DUBLIN, Ireland – The 17th annual World Barista Championship, a showcase of the finest in espresso-based barista talent, kicked off on Wednesday in Dublin. Today it’s the turn of the 5th annual World Brewers Cup, the championship for manually-brewed coffee.
Both the events are hosted by World Coffee Events (WCE), in conjunction with the Speciality Coffee Association of Europe’s World Of Coffee Dublin Show, June 22-25th.
The competitions were preceded by Re:co Symposium, an international gathering of leaders in coffee thought, which took place on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Dublin is also hosting today the 9th World Aeropress Championship with contestants from 52 countries vying for the title.
World Barista Championship
The World Barista Championship features sixty-one (61) barista competitors from all over the globe, each of which has already triumphed in their respective National Championship.
Each competitor has 15 minutes to serve the four (4) sensory judges and one (1) technical judge a round of espressos, a round of free-form milk drinks (formerly cappuccinos), and a creative signature beverage.
This event is made possible by: Nuova Simonelli, Mahlkoenig, Cafetto and Pentair/Everpure.
This year WCE is excited to introduce new ways to engage with the World Barista Championship online (#WBCDublin), including the new interactive Maestro live viewing site, a comprehensive events portal, and for the first round of competition, Live Scoring, which will be viewable on both platforms.
Finalists will be announced at 15:30 on June 24th, and the winner will be announced at 15:30 on June 25th.
Here are the ten best contestants at the end of Day One.
1 HUGH KELLY- AUSTRALIA – 489.5
2 BERG WU- TAIWAN – 483.0
3 YOSHIKAZU IWASE – JAPAN – 478.0
4 NATALIA PIOTROWSKA – IRELAND – 476.5
5 DAWN CHAN – HONG KONG – 456.5
6 STEFANOS PATERAKIS – GREECE – 444.5
7 KEITH KOAY – MALAYSIA – 436.5
8 SA HONG KIM – SOUTH KOREA – 430.0
9 CHRISTIAN ARAMBURO – AUSTRIA – 429.5
10 SERGEY MITROFANOV – RUSSIA – 421.0
World Brewers Cup
The World Brewers Cup, brought by Hario, has brewers representing thirty-seven (37) nations competing in a blind “Compulsory Round” where they use the brew method of their choosing to prepare a standardized coffee, followed by a “Open Round,” where the competitors are free to use any coffee and present it to the sensory judges.
Brita will be the Qualified Water Sponsor, and Cafetto is the Qualified Cleaning Products Sponsor.
The World Brewers Cup (#WBRCDublin) will be viewable online via the usual Livestream platform.
Finalists will be announced at 16:30 on June 24th, and the winner will be announced at 13:30 on June 25th.
Lie stream is available here.
