World Barista Championship

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Comment by FohBoh on August 24, 2009 at 11:42pm

Hi!
On behalf of everyone here at FohBoh, we want to thank all of you for taking part in this active, exciting community! Just wanted to drop you a line to let you know that World Barista Championship is a featured group today! If you haven’t already, take a moment to write up a new blog post, start a new discussion or invite more friends to join your exciting group. Once again, thanks for participating in the FohBoh community. We look forward to hearing more from you!
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FohBoh Community Development

Comment by Andrew Hetzel on July 16, 2008 at 10:13pm

Stephen Morrissey of Ireland was crowned 2008 World Barista Champion after 4 days of exciting competition this year in Copenhagen. National barista champions from 51 countries came to Denmark in order to compete in this world Olympics of Coffee.

How does one compete to make coffee?

Each competitor prepared 4 espressos, 4 cappuccinos and 4 original signature drinks of their own creation to exacting standards for a panel of experienced WBC certified judges. Seven judges, including one head judge, 4 sensory judges and 2 technical judges evaluated the taste of beverages served, cleanliness, creativity, technical skill and overall presentation of the competitors.

The runner up was David Makin from Australia, followed by 3rd place Liesbeth Sleijster (Netherlands), 4th place Daniel Remheden (Sweden), 5th place Michael Yung (Canada), and 6th place Soren Stiller Markussen (Denmark). Full results are posted on the WBC website.

Next year’s World Barista Championship will be held April 16-19, 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia U.S.A. in conjunction with the 21st annual Specialty Coffee Association of America Symposium and Exposition.

All FohBoh members are welcome. We need more food people represented in specialty coffee!