Day One at the 2015 World Latte Art Championship is complete, with nineteen baristas competing today in Gothenburg, Sweden. Seventeen more baristas will compete tomorrow before we learn which competitors advance to finals. This post is a visual journey through the first day, with photos by Zachary Carlsen for Sprudge.
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Round One, Day One—Tuesday, June 16th
1. Eng Boon Hong, JWC Global, Malaysia
2. Hong-Sheng Liao, Cafe Moment, Taiwan
3. Caleb Cha, Caffenatics, Australia
4. Iwan Setiawan, Common Grounds Coffee Roastery, Indonesia
5. Farcas Sebastian Loan, One Workshop Cafe, Romania
6. Xuechao Wang, Jiangbeilerean Coffee, China
7. Ahmad Kamil, Grande Cafe, Switzerland
8. Dhan Tamang, Caracoli, United Kingdom
9. Dave Regan, Vice Coffee, Ireland
10. Clara Pihlgren, Da Matteo, Sweden
11. Nicholas Bouchard, Independent, Belgium
12. Anthony Calvez, Cafes Richard, France
13. Nick Vink, H32, The Netherlands
14. Luica Ondruskova, Glacio, Slovakia
15. Eleonora Cerniauskaite, UAB Sviezia Kava, Lithuania
16. Daniel Asosta Busch, Ruase Cafe e Vinho, Brazil
17. Ozgur Genc, Independent, Turkey
18. Anibal Kovaleff Casquina, Zanesco E.I.R.L., Peru
19. Sam Low, Independent, New Zealand
