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Competition

2016 World Barista Championship &

World Brewers Cup Championship

22 - 25 June 2016, SCAE’s World of Coffee, RDS, Dublin, Ireland

Berg Wu of Taiwan has emerged victorious as the 2016
World Barista Champion. The competition pitted National
Champions from 61 competitors against each other in four days
of competition at the World Of Coffee Show in Dublin.
The World Barista Championship, now in its 17 year,
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is the most prestigious coffee competition in the world. Wu has
won a Nuova Simonelli Musica espresso machine, his choice of
Mahlkönig EK43 or K30 Vario AIR grinder, a 9 day Origin Trip
to Brazil with Ally Coffee, a trip to Swiss Water’s decaffeination
plant in Vancouver, BC,and a $500 gift voucher from Espresso
Supply.
2 place at the 2016 WBC Dublin is Yoshikazu Iwase of
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Japan, 3 place is Ben Put of Canada, 4 place is Lem Butler of
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the USA, 5 place is Charlotte Malaval of France, and 6th Place
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is Lex Wenneker of The Netherlands.

After three intense days of competition, Tetsu Kasuya
of Japan has emerged victorious at the 2016 World Brewers
Cup, brought to you by Hario. This is Kasuya’s first WBRC win,
capping off an incredible amount of preparation and dedication
to the art of manually-brewed coffee. They’ve won an Origin
Trip to Brazil from Ally Coffee, a VST Refractometer, a $500
gift card from Bonavita, a roast analyzer from Lighttells, and a
Cafe Taf gift-set.
Mikaela Wallgren from Finland came in 2 place at the
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2016 World Brewers Cup, Chad Wang from Taiwan came in 3 ,
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Benny Wong from Hong Kong was 4th, from Todd Goldsworthy
of the USA was 5 , and Odd-Steinar Tøllefsen from Norway
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finished 6th.
To see the complete awards ceremony or to view com-
petitor presentations at the World Championships, please visit:
www.livestream.com/worldcoffee (World Barista Champion-
ships) www.livestream.com/worldcoffee2 (World Brewers Cup)

For more information visit: www.worldcoffeeevents.org
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