BUDAPEST, Hungary – Four competitions were held Tuesday through Thursday at the World of Coffee 2017 in Budapest: the World Latte Art Championship, World Brewers Cup, World Coffee in Good Spirit Championship and World Cup Tasters Championship. Here are the winners
2017 World Latte Art Champion, Arnon Thitiprasert from Thailand
2017 World Brewers Cup Champion Chad Wang from Taiwan
2017 World Coffee in Good Spirits Champion, Martin Hudak from Slovakia
2017 World Cup Tasters Champion Lok Chan from Hong Kong
2017 Cezve/Ibrik Champion Karthikeyan Rajendram of UAE
The World Latte Art Championship (WLAC) and World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship use espresso machines and grinders from the Qualified Sponsors Astoria and Anfim, fed by water from Pentair Everpure, and cleaned with products from Cafetto.
The World Brewers Cup (WBrC), brought by Hario, uses water filtration provided by Brita, and cleaning by Cafetto, grinding equipment from BUNN, hot water towers from Curtis, and Taf Coffee as Coffee Sponsor.
In the World Cup Tasters Championship (WCTC), Technivorm provides Brewing Equipment for each round, with water filtration supplied by Brita, and cleaning by Cafetto.
Champions of both the WBrC and WCTC will have the unique opportunity to join Ally Coffee on the Official 2017 Origin Trip, taking in three new regions across Brazil this year.
Last year the Cezve/Ibrik Championship (CIC) was produced by the Specialty Coffee Association of Europe in Dubai, and this year it returns to World of Coffee, brought to you by Title Sponsor Loumidis.
As a product of the unification into the Specialty Coffee Association, the World Coffee Events team has been able to work in partnership with European staff to produce this year’s event, using the WCE infrastructure to share the event with the world.