World Barista Championship

Hometown boy Matt Perger has drawn the crowds today, for sure. It seems like half of Melbourne is here at the World Barista Championship finals. In fact, I just got up to stretch my legs, […]

This is the second time Pete Licata has made the WBC finals. The last time was 2011 in Bogota, when he placed second. Pete has been competing for almost as long as we’ve been producing […]

This is nothing new to Colin Harmond. He has competed ”and made it to the WBC finals ”four times now. The first was in Atlanta in 2009, where he placed fourth; the second was in […]

Ohhhhh, Francesco. Francesco is one of the people who makes this industry great. He’s been at this for a long time ”15 years! ”and he’s been the Barista Champion of Italy three times. But not […]

Nick begins his performance by telling the judges how in love with his coffee he is — he says the first time he walked into the roastery ”Flight Coffee Roasters, which he co-owns “this coffee, […]

William hails from Viva Espresso in San Salvador, El Salvador, home to Alejandro Mendez, who won the World Barista Championship in 2011. So we expect big things from young William, and here in Melbourne at […]

It felt as though this World Barista Championship space was on fire yesterday when the preliminary round kicked off, but today is even more intense, with some of the heaviest hitters in this competition taking […]