Chris from Taf in Greece is here to offer his advice to the WLC competitors -- he knows his stuff: after all, Chris was the 2011 World Latte Art Champ!
Someday hopefully all the National Latte Art Champs and the National Coffee In Good Spirits Champs will be able to attend a pre-World Championship training event like DC Campus. For this event this weekend here in Milan, there are 25 who will learn and share from one another ”it’s going to be an amazing time! These are not only the reigning champs of their countries, but also some of the past champions who are here to assist the new ones.
Since I’ll be posting so many photos and blogs from this event over the next few days, I thought I would introduce you to each champ.
Ronny Billemon of Belgium, 3rd place in the 2012 World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship
Akos Orosz, World Coffee in Good Spirits Champion from 2012
2nd place in the 2012 WCIGS Championship Stavros Lamprinidis of Greece
3rd Place in 2012 WLA Championship Luzia Maite Taschler
Vala Stefánsdóttir, Icelandic Coffee in Good Spirits Champion
Ubirajara Gomes, Brazilian Coffee in Good Spirits Champion
Gérard Meylaers, Belgian Coffee in Good Spirits Champion
Madeline S. Johnsen, Norwegian Coffee in Good Spirits Champion
Jelle Van Echelpoel, Swedish Latte Art Champion
Victor Delpierre, French Coffee in Good Spirits Champion
Damián Seijas, Spanish Coffee in Good Spirits Champion
Francesco Corona, Italian Coffee in Good Spirits Champion
Cristi Coman, Romanian Coffee in Good Spirits Champion
Simon Alteblad, Norwegian Latte Art Champion
Marius Nica, Romanian Latte Art Champion
Seivijus Matiejunas, Irish Latte Art Champion
Chiara Bergonzi, Italian Latte Art Champion
Edit Juhász, Hungarian Latte Art Champion
Rudy Dupuis, French Latte Art Champion
Chris from Taf in Greece is here to offer his advice to the WLC competitors — he knows his stuff: after all, Chris was the 2011 World Latte Art Champ!
Sarah Allen (she/her) is co-founder and editor of Barista Magazine, the international trade magazine for coffee professionals. A passionate advocate for baristas, quality, and the coffee community, Sarah has traveled widely to research stories, interact with readers, and present on a variety of topics affecting specialty coffee. She also loves animals, swimming, ice cream, and living in Portland, Oregon.
