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DAY 1 OF 2: THURSDAY, MAY 23
#1: 8:15 a.m.
PERU
Roberto Pablo Caldas Portugal
Arabica Espresso Bar
#2. 8:35 a.m.
EL SALVADOR
William Hernandez
Viva Espresso
#3. 8:55 a.m.
COSTA RICA
Maria Auxiliadora Bonilla
Beneficio Don Mayo
#4. 9:15 a.m.
FRANCE
Luca Casadei
Segafredo Zanetti France
#5. 9:35 a.m.
NICARAGUA
Jefferson Castillo
Independent
#6. 9:55 a.m.
COLOMBIA
Ronal Harvey Valero Balaguera
Juan Valdez Café (Procafecol)
#7. 10:15 a.m.
UGANDA
Godfrey Batte
Africa Coffee Academy
#8. 10:35 a.m.
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Romeo jr. Perello
Eurocoffee
#9. 10:55 a.m.
ARGENTINA
Daniel Andres Cifuentes Diaz
Café LATTEnTE
#10. 11:15 a.m.
BRAZIL
Graciele Rodrigues
Lucca Cafes Especiais
#11. 11:35 a.m.
NORWAY
Rasmus Helgebostad
Java Espressobar & Kaffeforretning AS
#12. 11:55 a.m.
HUNGARY
Enikő Kántor
Independent
#13. 12:15 p.m.
PUERTO RICO
Mariarosa Gomez
Ristretto Café
#14. 12:35 p.m.
SLOVAKIA
Marian Plajdicko
Independent
#15. 12:55 p.m.
CHILE
Christian Vera
Dach Coffee
#16. 1:15 p.m.
UKRAINE
Nataliia Kuranakova
Kredens Café
#17. 1:35 p.m.
THE NETHERLANDS
Zjevaun Lemar Janga
restaurant IVY
#18. 1:55 p.m.
ICELAND
Torfi Þór Torfason
Independent
#19. 2:15 p.m.
HONG KONG
Kapo Chiu
The Cupping Room
#20. 2:35 p.m.
SWEDEN
Oskar Alvérus
Drop Coffee
#21. 2:55 p.m.
MEXICO
Alejandro Escobar Vazquez
Café Etrusca/Pare de Dormir
#22. 3:15 p.m.
TURKEY
Serkan Ä°pekli
Mambocino Coffee
#23. 3:35 p.m.
AUSTRALIA
Matthew Perger
St. Ali
#24. 3:55 p.m.
KENYA
Rhoda Kamau
Nairobi Serena Hotel
#25. 4:15 p.m.
SWITZERLAND
Shem Leupin
Stoll Kaffe
#26. 4:35 p.m.
LITHUANIA
Tomas Rudys
Independent
#27. 4:55 p.m.
NEW ZEALAND
Nick Clark
Flight Coffee Specialty Coffee Roasters
#28. 5:15 p.m.
RUSSIA
Dmitry Boroday
North-West Coffee Company
DAY 2 OF 2: FRIDAY, MAY 24
#29. 8:15 a.m.
UNITED KINGDOM
John Gordon
Square Mile Coffee Roasters
#30. 8:35 a.m.
ITALY
Francesco Sanapo
Independent
#31. 8:55 a.m.
FINLAND
Kalle Freese
Independent
#32. 9:15 a.m.
ROMANIA
Stefan Laurentiu
Barista School
#33. 9:35 a.m.
SINGAPORE
Ryan Tan
Strangers’ Reunion
#34. 9:55 a.m.
GUATEMALA
José De la Peña
Café Casa
#35. 10:15 a.m.
THAILAND
Areephorn Kaeajaroen
Hom Krun Coffee Company
#36. 10:35 a.m.
CZECH REPUBLIC
Frantisek Rohacek
MyGastro
#37. 10:55 a.m.
SPAIN
Jordi Mestre
Nude Espresso
#38. 11:15 a.m.
UNITED STATES
Pete Licata
Parisi Coffee
#39. 11:35 a.m.
KOREA
Jinkyu Kim
CORE
#40. 11:55 a.m.
BELGIUM
Louis Donck
Donko’s Koffie
#41. 12:15 p.m.
TAIWAN
Chia Cheng Chien
Jim’s Burger & Coffee 88
#42. 12:35 p.m.
GREECE
Thanasis Nikolis
Tailor Made
#43. 12:55 a.m.
IRELAND
Colin Harmon
3FE
#44. 1:15 p.m.
HONDURAS
Jose Luis Herrera Madrid
INVERSIONES INGENIOSAS
#45. 1:35 p.m.
CROATIA
Mihael Gerhard Putnik
#46. 1:55 p.m.
PHILIPPINES
Kevin Israel Fortu
Craft Coffee Workshop
#47. 2:15 p.m.
JAPAN
Hidenori Izaki
Maruyama Coffee Co., Ltd.
#48. 2:35 p.m.
ZAMBIA
Mirriam Simasiku
Blue Moon Café
#49. 2:55 p.m.
SOUTH AFRICA
Lovejoy Chirambasukwa
Origin Coffee Roasting
#50. 3:15 p.m.
CANADA
Jeremy Ho
Phil & Sebastian Coffee Roasters
#51. 3:35 p.m.
CHINA
He Hong Cao
North Woods Coffee
#52. 3:55 p.m.
DENMARK
Rasmus Gamrath
The Coffee Collective
#53. 4:15 p.m.
INDONESIA
Doddy Samsura
One Fifteenth Coffee
ANNOUNCEMENT OF SEMIFINALISTS AT 5 P.M.
