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Competition

World Latte Art, Brewers Cup, Cup Tasters, Coffee Roast-

ing, and Coffee in Good Spirits 2015

June 16 - 18, 2015, Swedish Exhibition and Conference Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden

World Coffee Events (WCE) crowned the 2015 World Latte Art Champion, 2015 World Brewers Cup Champion,
2015 Cup Tasters Champion, 2015 Coffee Roasting Champion, and 2015 World Coffee in Good Spirits Champion at the
Nordic World of Coffee (WoC) in Gothenburg, Sweden.
The 2015 Latte Art Champion is Caleb Cha from Australia, the 2015 World Brewers Cup Champion is
Odd-steinar Tøllefsen from Norway, the 2015 World Cup Tasters Champion is Juan Gabriel Cespedes from Costa Rica, the
2015 World Coffee Roasting Champion is Audun Sørbotten from Norway, and the 2015 Coffee in Good Spirits Champion
is George Koustoumpardis from Greece.
A total of 36 National Latte Art Champions, 28 National Brewer Champions, 36 National Cup Tasters Champions,
10 National Coffee Roasting Champions, and 14 National Coffee in Good Spirits Champions took part in the championships.
The events took place over three days at World of Coffee in Gothenburg, Sweden as part of the Speciality Coffee
Association of Europe’s annual coffee event. Over 5,000 coffee fans from Europe and around the globe attended the event,
and 43,850 viewers streamed the competitions live online.

Champion: Caleb Cha, Cafenatics, Australia
2 : Xuechao Wang, Jiangbeileran Coffee, China
nd
3 : Kyeong-woo Jung, Corea Coffee Belt, South Korea Caleb Cha, Cafenatics Xuechao Wang
rd
4 : Mao Nagura, Fonz, Japan
th
5 : Arnon Thitiprasert, RISTR8TO, Thailand
th
6 : Hong-Sheng Liao, Café Moment, Taiwan
th
Kyeong-woo Jung Mao Nagura

Arnon Thitiprasert Hong-Sheng Liao

Champion: Odd-steinar Tøllefsen, Supreme Roastworks, Norway
2 : Konstantinos Iatridis, Taf, Greece
nd
3 : Benjamin Prager, Bear Brothers & Cow, Switzterland
rd
4 : Sarah Jean Anderson, Intelligentsia Coffee, USA
th
5 : Rob Kerkhoff, Babo Coffee, The Netherlands*
th
6 : Ruslan Shulga, Omni Coffee, Russia*
th
*These results have been updated to reflect correct scores.

Odd-steinar Konstantinos Benjamin Prager Sarah Jean Rob Kerkhoff Ruslan Shulga
Tøllefsen Iatridis Anderson
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