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The 2012 WBC Semifinalists!

El Salvador, Daniel Mendez Sweden, Per Nordell Costa Rica, Ricardo Azofeifa Mora Switzerland, Philipp Meier Ireland, Colin Harmon Japan, Miki Suzuki Mexico, Fabrizio Ramirez Guatemala, Raul Rodas The Netherlands, Coen van Sprang Greece, Stafanos Domatiotis […]

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Competitions

WCE Events in Maastricht

The World Coffee Events championships ”World Latte Art, World Coffee in Good Spirits, World Ibrik, World Cup Tasters, and World Brewer’s Cup ”just wrapped up yesterday in Maastricht, the Netherlands. We’re eagerly anticipating details and […]

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2011 WBC Semifinalists 5-8

As expected the place went nuts when the fifth competitor of the day took the stage. Lina Zea, barista champion of Colombia, was greeting with a rousing ovation by the hometown crowd. Only a few […]

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WBC London 2010

Gearing Up for the SCAE & WBC!

I was talking to Jo from Beyond the Bean the other day, and I said, “I’m so looking forward to seeing you in London at the Caffe Culture/SCAE show and the World Barista Championship ”in […]

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Cup of Excellence

Nica Nica Nica

It’s really nice to be back in Nicaragua — what a warm, welcoming country. Today was Day 1 of the ”get this ” 50th Cup of Excellence competition. It’s a big deal competition with an […]

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WBC Atlanta 2009

2009 WBC Ranking Order

Finals Round 1 Gwilym Davies, UK, 623 2 Sammy Piccolo, Canada, 619.5 3 Michael Phillips, United States, 618.5 4 Colin Harmon, Ireland, 572 5 Lee Jong Hoon, Korea, 542 6 Attila Molnar, Hungary, 535.5 Preliminary […]

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WBC: Schedule of Competitors

The 10th World Barista Championship takes place over four days, April 16 “19, in Atlanta, Georgia, with days one through three seeing all 51 national barista champions competing in the preliminary round. The top six […]