WorldLatte Art Championship 2018. Once again, Loveramics' Egg Cups is chosen to be the WLAC2018's official cups. The Championship was hosted by Belo Horizonte, Brazil on 7-9 November, 2018. As expected, the colour of the cups went Samba, and the affectionate combo of Teal + Yellow fully represent the country that hosted it. Findthe perfect Latte art championship stock photo, image, vector, illustration or 360 image. Available for both RF and RM licensing. Stock photos, 360° images, vectors and videos Findthe perfect World Latte Art Championship stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. Select from premium World Latte Art Championship of the highest quality. 2018. - The The judges at work in the Latte Art World Championship at the Western Foodservice and Hospitality Expo in Los Angeles, California on August 19, 2018 TheWorld Latte Art Championship will be taking place in Belo Horizonte, Brazil during international Coffee Week 7-9th November 2018 Many thanks to our generous sponsors Meadow Fresh , Cafetto AMC Roastery Supply NZ , Kokako Organic Coffee Roasters , La Marzocco NZ and Castaway . Our seven annual World Coffee Championships are produced by World Coffee Events WCE, an event management organization registered in Dublin, Ireland, which was originally founded by the Speciality Coffee Association of Europe and the Specialty Coffee Association of America. World Barista ChampionshipThe WBC focuses on promoting excellence in coffee, advancing the barista profession, and engaging a worldwide audience with an annual championship event that serves as the culmination of local and regional events around the more World Coffee in Good Spirits ChampionshipThis competition promotes innovative beverage recipes that showcase coffee and spirits, and highlights the barista/barkeeper’s mixology skills. Learn more World Brewers CupThe World Brewers Cup competition highlights the craft of filter coffee brewing by hand, promoting manual coffee brewing and service more World Cup Tasters ChampionshipCoffees of the world have many distinct taste characteristics and this event goes to the professional coffee cupper who demonstrates speed, skill, and accuracy in distinguishing the taste differences in specialty more World Coffee Roasting ChampionshipIn this three-stage event, competitors are evaluated on their performance evaluating the quality of green coffee coffee grading, developing a roasting profile that best accentuates the desirable characteristics of that coffee, and on the ultimate cup quality of coffees more Cezve/Ibrik ChampionshipThis event showcases the Cezve or Ibrik preparation of brewing coffee, set in a competition format that celebrates the cultural tradition. In this championship, it is encouraged that the competitors bring their own style/cultural element to their performance to showcase what is one of the oldest forms of preparing more World Latte Art ChampionshipThis competition highlights artistic expression while challenging the barista in an on-demand performance. Baristas are judged based on visual attributes, creativity, identical patterns in the pairs, contrast in patterns, and overall performance. Learn more Recent Announcements Today, the Specialty Coffee Association SCA released updated Rules & Regulations for the 2023 World Latte Art, World Coffee in Good Spirits, and World Coffee Roasting Championships. These rules will be used for the first time at the Taipei World Coffee Championships, hosted at Taiwan International Coffee Show in Taipei, Taiwan, from November 17-20, 2023. We are so excited to announce World of Coffee Busan 2024, produced and delivered by licensed partner Exporum. World of Coffee Busan will take place at the Busan Exhibition & Convention Center BEXCO May 1-4, 2024, and will feature the 2024 World Barista Championship. This inaugural World of Coffee in Asia will run in addition to the SCA's annual World of Coffee trade shows in Dubai, scheduled for January 21 to 23, 2024, and Europe in June 2024. The SCA is excited to announce that the 2024 World Brewers Cup and World Cup Tasters Championship will take place at the Specialty Coffee Expo in Chicago, IL, USA, from April 12-14, 2024. We look forward to seeing competitors from around the world representing their Competition Bodies on stage next year—more information coming soon. Coffee champions from Egypt, Qatar, Bolivia, and Venezuela will be joining the World Coffee Championships in Athens this year. We are so excited to be working with four new independent partners in each of these communities and we can't wait for you to meet them.