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Competition

Article by : coffee t&i Thailand
Introduction to World Brewers Cup

Brewing coffee by hand is currently becoming a “must The Finals Round consists of one open service pre-
-have” for Specialty Coffee. Has any of our readers ever sentation per competitor. The six competitors with the high-
thought of competing in the World Brewers Cup? Either you
are simply a home barista or a professional barista, you are
eligible to compete! In some countries, they might not have
it yet, but in this issue, we would like to simply introduce our
dear readers to the competition, The World Brewers Cup
(WBrC) is a program of World Coffee Events, LTD (WCE).
The World Brewer’s cup which started in 2011, This compe-
tition showcases the craft and skill of filter coffee brewing by
hand, promoting manual coffee brewing and quality of service.
The rules and regulations, in brief are that only one
competitor, at least 18 years of age, may represent each nation.
est score from Round One will go on to compete in the Finals
Round consisting of an open service, their own beans. One
competitor from the Final Round will be named the World
Brewers Cup Champion.
For each service, competitors will have five minutes
of setup time to prepare before they compete. In addition,

The competition is divided into two rounds: Round One, and
the Finals Round. Round One consists of two components
called the compulsory service, and the open service. For the
compulsory service, competitors prepare three beverages
utilizing whole bean coffee provided to them by the compe- during the compulsory service competitors will have seven
tition. For the open service, competitors may utilize any whole minutes of competition time to prepare and serve their bev-
bean coffee of their choice and must also accompany their erages, without any presentation or demonstration. In the
beverage preparation with a presentation. During each com- open service, competitors will have 10 minutes competition
petition service, competitors will be evaluated by three time to prepare and serve their beverages with an accompa-
judges. nying presentation.
Additionally a head judge will be present, and may As more and more cafés are now training their baris-
taste the cups served but their assessment will not count tas to be experts on manual brewing. We have seen that filter

coffee is honestly the way to appreciate specialty coffee
without electric devices! Coffee lovers can even practice
brewing at their own homes. CTI team do hope that there
will be more and more filter coffee enthusiasts from other
nations to compete at the World Brewers Cup Championship.
towards final score. During each service, competitors will For words of encouragements, we have conversed with many
prepare and serve three individual and separate beverages, of the world’s competitors and champions, it has been said
one for each judge. Competitors may utilize any set of brew- that competing is truly the way to improve anyone’s skill and
ing devices of their choice, as long as they are qualified, which knowledge about coffee as a barista.
is simply any device that is “manual” in nature or not include
anything powered by electricity.
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