Welcome to Round One, Day One coverage from the 2016 World Barista Championship! Livestream info is here.
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All times GMT +1
8:15am Christian Aramburo, BUNA, Austria
8:35am Natalia Piotrowska, Independent, Ireland @NataliaFilo5
8:55am Ricardo Avendaño, Independent, Costa Rica
9:15am Laurynas Arlauskas, Coffee Hill, UAB “Ipek Trade”, Lithuania
9:35am Jarno Peräkylä, Kahvila Sävy, Finland @jarnoperae @Kahvilasavy
9:55am Keith Koay, VCR Café, Malaysia
10:15am Dawn Chan, The Cupping Room, Hong Kong @dawn_cfu @thecuppingroom
10:35am Sam Low, Code Black Coffee, New Zealand @codeblackcoffee
10:55am Anca Arhip, Origo Coffee Shop, Romania
11:15am Dennis Agaba, Kampala Serena Hotel, Uganda @BaristaDesuza @kampalaserena
11:35am Martin Karabinos, Leroy Bar, Slovakia @martinBarista
11:55am Natalka Ostapyuk, Svit Kavy, Ukraine @SvitKavy
12:15pm Mangooo, Cuperus Koffie, Belgium
12:35pm Leonardo Moço, Café de Moço, Brazil @leomoco
12:55pm Stefanos Paterakis, Taf, Greece @tafcoffee
1:15pm Mads Mark-Eriksen, La Cabra Coffee, Denmark @Lacabracoffee
1:35pm Diego Mejía, Isveglio, Ecuador @isveglio
1:55pm Martin Seven Shabaya, Artcaffe Coffee and Bakery, Kenya @martinshabaya @ArtcaffeKenya
2:15pm Yoshikazu Iwase, Rec Collective Co., Japan @y_iwase @REC_COFFEE
2:35pm Pablo Caballero, Hola Coffee & Coffee Cooking Studio, Spain
2:55pm Sergey Mitrofanov, Double B Coffee & Tea, Russia @DoublebPraha
3:15pm Hugh Kelly, ONA Coffee, Australia @hughkellyona @ONACoffee
3:35pm Wayne Oberholzer, The Portland Project, South Africa @Wayne_Obie @Portland_Proj
3:55pm Juliet Vázquez Rivera, Arandela Barra de Café, Mexico @julietavazquezr @Arandelacafe
4:15pm Sa Hong Kim, Coffee Temple, South Korea @coffee_temple
4:35pm Daniel Rivera, Hacienda San Pedro, Puerto Rico
4:55pm Nisan Agca, Independent, Turkey @nisanagca
5:15pm Mathieu Theis, Independent, Switzerland @mati8050
5:35pm Evgeni Pinchukov, Kitchen Coffee Roasters, Belarus
5:55pm Berg Wu, Simple Kaffa, Taiwan @simplekaffa
6:15pm Mauricio Romero, Azahar Coffee Company, Colombia @AzaharCoffee
