Welcome to Day One action from the 2017 World Barista Championship! All times in Korea Standard Time (UTC +09). Follow @SprudgeLive on Twitter and @Sprudge on Instagram for live looks in at the action from Seoul.
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9:15am Srettakarn Veerakultevon, Factory Coffee, Thailand @bumbumbew
9:23am Dove Chen, Grey St Kitchen, New Zealand
9:31am Terence Tan, Santino Coffee Specialists, Singapore
10:01am Mary Portillo, Café Capucas, Honduras @maryportilloro1 @cafecapucas
10:09am Konstantinos Iatridis, Taf Coffee, Greece
10:17am Miki Suzuki, Maruyama Coffee, Japan @maruyama_coffee
10:47am Diego Campos, Amor Perfecto, Colombia
10:55am Hugh Kelly, ONA Coffee, Australia @onacoffee
11:03am Raimonds Zadvornovs, Kalve Coffee, Latvia
11:33am Michael Prem, Prem Frischkaffee, Austria
11:41am Axel Simón, Mare Terra Green Coffee, Spain @axel_shp @mareterra2003
11:49am Laurynas Arlauskas, Coffee Hill, Lithuania
12:19pm Natalia Piotrowska, Bless Coffee Roasters, Poland @nataliafilo5 @blesscoffee_
12:27pm Leo Moço, Barista Coffee Bar, Brazil
12:35pm Mai Eson, The Espresso Lab, United Arab Emirates @theespressolab
1:05pm Jarno Peräkylä, Bean & Burner, Finland @jarnoperae
1:13pm Paras Bindra, Travel Food Services, India @parasbindra @info_tfs
1:21pm Silvester Dan Samonte, El Union, Philippines @slysamonte
1:51pm Winston Thomas, Origin Coffee Roasting, South Africa @origincoffeesa
1:59pm Jorge Luis Paramo, Delafinca, Nicaragua
2:07pm Luis Feria, Mas Cafe, Mexico @luisferia
2:37pm Kyle Ramage, Black & White Coffee, USA @kyle_rampage
2:45pm Ariel Bravo, Cafering/La Máquina de Café, Costa Rica
2:53pm Melody Lu, Single Origin Espresso & Roast, Taiwan
3:23pm Chloe Jess Nattrass, Germany
3:31pm Evgeni Pinchukov, Kitchen Coffee Roasters, Belarus
3:39pm Jan Skerik, Double B Coffee & Tea, Czech Republic
4:09pm Nisan Agca, Turkey @nisanagca
4:17pm Dale Harris, Hasbean Coffee, United Kingdom @acousticcoffee @hasbean
4:25pm Yoshua Tanu, Common Grounds/St. Ali, Indonesia @ystanu @st_ali
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