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WBC, whose full name is World Barista Championship, is translated into Chinese for the World Coffee Competition, organized by WCE (World Coffee Events, the World Coffee Competition), a joint sub-association of SCAA (American Coffee Association) and SCAE (European Coffee Association). WCE regularly holds worldwide coffee competitions such as WBC, WBrC (coffee brewing competition), WCR (coffee roasting competition) and WCTC (cup test competition) every year. WBC focuses on the popularity of espresso around the world, and the players are also from all over the world, which makes WBC the most eye-catching competition.

In the WBC competition, contestants must bring their own roasted coffee beans, as well as some utensils (scales, cups, etc.), use the Italian machine and bean grinder provided on the spot, and make Italian coffee while explaining to the judges. The more the coffee is in line with the flavor described by the barista and the more fluent the barista performs at the bar, the higher the score may be.

Although WBC is called the barista contest, what is to be compared in the competition is the highest-standard integration of raw bean planting, baking settings, selection of peripheral equipment, cooking techniques, performance and service skills of the contestants.

Also because the content of the event is so diverse, whether you are just a coffee lover or a member of the coffee industry chain, you can find points of interest in the event. While the event attracts such a large audience, of course, it also attracts a large number of sponsors, and the scale of the competition and the number of contestants and judges participating in it are also increasing year by year.

Nowadays, in order to become a judge of WBC, you need to do two years of evaluation of events in member States before you are eligible to participate in the qualification examination of international evaluation.

And even if you pass the exam, each WBC must pass the assessment and correction of the pre-competition evaluation camp in order to really play the competition.

On such a rigorous and high-profile platform, all the participating countries invest all their resources to compete for the title; about 60 national representatives participate in the WBC every year, and these championships are selected by dozens to hundreds of contestants in national competitions.

In other words, every year, the world barista champion can be said to stand out from thousands of contestants, and the gold content of the champion is self-evident.