World Barista Championship
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Barista
A barista is a person, usually a coffee-house employee, who prepares and serves espresso-based coffee drinks.- Application of the title :...
competition, with the winners of each national barista championship (or an otherwise appointed competitor) competing for the world title. Competitors prepare and serve 12 coffee
Coffee
Coffee is a brewed beverage with a dark,init brooo acidic flavor prepared from the roasted seeds of the coffee plant, colloquially called coffee beans. The beans are found in coffee cherries, which grow on trees cultivated in over 70 countries, primarily in equatorial Latin America, Southeast Asia,...
beverages - four espresso
Espresso
Espresso is a concentrated beverage brewed by forcing a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure through finely ground coffee. Espresso is widely known throughout the world....
, four cappuccino, and four signature drinks (No Alcohol
Alcohol
In chemistry, an alcohol is an organic compound in which the hydroxy functional group is bound to a carbon atom. In particular, this carbon center should be saturated, having single bonds to three other atoms....
Allowed) for four sensory judges. There are two rounds of judging, the first a preliminary round and the second a finals round, featuring the top six competitors. The Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
2007 WBC was the first to be held outside Europe or the U.S., and marked a growing trend for increased coffee consumption in Asia. The 2010 WBC was held in London, UK from June 23 to June 25.
The barista competition format was created in Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
, and the WBC has been dominated by Scandinavia
Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...
n countries. It is owned and organized jointly by the Specialty Coffee Association of America
Specialty Coffee Association of America
The Specialty Coffee Association of America is a civilian trade organization for the specialty coffees industry, founded in 1982. The SCAA seeks to set standards for growing, roasting, and brewing premium coffees. Members of the SCAA include coffee retailers, roasters, producers, exporters and...
(SCAA) and the Specialty Coffee Association of Europe (SCAE).
Past winners
- 2011 (Bogota, Colombia) Alejandro Mendez, El Salvador
- 2010 (London, England) Michael PhillipsMichael Phillips (barista)Michael Phillips won the U.S. Barista Championship in Portland, Oregon, in March 2009, while working at Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea in New York City. He also won the 2010 United States Barista Championship, becoming the only repeat U.S...
, United States - 2009 (Atlanta, Georgia) Gwilym DaviesGwilym Davies (barista)Gwilym Rhys Davies, is a British barista, currently the world champion in this discipline.Davies was born in Cheltenham, England, and grew up in Leeds, Yorkshire. Davies took the World Barista Championship crown in Atlanta, GA, USA in April 2009. Davies had been well known in barista in London...
, United Kingdom - 2008 (Copenhagen, Denmark) Stephen Morrissey, Ireland
- 2007 (Tokyo, Japan) James Hoffmann, United Kingdom
- 2006 (Bern, Switzerland) Klaus Thomsen, Denmark
- 2005 (Seattle, Washington) Trouls Overdahl Poulsen, Denmark
- 2004 (Trieste, Italy) Tim Wendelboe, Norway
- 2003 (Boston, Massachusetts) Paul Bassett, Australia
- 2002 (Oslo, Norway) Fritz Storm, Denmark
- 2001 (Miami, Florida) Martin Hildebrandt, Denmark
- 2000 (Monte Carlo, Monaco) Robert Thoresen, Norway
External links
- World Barista Championship official site
- World Beverage Competition