BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil — Brazil World Coffee Championships took place November 7-9 in Belo Horizonte during the International Coffee Week.
National champions from across the world and brought national champions across the globe came to battle for four world titles: the World Brewers Cup, the World Latte Art Championship, the World Cup Tasters Championship, and the World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship.
World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship
Dan Fellows representing the United Kingdom emerged victorious to be crowned the 2018 World Coffee in Good Spirits Champion.
Rankings:
1st – Dan Fellows – United Kingdom
2nd – Manos Mamakis – Greece
3rd – Danny Wilson – Australia
4th – Artem Bakurov – Ukraine
5th – Min-Seo Kang – South Korea
6th – Dan Bacaintan – Italy
World Latte Art Championship
Irvine Quek Siew Lhek from Malaysia won the World Latte Art Championships
Rankings:
1st – Irvine Quek Siew Lhek – Malaysia
2nd – Michalis Karagiannis – Greece
3rd – Liang Fan – China
4th – Shinsaku Fukayama – Australia
5th – Agnieszka Rojewska – Poland
6th – Wonjae Choi – South Korea
World Cup Tasters Championships
Yama Kim representing Australia is the new 2018 World Cup Tasters Champion.
Rankings
1st – Yama Kim – Australia
2nd – Niels te Vaanhold – Netherlands
3rd – Walter Acevedo – Colombia
4th – Waruth Tangsuriyapaisan – Thailand
World Brewers Cup
Emi Fukahori from Switzerland won the World Brewers Cup. During the first round competitors completed two coffee services – a compulsory service and an open service.
For the compulsory service, competitors prepared three beverages utilizing whole bean coffee provided to them by the competition.
For the open service, competitors used any whole bean coffee of their choosing and also accompany their beverage preparation with a presentation.
Rankings:
1st – Emi Fukahori – Switzerland
2nd – Regine Wai Yee Beng – Malaysia
3rd – Stathis Koremtas – Greece
4th – Pang-Yu Liu – Taiwan
5th – Kaoru Kamiyama – Japan
6th – Yeo Qing He – Singapore
