Nordic Barista Cup

You can check out video highlights of the NBC online now at You can see a video welcome to the event here. Here, World Barista Champion, James Hoffmann, is interviewed by Barista Magazine’s Sarah Allen. […]

The Nordic Barista Cup is honored to have the esteemed Roberto Bendaña in attendance for this year’s event. A member of the Cup of Excellence Board of Directors, and the Chairman of the Nicaraguan Specialty […]

As some readers have noted, a few teams here at the NBC received a cash payment for their cafés if they had a “correct” sommelier, which naturally raises the question, what’s an “incorrect” sommelier? Basically, […]

The investors here put most of their funds into Team Finland’s café based on their presentation of their business plan, but everyone at the NBC would like to know what you think. So here are […]

Team Finland has a lock on the highest point score at the moment, having secured B$4250 for their business plan for their future coffee shop. But points will change, rise and fall throughout all three […]

When all of the business plans were submitted and reviewed by the investors, Team Finland walked away with the most cash and investor support for their café. Investors were impressed by Café Avec, the Finnish […]

Visions from Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, & Denmark Down to business: The five Nordic Barista Cup teams assembled at 10:45 a.m. to present their visions for their dream cafés to potential investors. In this case, […]

The NBC has a new set of judges this year, as it does every year. But unlike past years where each judge was responsible for judging all aspects of one team, this year each judge […]

Eight o’clock in the morning came early today for the attendees of the 2007 Nordic Barista Cup; they arrived sleepily, stifling yawns. But upon entry to the big white tent within which five future coffee […]

So here’s the deal, we’ll be posting all day tomorrow, and after the teams present their business plans for their Café of the Future, we will update the blog with descriptions, and if available supporting […]