Meet The 2015 Hong Kong Coffee Champions

via hkcec.com It's barista competition season again, folks! There may have been only three short months since the 2014 World Barista Championships in Rimini, Italy, but national competitions are already revving up, ahead of the 2015 WBC happening in Seattle. One of the first national competitions of the year was the 2015 Hong Kong Coffee Championships, which occurred…

September 9, 20140Comments

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Latte Art

2014 World Latte Art Championship Finals

Last week, the 2014 World Latte Art Championship pit champion baristas from 32 nations against each other to see who could create the most beautiful, engaging latte art creations, using both free pour and etching techniques. From those 32 competitors, six finalists advanced to compete in the finals at the 2014 Melbourne International Coffee Expo. The final field had an impressive array of…

July 8, 20140Comments

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Aeropress

2014 World Aeropress Championship

The 2014 World Aeropress Championship went down last week in Rimini, Italy, during the global coffee hubbub of the World Barista Championship. The event happened at the Turquoise Beach Club, with the warm sand and flowing drinks lending an appropriately festive air to the culminating event of a raucous, freewheeling year of national Aeropress championships. Competitive coffee…

June 17, 20140Comments

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WBC

Hidenori Izaki, 2014 World Barista Champion

Hidenori Izaki of Maruyama Coffee in Nagano, Japan has won the 2014 World Barista Championship in Rimini, Italy. This is the first-ever win for Maruyama Coffee Company, a small cafe chain and roasting company known around the world for their buying of top auction lots of coffee, especially Cup Of Excellence coffees. Maruyama is one…

June 12, 20140Comments

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Latte Art

Christian Ullrich, 2014 World Latte Art Champion

The 2014 World Latte Art Championship pits champion baristas from 32 nations against each other to see who can create the most beautiful, engaging latte art creations, using both free pour and etching techniques. From those 32 competitors, six finalists advanced to compete on Finals Sunday at the 2014 Melbourne International Coffee Expo. From those six, Christian Ullrich from Germany emerged…

May 26, 20140Comments

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WCIGS

Matt Perger, 2014 World Coffee In Good Spirits Champion

The 2014 World Coffee In Good Spirits Championships pitted champion baristas from around the world against each other to create the most delicious, inventive combinations of coffee and alcohol. From an overall field of 17 competitors, six finalists advanced to the rarified air of Finals Sunday. From that field of six, Matt Perger of St…

May 18, 20140Comments

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Brewing USBCC

Todd Goldsworthy, 2014 United States Brewers Cup Champion

Todd Goldsworthy is your 2014 United States Brewers Cup Champion! Out of a fearsome field that included top brewers and regional champions from around the United States, Mr. Goldsworthy emerged triumphant, taking some serious hardware back home to California on behalf of Klatch Coffee. This is Todd Goldsworthy's first Brewers Cup national win, and he…

2014 United States Latte Art Championship Finals

The 2014 United States Latte Art Championship went down last weekend during the SCAA Event, and Sprudge was there to cover the action as Official Media Partners. This was the first-ever US Latte Art Championship event, hosted by our friends and partners at Dalla Corte, whose DC Pro espresso machine anchors this competition. Here's the first round standings…

April 26, 20140Comments

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UK

Maxwell Colonna Dashwood, 2014 United Kingdom Barista Champion

On Sunday, April 6th it was our distinct pleasure to cover the 2014 United Kingdom Barista Championship finals live from London, in official media partnership with the SCAE UK chapter, and with our coverage supported by Cafe Imports, BUNN, and Nuova Simonelli. It is not an accident that the UK produces World Barista Championship finalists…

April 11, 20140Comments

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UK

2014 United Kingdom Barista Competition Semi-Finals

Welcome to our recap coverage from Semi-Final Saturday at the 2014 United Kingdom Barista Championship. It is our pleasure and privilege to serve as official media partners here at the UKBC in association with the Speciality Coffee Association of Europe--UK Chapter. We're reporting to you live from London. Our coverage here in London is made possible by direct support…

April 6, 20140Comments

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