⠀ Today, the Specialty Coffee Association released updated Rules & Regulations for the 2023 World Barista Championship WBC, World Brewers Cup WBrC, World Cup Tasters Championship, and Cezve/Ibrik Championship. The WBC and WBrC updates mark the largest competition changes since before the pandemic, opening up new service possibilities for competitors and major changes in how judges score and evaluate performances. The 2023 World Latte Art Championship WLAC, World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship WCIGS, and World Coffee Roasting Championship WCRC are heading to the Taiwan International Coffee Show, November 17-20, 2023. The Specialty Coffee Association SCA is delighted to finally bring the championships, which were originally scheduled for 2021, to Taiwan. Judges with the required national judging experience can apply to upcoming WCC Judge Certification events in Athens, Milan, or Melbourne, for a chance to evaluate competitors at the pinnacle of the competitive coffee circuit. The Specialty Coffee Association has announced that the 2022 World of Coffee trade show, originally scheduled to take place in Warsaw, will be moving to Milan, Italy. The five World Coffee Championships—Latte Art, Coffee in Good Spirits, Cup Tasters, Cezve/Ibrik, and Roasting—will also be held in Milan, June 23-25. The Specialty Coffee Association SCA is proud to announce new qualified sponsors for upcoming World Coffee Championships WCC seasons–Cafetto is the Qualified Cleaning sponsor, BRITA is the Qualified Water Filtration sponsor, Sage is the Qualified Brewer sponsor, and Breville is the Exclusive Brewer sponsor. WCC All-Stars Online is returning for a fifth season, with six top-ranking World Coffee Championship competitors coming to your screen twice-weekly, beginning Tuesday, February 22. The World Coffee Championships Podcast “Worlds Apart” tells the stories of the World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship and the World Brewers Cup, two competitions that take vastly different approaches to growing the specialty coffee community. Along the way, co-host Kimberly Yer leads us through stories of unlikely inspiration, the value of setting expectations, the push and pull of subjectivity and objectivity, and the shape of things to come through interviews with Dave Jameson, Cheryl Lee Su Yin, Nick Cho, Chad Wang, and Kristina Jackson. “Turn It On” tells the stories of the World Coffee Roasting Championship and the Cezve/Ibrik Championships, two competitions with incredibly close-knit communities at their heart. Along the way, co-hosts Anna Oleksak and Sara Al-Ali lead us through stories about navigating subjectivity, all kinds of development, and the lengths we go to for coffee and love through interviews with Trish Rothgeb, Sylvia Gutierrez, Lee Yiming, Yuan Jingyi, Sergey Blinnikov, and Turgay Yildizli. “But I Need It!” continues the story of the World Barista Championships from where we left off in Episode 03, nearly halfway through the competition’s journey, to today. Along the way, co-host Rouki Delrue leads us through stories of evolutionary meetings, competitors who played in the grey areas of the rules, wildcards, and the drive to “bring the trophy” through interviews with Carl Sara, Federico Bolanos, María Esther López-Thome, Martin Shabaya, Innocent Niyongabo, and Annet Nyakaisiki. “We Were the Punks” traces the early days of the World Barista Championships from a rag-tag group of volunteers looking to raise specialty coffee awareness to a powerful, monetizable stage grappling with questions of scale and professionalism. Along the way, co-host Sonja Bjork Grant leads us through stories of spit buckets, snakeskin boots, backstage woes, intensifying competition preparation, and devastating debriefs through interviews with Tone Elian Liavaag, Emma Markland-Webster, Simi Benzadon, Paul Basset, and Heather Perry. “Paint a Picture” traces the history and evolution of the World Latte Art Championship through the medium itself, from early etchings to the innovative realistic pours that grace the competition’s stage today. Along the way, co-host Rie Moustakis leads us through stories about the role of the rules, the value of art, and family dynamics through interviews with Carl Sara, Daniel Acosta Busch, and Um Paul. “It’s a YES!!” traces the history and evolution of the World Cup Tasters Championship through stories about rule-breakers, phone calls home mid-competition, and backstage ballet. Co-hosted by Gloria Pedroza, this episode features interviews with Alf Kramer, Kim Staalman, José Joaquín Ordoñez, and Chloe King. Across six weekly episodes, the series will offer a glimpse behind the scenes of the different World Coffee Championships, bringing to light some of the hidden stories woven in and around these annual skill-based competitions that serve as the culmination of local and regional events around the globe. Meet the newest podcast series from the Specialty Coffee Association the World Coffee Championships podcast. Where did they come from? How did things go wrong? How were they fixed? All-Stars Online Season 1 Michalis Dimitrakopoulos joins us for the final episode in this season of All-Stars Online — watch to learn more about his coffee career, winning the 2016 World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship, placing in the finals of the World Barista Championship, and more! All-Stars Online Episode 5 features 2016 World Coffee Roasting Champion Alexandru Niculae! Learn more about Alexandru’s coffee journey and how to make his signature beverage, an Untold Freddo. A coffee cocktail, with a cheese foam? Yes, you heard it right — 2017 World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship WCIGS Finalist Natasha Shariff combines chai, cheese foam, coffee, and gin to make one of her most interesting drinks of the year! Learn how to make