Introduction to the competition with high gold content in the coffee industry

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When it comes to movies, you think of Oscars, when you mention music, you think of Grammy, when you mention sports, you think of the Olympics, so what do you think of coffee? What are the halls of honor in the coffee world? Let's take a look at several gold-rich events led by the "World Coffee Olympics" WBC World Coffee Competition with Lao WA.

World Brista Competition

The World Brista Competition (World Barista Championship), an international coffee competition known as the Coffee Olympics, is hosted annually by the World Coffee Association (World Coffee Events). The purpose of the competition is to introduce high-quality coffee and promote the professionalization of baristas.

Competition rules: within 15 minutes, each contestant is required to make 4 cups of espresso, 4 cups of cappuccino and 4 cups of creative coffee based on espresso. The judges will judge the contestants from the use of coffee equipment, the blending of coffee beans, the skills of making coffee, the taste and appearance of coffee products, and the creativity of creative coffee.

First of all, there will be sub-competitions in the participating countries and regions, and the champions of each sub-district will participate in the national rematch. The champion of each country will go to the place where the competition takes part in the finals. In the finals, the 12 contestants who won in the first round will advance to the semi-finals, the 6 contestants who won the semi-finals will advance to the finals, and the winner of the final will become the champion of the (annual) World Barista (barista) Competition.

The 2016 WBC was won by Taiwanese Wu Zelin. It is not easy to stand out in this competition called the Coffee Olympics. When brewing espresso, the freshly brewed Espresso is actually quite hot, which is inevitable under high temperature and pressure. This is also a problem that many baristas have to solve. If the judges feel that hot mouth or cup is too hot to get, it will affect the score.

However, under Wu Zelin's research, it is found that cooling coffee handles can solve this problem, making the Espresso temperature in the throat of the judges more palatable and keeping more of the aroma of coffee. Under each way of brewing coffee, people are constantly delving into how to make coffee taste better and better under limited technology. The World Barista Competition is also a temple that baristas strive to look forward to every year. If you strive to become a barista, I wish you success.

World flower drawing competition

The World Latte Art Championship is hosted by the World Coffee Association WCE (World Coffee Events) and is one of the most frequently seen competitions. The professional coffee competition, which is also based on the promotion of boutique coffee and based on boutique coffee, is the second largest competition in the world and the highest-level professional competition of coffee flower art. The World pull Art Competition is a competition that highlights artistic expression and challenges the barista's ability to perform live.

Competition rules: within 8 minutes, each contestant is required to make only 2 cups of the same hot latte or macchiato latte and 2 cups of the same hot macchiato espresso using milk and coffee as raw materials and Italian coffee machines and coffee cups as utensils; and 2 cups of identical drinks based on milk and coffee, and can choose any tools and decorations to decorate the surface of the drink.

2016 world champion of flower drawing.

It's UMPAUL from Korea.

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The runner-up is Li Qi from China.

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The World draw Championship is the most representative competition, not only the flower in the cup should look good, the whole process is like a performance. Among them, the score includes the arrangement of the environment, the flavor of the coffee itself, as well as the performance process and typhoon. Not only the pattern of coffee can win. After all, none of the representatives of the countries that arrived in the hall of the competition are fuel-saving lights, and the comprehensive score is more fair.

World Cup Test Competition

The World Coffee Cup Test Competition (WCTC) is for professional coffee tasters to show their ability to identify the characteristics of different coffees within a specific period of time. In the competition, three groups of coffee are discharged into a triangle for one group, and two cups are the same coffee liquid, one of which is different from the other two cups. Contestants can distinguish one different cup of coffee as soon as possible through sensory experience and experience such as taste and smell. The competition aims to discover and lead the coffee trend, spread coffee culture, and provide a platform for global professionals to perform, compete and communicate.

Competition rules: professional coffee tasters show their ability to recognize the characteristics of different coffees within a specific period of time. In the competition, three groups of coffee are discharged into a triangular shape for one group, and two cups are the same coffee liquid, one of which is different from the other two cups. Contestants can distinguish one different cup of coffee as soon as possible through sensory experience and experience such as taste and smell.

The scoring part has wet aroma, flavor, aftertaste, acidity, mellow thickness, balance and overall impression, while the contestant performance part has flavor description and customer service, which is very much like a coffee service introduction show on the whole. In addition to paying attention to the flavor of coffee in hand, we should pay more attention to typhoon and expression.

In the 2016 final, Japanese Tatsuya (third from left) won the championship. Originally, he was suffering from diabetes because he loved drinking coke in the electronics industry. He drank coffee and began to delve into coffee that is good for his health. After learning from his master, he achieved his hand-brewing skill. The third place was won by our Taiwanese Wang Tse (first from left), which also means that Taiwan's coffee skills are something to be reckoned with in the world. What's interesting is that the second Nordic woman, Mikaela Wallgren (second from left), uses Kenyan water-washed beans instead of the often winning Geisha Rose Summer Coffee, and even this bean is the business bean of the Coffee Collection where he works.

World Coffee Baking Competition

The World Coffee roasting Competition (World Coffee Roasting Championship) is based on promotion and a professional coffee competition based on boutique coffee. This is an internationally renowned coffee contest and the highest level of coffee roasting technology.

Competition rules: this competition is divided into three stages, which is a comprehensive test of the participants' baking experience and knowledge from three aspects: the contestants' evaluation of the performance of raw coffee beans, the setting of the optimal roasting curve of designated coffee beans, and the finished coffee bean baking products. The baked products will be blindly tested, and the cup test will be conducted by the professional judges and the final score will be determined.

The winners of the World Baking Competition come from

Alexandru Nicolaie of Romania

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World Coffee and spirits contest

The World Coffee and Spirits Competition (World Coffee in Good Spirit Championship), hosted by SCAE, aims to inspire baristas to improve their knowledge and skills and demonstrate the creative combination of coffee and spirits in the competition. From traditional Irish coffee to unique cocktails, the competition highlights baristas' skill in combining coffee with wine.

Competition rules: each contestant is required to make two identical cups of hot Irish coffee based on whisky, syrup, coffee and cream, and two identical, cold or hot alcoholic coffee beverages within 8 minutes. The latter has no restrictions on the raw materials used. This group of coffee drinks must be presented separately, but no priority is required.

Michalis Dimitrakopoulos of Greece

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In addition to the above five games

There are a lot of slightly smaller competitions.

But without exception

The arena of these competitions is the peak performance of the barista competition.

It is also a hall of honor for baristas.

If you have a chance

You have to go.