We’re proud to announce the 2018 winners of the World Brewers Cup, Latte Art, Cup Tasters, and Coffee in Good Spirits Championships in Belo Horizonte, Brazil!
BY ASHLEY RODRIGUEZ
BARISTA MAGAZINE ONLINE
Photos by Rodrigo Torri for World Coffee Events
Baristas, brewers, and all coffee professionals in between flocked to Belo Horizonte, Brazil, to compete in one of many world coffee competitions. World Coffee Events, the organizing body, hosted four competitions: the World Brewers Cup, the World Latte Art Championship, the World Cup Tasters Championship, and the World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship.
The competitions took place November 7-9, and brought national champions across the globe together to battle it out for the top prize. In June, Agnieszka Rojewska won the 2018 World Barista Championship; the winners below join her as the slate of coffee champions for the 2018 season.
BREWERS CUP
1st – Emi Fukahori – Switzerland
2nd – Regine Wai Yee Beng – Malaysia
3rd – Stathis Koremtas – Greece
4th – Pang-Yu Liu – Taiwan
5th – Kaoru Kamiyama – Japan
6th – Yeo Qing He – Singapore
LATTE ART
1st – Irvine Quek Siew Lhek – Malaysia
2nd – Michalis Karagiannis – Greece
3rd – Liang Fan – China
4th – Shinsaku Fukayama – Australia
5th – Agnieszka Rojewska – Poland
6th – Wonjae Choi – South Korea
CUP TASTERS
1st – Yama Kim – Australia
2nd – Niels te Vaanhold – Netherlands
3rd – Walter Acevedo – Colombia
4th – Waruth Tangsuriyapaisan – Thailand
COFFEE IN GOOD SPIRITS
1st – Dan Fellows – United Kingdom
2nd – Manos Mamakis – Greece
3rd – Danny Wilson – Australia
4th – Artem Bakurov – Ukraine
5th – Min-Seo Kang – South Korea
6th – Dan Bacaintan – Italy
