Month: June 2014

BARISTA CHAMPION OF GREECE Christos Loukakis TAF Find our interview with Chris here. The final competitor in  the 2014 World Barista Championship is the beloved Chris Loukakis, whose success in other coffee competitions is plenty […]

BARISTA CHAMPION OF JAPAN Hidenori Izaki Maruyama Coffee Co., Ltd. Read our interview with Hidenori here. Hidenori comes to the World Barista Championship this year with plenty of experience, including representing Japan and doing quite […]

BARISTA CHAMPION OF AUSTRALIA Craig Simon Think Tank Coffee Read our interview with Craig here. The fourth finalist of the 2014 WBC, is Craig Simon of Australia, who I just had the pleasure of watching […]

BARISTA CHAMPION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM Maxwell Colonna-Dashwood Colonna & Smalls Read our interview with Maxwell here. Let me begin by saying that I wish my science teachers in school had been like Maxwell Colonna-Dashwood. […]

BARISTA CHAMPION OF HONG KONG Kapo Chiu The Cupping Room Read our interview with Kapo here. The second finalist of the day, Kapo’s performance is incredibly complicated and complex ”in fact, he has to inform […]

BARISTA CHAMPION OF EL SALVADOR William Hernandez Viva Espresso Find our interview with William here. The first finalist of the 2014 World Barista Championship is William Hernandez, who hails from none other than Viva Espresso […]

Article and photos by Kate Beard Yesterday, the remaining 25 competitors gave their performances for the preliminary round of the World Barista Championships 2014. It was yet another long, tough day for the baristas, their […]

After two days of intense preliminary round performances, the 54 national barista champions gathered here at the World Barista Championship in Rimini, Italy, gathered on stage to hear which 12 of them had scored high […]

Article and photos by Kate Beard The SCAE World of Coffee kicked off on Monday  in gloriously sunny Rimini, Italy. Baristas and spectators alike crowded into the Rimini Fiera convention centre beginning at 8 a.m. […]

Rimini is a seriously crazy place, and with 10,000 coffee professionals crowding in for the Specialty Coffee Association of Europe’s World of Coffee event this week, where the World Barista Championship is also being held, […]