa

4:41 p.m.: Daniel Hofstetter, Hemro Group, Switzerland

4:44 p.m.: Daniella Rene Nyström, Scandinavian Embassy, The Netherlands

4:55 p.m.: Shogo Eto, Ogawa Coffee Creates co., Japan, Marvin Soliven, Nostalgia Dubai, United Arab Emirates

4:58 p.m.: Orkum Ustel, Coffee Department, Turkey

5:03 p.m.: Marton Lonkai, Steamhouse Cafe, Hungary

5:25 p.m.: Michael Manhart, Independent, Austria

5:28 p.m.: Javaid Shah, Phil & Sebastian Coffee Roasters, Canada