Welcome to Day Two of the 2019 World Barista Championships here in Boston, Massachusetts! We’re really into the meaty part of the extended-weekend calendar, with both Round One, Day Two of the World Barista Championship and Round One, Day One of the World Brewers Cup taking center stage(s) today. We’ll have a sum total of 50 competitors today between the two competitions, making it the most action-packed day of the week.
We can’t wait to see how these competitions shake out. Follow along with us right here at Sprudge Live for coverage all weekend long, and be sure to follow @SprudgeLive on Twitter and @Sprudge on Instagram for coverage all weekend long. Our much-loved Live Tweet coverage of the World Barista Championship will begin with the Semi-Final round taking place on Saturday, April 13th.
All of SprudgeLive’s 2019 competition coverage is made possible by Acaia, Baratza, Faema, Cafe Imports, Wilbur Curtis, Third Wave Water, Minor Figures, and Mahlkönig.
In 2019 SprudgeLive is home to the Digital Roasters Village, because it takes a village to cover a barista competition. The Digital Roasters Village features Camber Coffee, Verve Coffee, Partners Coffee, Intelligentsia Coffee, Rishi Tea, Kickapoo Coffee, Blue Bottle Coffee, Onyx Coffee Lab, Creation Coffee, Amavida, and Equator Coffees without whom this work would not be possible.
World Barista Championship, Round One, Day Two
9:00am: Tom Balerin, Criteria Coffee, France
9:10am: Goda Pangonyte, Italala Caffe, Lithuania
9:21am: Michael Harris, Henry and Sons Co Inc., Philippines
9:50am: Aaron Phua, Café Thirty Seconds, Malaysia
10:00am: Carlos de la Torre, Cafe con Jiribilla, Mexico
10:11am: Jozeaf Deak, Mozata, Hungary
10:40am: Jingui Zhu, Uncle G Coffee, China
10:50am: Janis Podins, The Coffee Collective, Latvia
11:01am: Simon Janik, Fefe Café, Slovakia
11:30am: Mikael Jasin, Common Grounds Coffee Roaster, Indonesia
11:40am: Melody Lu, Taiwan
11:51am: Daria Pinchuk, Single Step Coffee Co., Belarus
12:20pm: Paul Ross, Kiss The Hippo, United Kingdom
12:30pm: Carlos Rene Guerra, Cafe San Rafael, Honduras
12:41pm: Konstantin Khramov, DoubleB Coffee and Tea, Russia
1:10pm: Wokorach Michael, Uganda Coffee Development Authority/Great Lakes Roastery, Uganda
1:20pm: Joanni Largo Juan, Café de Colombia- Juan Valdez Café, Colombia
1:31pm: Kaisa Kokkonen, Kaffa Roastery, Finland
2:00pm: Lee Jiun Loong, 2Degrees North Coffee, Singapore
2:10pm: Jonathan Ramirez, Verena Kaffee Labor, Ecuador
2:21pm: Maria Elena Rivera, Kaba Coffee Center/Franco Specialty Coffee Shop, Costa Rica
2:53pm: Cole Torode, Rosso Coffee Roasters, Canada
3:03pm: Dove Chen, Grey St Kitchen Cafe, New Zealand
3:14pm: Giacomo Vannelli, Vannelli Specialty Coffee, Italy
3:43pm: Marcus Gonzalez Hernandez, Delikia, Spain
3:53pm: Anibal Kovalef, Origin Coffee Lab/The Coffee Road, Peru
4:04pm: Hillary Mugasitsi, The Lord Erroll Gourmet Restaurant, Kenya
World Brewers Cup, Round One, Day One
9:20am David Kim, Phil & Sebastian Coffee Roasters, Canada
9:42am Kiril Lebedev, Knot Coffee Roasters, Belarus
10:04am Shaun Liew, Wizards at Tribeca, Malaysia
10:26am Michael Kaffeebruder Manhart, Austria
10:48am Aurthur Malaspina, Octàvio Café, Brazil
11:10am Slawek Saran, Forum, Poland
11:32am Pierre de Chanterac, Terres de Café, France
11:54am Alessandro Galtieri, Aroma, Italy
12:16pm Stephen Houston, Bailies Coffee Roasters, Ireland
12:38pm Serkan Ipekli, Vulcan Coffee Roaster, Turkey
1:00pm Sebastian Villamizar, La Palma y El Tucan, Colombia
1:22pm Sander Groenink, Espressobar Maling, The Netherlands
1:44pm Patrik Rolf, April Coffee Roasters, Sweden
2:06pm Chikako Nakai, UCC Holding Co., LTD, Japan
2:28pm Miriam Aldana, Baxter, Mexico
2:50pm Jani Mikkonen, Artisan Café, Finland
3:12pm Chris Kwong, Craft Coffee Roaster, Hong Kong
3:34pm Kaley Gann, Messenger Coffee, USA
3:56pm Jung Hyeong Yong, South Korea
4:18pm Elysia Tan, HomeGround Coffee Roasters, Singapore
4:40pm Mario Adamcik, Black., Slovakia
5:02pm Lewis Maillardet, Mavam, United Kingdom
5:24pm Thai Brewers Cup Champion
