The World Cup of WBC barista

WBC, whose full name is World Barista Championship, was founded in 2000 in Monte Carlo, the gambling city of the Principality of Monaco. It seems that the world's top catering industry always coexists with Las Vegas, and the best Bartender in the world is precisely in another casino city-Las Vegas.

WBC's trophy.

Since the first WBC was successfully held in 2000, the competition has been held in different cities around the world every year. So far (2010), 11 competitions have been successfully held in Monaco, the United States, Norway, Italy, Switzerland, Japan, Denmark and the United Kingdom, with the United States having the largest number of hosts.

The judges of the competition seemed to prefer European players. Denmark won four championships, Norway and Britain won two each, and the remaining three titles were divided among the United States, Australia and Ireland. The best result in Asia was the Seattle WBC in 2005, with Japan being the runner-up. And Chinese players are as miserable as Chinese football. Although China's results are poor, there is no need to lose, because the Italians, the birthplace of the ESPRESSO, have not even won the second runner-up, which reflects from one side that the competition system still has some defects.

WBC has qualifying competitions in China every year, and the qualifying competition will be divided according to the region. 10 people will be selected from each district, then go to Shanghai to participate in the final held in the annual HOTEL LEX exhibition from April to May, and finally decide that the champion represents China to participate in the WBC.

As a commercial event, WBC still lingers in China, but in any case, it provides a good standard for the disorganized Chinese coffee market, an opportunity for low-income baristas to appear in public, an opportunity for talent-hungry coffee companies to poach, and most importantly, an opportunity for Chinese coffee to communicate with the international community.