Natasha's signature beverage, hear about how she got into coffee, and her experience as a two-time National Champion and WCIGS Finalist in Episode 4 of All-Stars Online. Two-time World Coffee in Good Spirits WCIGS Champion Dan Fellows makes a twist on his 2018 championship-winning signature beverage, with a little help from a special guest. Watch episode 3 of All-Stars Online to learn more about Dan, his journey to the WCIGS, and what he’s done since. Nicole Battefeld transforms into caped crusader Battewoman, making an Espresso Battini in order to save her brewer from her arch-nemesis, Robusto. Find out how Nicole got into coffee, her journey to the World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship, and follow along as she makes a signature beverage! Find out how Mikael got into coffee, his journey to the World Barista Championship, and follow along as he makes a signature beverage! All Events This event has passed. October 18, 2018 600 pm - 900 pm Free On October 18, top baristas from Second Cup cafés across Canada will face off at the Latte Art Championship at 6pm. The event, which will take the form of a bracketed tournament. And hosted by designer and TV personality Steven Sabados in Centre Court Located by Fossil. Last month, Second Cup invited baristas from across the country to submit videos of their best latte art for consideration. Eight finalists have been selected to compete in this National Championship. During the competition, participants will be judged by three experts. Chris Sonnen, Vice President of Coffee Experience at Second Cup; Liz Bishop at Reunion Island, Second Cup’s coffee roaster; and Maxwell Burnstein, a notable Canadian artist. Over the course of three rounds, the finalists will present different types of latte art. Including the standards heart, tulip or rosetta, a design with pour etching and a free pour of their choice. About The Latte Art Championship & Second Cup The Latte Art Championship is a celebration of Second Cup’s focus on offering a truly handcrafted experience in their cafés. From delicious beverages to baked goods. Each espresso-based beverage is made with a freshly pulled shot of espresso and steamed milk. With beans freshly ground for each beverage. Second Cup’s smoothies and iced beverages are also prepared fresh to order. Our cafés offer handmade baked goods and food offerings sourced from local bakeries. We hope to see you there! In just her second year of competing, the Italian latte artist took home the top prize at the 2019 World Latte Art Championship in Berlin in June. BY CHRIS RYANBARISTA MAGAZINE ONLINE Photos by Jeff Hann for World Coffee Events From the editor This year, the World Coffee Championships in Berlin crowned four new champions, and we have been chatting with them at Barista Magazine Online. Our first installment of this four-part series can be found here with 2019 World Cup Tasters champ Daniel Horbat, and for the second installment we interviewed 2019 World Coffee In Good Spirits champ Dan Fellows. Next we talked to Russia’s Sergey Blinnikov, the champion of the World Cezve/Ibrik Championship. Today, we conclude this series with a conversation with Manuela Fensore, the 2019 World Latte Art Champion. Though Manuela Fensore has been practicing and perfecting her latte art skills since the mid-2010s, she has only been competing since 2018. The competitor from Italy was reluctant to enter the world of coffee competitions, but her group of friends and colleagues—whom she calls Team Italy—pushed her to take part. Since then, Manuela has achieved rapid success. After becoming the latte art champion of Italy in 2018 and placing 12th at the 2018 World Latte Art Championship, she returned in 2019, again winning her national competition and returning to the world stage at the 2019 World Latte Art Championship in Berlin in June. This time she broke through, winning the 2019 World Latte Art Championship. We talked to Manuela about how she got interested in latte art, her intense practice schedule, and her advice for fellow competitors. Manuela Fensore celebrates atop the shoulders of her teammates upon winning the 2019 World Latte Art Championship. Chris Ryan Can you describe how you got interested in latte art? Manuela Fensore I became interested in this fantastic discipline thanks to my partner, Carmen Clemente, who was able to convey the basics to help me build more skill with milk. Later I attended my first latte art course in 2015, with Luigi Lupi, where I learned more techniques, and from there I have progressed further and further. How did you improve your skills as a latte artist? The thing that always excited me was to see the results of my constant work; this gave me the strength to persist. I did 8 1/2 hours of trainings a day, and improved more and more. Even after work I would close myself in my club and spend the remaining few hours at night to train. I understand you only started competing in 2018. Why did you decide to start competing, and what do you like about it? Had it not been for Carmen and Luigi, who entered me in my first competition even though I didn’t really want to do it, I might never have had the courage to compete! I started competing in 2018, with my first