World Cup Siphon Coffee Competition 7 countries compete for the championship in Kaohsiung on October 28

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The World Cup siphon Coffee Competition, which has been held in Japan for many years, was moved to Seoul for the first time last year, and it was held at the Kaohsiung Exhibition Hall on October 28 this year. It is the first major international coffee event hosted by Taiwan. At that time, seven contestants will compete for the title, including Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Macao, Malaysia, China and Hong Kong. Taiwan representative Yang Yishan will also strive to keep the championship trophy in Taiwan.

Participants in the "World Cup siphon Coffee Competition" must make 3 designated mixed coffees and 3 creative coffees within 15 minutes, and accurately control variables such as brewing time, temperature and firepower, all of which add to the difficulty of the competition. it is also an art presentation that makes the competition more anticipated.

The World Cup siphon Coffee Competition was founded in Japan in 2009. This year, the Taiwan Fine Coffee Association won the right to host the tournament in Taiwan. Ueshima, special director of the Japan Fine Coffee Association, said that he is looking forward to promoting exchanges among Taiwan's coffee industry through the competition. apart from increasing Kaohsiung's visibility in the international coffee industry, he also hopes to help Taiwan's upstream, middle and downstream coffee industry to open up the international market.

Zhou Yulong, honorary director of the Taiwan Fine Coffee Association, said that Taiwan's coffee imports reached 35,000 tons this year, a threefold increase in 10 years, which shows that Taiwan's coffee market has great potential for development.

Yang Yishan, who won the Taiwan representative trials for the World Cup siphon Coffee Competition in 2011, 2013 and 2014, said that siphon coffee best represents the sour, sweet, sweet and rich taste of coffee, and its taste is elegant and soft. I hope you can taste it more.

The 11th Kaohsiung International Food Exhibition was held continuously from October 26 to 29 at the Kaohsiung Exhibition Hall. For the first time this year, the three exhibitions are integrated. Combined with the first Kaohsiung International Halal products Exhibition and the Kaohsiung International Hotel, Catering and Baking equipment Exhibition, 399 domestic and foreign exhibitors have used more than 800 booths. The "World Cup siphon Coffee Competition", combined with international exhibitions, not only provides a platform for operators to communicate, but also brings rare wonderful events for coffee lovers.