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The 4th Guangzhou International Coffee Cup Test Competition came to a successful conclusion

Published: 2026-07-16 Author: World Gafei

Last Updated: 2026/07/16, Professional baristas Please follow the Coffee Workshop (official Wechat account cafe_style) on Sept. 10, the 4th Guangzhou International Coffee Cup testing Competition ended smoothly in Hall An of the Canton Fair. After three days of fierce competition, contestant Li Lu from Zhuhai won the championship, and contestants Sun Yanji and Mao Qi ranked second and third respectively. The simple understanding of coffee cup test is the rule of coffee tasting competition.

For professional baristas, please follow the coffee workshop (Wechat official account cafe_style)

On September 10, the 4th Guangzhou International Coffee Cup Test Competition ended smoothly in Hall 3.1 of area An of the Canton Fair. After three days of fierce competition, Li Lu, a contestant from Zhuhai, won the championship, with Sun Yanji and Mao Qi ranked second and third respectively.

The simple understanding of coffee cup test is coffee tasting.

The rule of this competition is to provide eight groups of coffee, each group of three cups of coffee, arranged in a triangular formation, two cups of the same coffee liquid, one of which is different from the other two cups. Contestants can distinguish a different cup of coffee liquid as soon as possible through taste, smell and other sensory experience and experience, and the contestants with the highest accuracy and fastest speed will advance to the next round and eventually win the championship. In this competition, champion Li Lu and runner-up Sun Yanji scored good results in both the final and semi-finals.

This year is the fourth year of the Guangzhou International Coffee Cup Test Competition, which attracts many coffee lovers from all over the country to participate in the competition. Adhering to the tenet of "everyone playing cup test", the competition does not have any occupation or identity restrictions on the participants, and encourages everyone to have an in-depth understanding of coffee and coffee cup testing, which has made an important contribution to promoting the exchange and dissemination of coffee culture.

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