Italian national team, which led me to victory and a chance to compete at the World Latte Art Championship. Then I re-participated in 2019, qualifying again for the World Latte Art Championship in Berlin. As I participated in milk art competitions, I always felt more confident about myself and the goal I wanted to accomplish. The competition has always excited me—the more I adhere to it, the more I want the experience to be repeated! After placing 12th at the 2018 World Latte Art Championship, Manuela returned to the competition this year to earn first place. For this competition, how did you decide on your designs of a horse, an eagle, and a parrot? Can you describe how you practiced for this competition to get the pours exact? The drawings that I wanted to bring to the competition this year were designed by the whole Team Italy, composed of Chiara Bergonzi, Mary Mauro, Anna Mauri, Daniela Mauro, Carmen Clemente, and Irvine Quek, the 2018 World Latte Art champion. With the designs I wanted to bring precision, technique, cleanliness, and creativity. And so we gave voice to our imagination, bringing figures that had never been seen before! After we found the figures, I trained constantly, night and day, to define the technique that I would then bring to the competition, but above all to make me seem confident, serene, and happy in front of the competition judges and the public of the Berlin fair. Manuela’s parrot design was one of three animal-themed latte art pours she executed during the Berlin competition. What was your experience like at the championship in Berlin? How did it feel to win, and what did it mean to you? It was an indescribable, unique experience that made me feel very strong emotions! I feel good after my victory; I feel fulfilled and happy. But above all, I feel that my long and hard work of preparation paid off. And the fact that I managed to win is also thanks to my Team Italy, who supported me until the end! For me it is a huge redemption for all those people who have never believed in me and, indeed, spoke badly and didn’t value me. Being able to prove my worth today is a great satisfaction! Manuela advises other latte art competitors to work their hardest and never give up. Do you have any advice for future latte art competitors? To all future competitors of latte art, I advise you to work hard and never give up your dreams, and to pursue them always, because sooner or later they will come true, as it happened to me. Finally, can you tell us a bit about your business, Barlady? We have a latte art academy in Milan called the Barlady Cafè Academy. It’s a small and cozy meeting place for milk artists, where you can learn the basics of this beautiful discipline. We dedicate ourselves mainly to individual courses, in order to devote all our attention to our children, so that they can concentrate and have a more concrete practice. Skip to content Scores and Rankings for the 2019 World Latte Art & Coffee Good Spirits Championships Corrected Jeff Hann for WCE Please find the full ranking and scores for the 2019 World Latte Art Championship WLAC and 2019 World Coffee In Good Spirits Championship WCIGS below. The WLAC ranking is different than what was initially announced–an error was made in score tabulation which resulted in Hao-Yuan Chen representing Taiwan being announced as finishing in Fifth Place, when they in fact finished in Second Place in the 2019 World Latte Art Championship. This moves Liu Guoqiang representing China to Third Place, Oneway Dash representing South Korea to Fourth Place, and Hiroki Ito representing Japan to Fifth Place. The World Coffee Events team deeply regrets the error and offer our sincere apologies to all that were affected. We would also like to again congratulate the 2019 WLAC finalists on their performance, and especially Hao-Yuan of Taiwan for their runner-up placement. Once this error was discovered, all scoresheets for the 2019 WLAC and WCIGS were re-examined and re-tabulated to ensure that all rankings and scores are correct. An additional error was discovered in the WCIGS preliminary round where an overtime penalty was mistakenly placed on a competitor’s scoresheet by a judge. However, this error was resolved and did not affect the competitors ranking or any other placements in the 2019 WCIGS. Great effort is made during the events to prevent scorekeeping errors, with multiple people tabulating, checking, and recording the scores so results may be announced quickly. This process will be examined to add further layers of error-checking and verification for future events. To ensure there are no other errors, we are also re-tabulating all scoresheets for the Cezve/Ibrik Championship CIC and will post full scores for that competition when finished–the World Cup Tasters Championship utilizes live physical scoring instead of tabulated scoresheets. Once again, we deeply apologize to all competitors and fans for the error, and are committed to ensuring the World Coffee Championships achieve the highest possible standards of quality and accuracy. FULL 2019 WLAC SCORES & RANKINGS FULL 2019 WCIGS SCORES & RANKINGS Jozesf Borza2019-06-09T124440+0100 Related Posts

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