MILAN – The Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) is releasing updated rules & regulations for the 2024 Copenhagen World Coffee Championships; including the World Latte Art Championship (WLAC), World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship (WCIGS), World Coffee Roasting Championship (WCRC), and Cezve/Ibrik Championship (CIC). These four world championships take place at World of Coffee Copenhagen, Denmark, June 27-29.
Updates to the rules & regulations are overseen by the WCC Competitions Strategic Committee, a volunteer leadership group that meets regularly to work on strategic initiatives, including rules updates, that foster the competition community and keep the competitions moving forward.
The WLAC Art Bar portion has been moved from Round One to Semifinals, and competitors are now required to title their Art Bar design. An additional one minute of performance time has been added to the stage portion of the Semifinals and Final round, and new 0-3 scoring scale has been added.
The provided espresso machine has been expanded to include semi-automatic and fully-automatic espresso machines, better reflecting the wide range of equipment available in the coffee industry. WLAC scoresheets have also been updated.
In the WCRC, the sweetness section of the coffee evaluation procedure has been updated with more details, to reflect ongoing SCA research on the topic, and to help judges to evaluate this element.
The temperature evaluation scale has been relaxed, procedures in the production roast evaluation section are more detailed to improve the blind cupping procedure, and a new head judge scoresheet to track accuracy information has been created.
Station dimensions for the CIC have been increased and the WCIGS evaluation section has been reworded with added details and for clarity. The WCRC, WCIGS, and CIC all have minor general updates for consistency and clarity across the World Coffee Championships.
2024 WLAC Rules
2024 WCIGS Rules
2024 WCRC Rules
2024 CIC Rules
