The highest honor of baristas! Do you know the four top events in the coffee industry?

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People may think that drinking coffee is a very personal thing. It is a personal preference to judge whether a cup of coffee is good or not and how the flavor behaves. However, coffee, as one of the three major drinks in the world, naturally needs a set of relatively objective standards for the industry and enthusiasts to judge and reference. Naturally, in order to reflect the extreme of the standard and the pursuit of perfection, the corresponding coffee industry events came into being.

How much do you know about the top event in the coffee world?

Since we want to talk about the competition that can be used as a major event in the coffee industry, the powerful organizations behind it should also be introduced: WCE (World Coffee Events) World Coffee Association, American Fine Coffee Association (SCAA) and European Fine Coffee Association (SCAE), which have been active in the heavyweight coffee competitions in the industry.

World Beresta Competition (World Barista Championship)

Barista is an Italian word used in English to refer to an expert in making drinks related to espresso (Espresso). The World Barista Competition, referred to as WBC, that is, the World Barista Competition, is the most professional barista competition in the world and the most famous international coffee competition. It is held in different host cities in the world every year and currently has 56 member countries.

The first female champion of WBC: AGNIESZKA ROJEWSKA from Poland

WBC is known as the highest international coffee competition, the peak performance of coffee competition, the Olympic Games of the coffee industry, and the cradle for the growth of a new generation of baristas around the world. Because of the uniqueness of the number of places in each country, it is a top honor for baristas to be able to represent their respective countries in the WBC. These regional champions are required to prepare four Italian concentrated and four signature drinks within 15 minutes, and the judges will score the taste, purity, creativity, technical skills and overall performance.

As we all know, Luckin Coffee has three champions from WBC in his team of baristas: WBC world champion Izaki, Italian division champion Andrea Lattuada, and Chinese division champion Pan Zhimin.

2014 WBC World Champion: Izaki Yingdian of the post-90s generation

2003 WBC Italian champion Andrea Lattuada

Pan Zhimin, champion of WBC China in 2017.

World Latte Art Championship, World Art Competition of drawing flowers.

WLAC, a professional coffee competition launched by WCE based on the promotion of boutique coffee, is the highest-level professional competition in the art of coffee pull, and it is also a competition that highlights artistic expression and challenges baristas' live performance ability.

Latte Latte Art, which is common to us in ordinary coffee shops, may be the reason why we ordinary consumers first appreciate a cup of coffee. Coffee drawers from all over the world gather in WLAC, using the classic combination of espresso and milk to present the barista's creative design on the surface. During the competition, through sculpture or barista skills to pull into different shapes, a good latte will make the mood of drinking coffee more enjoyable, it is not too much to say that it is an art.

World Coffee Roasting Competition (World Coffee Roasting Championship)

As we all know, raw coffee beans are originally the seeds of coffee trees. Coffee fruits are picked and processed to get raw coffee beans, and then roasted to get coffee ripe beans with a charming aroma.

It can be said that 80% of the taste of a cup of coffee is determined by the quality of the beans, and the remaining 20% is determined by the level of baking.

The World Coffee roasting Competition (WCRC) is a professional coffee competition based on the promotion and boutique coffee. It is the highest-level magnificent competition of coffee roasting technology and a comprehensive evaluation of the participants' roasting experience and techniques. The participants are all top coffee roasters in various countries. The competition not only tests roasting experience and expertise, but also needs ideas and ideas to interpret the expressiveness of beans.

World Coffee Cup Test Competition World Cup Tasters Championship

The World Coffee Cup Test Competition (WCTC) is a competition in which professional coffee tasters demonstrate their ability to identify the characteristics of different coffees at a specific time. It can be said that this is a competition to test the sensitivity of the tongue. In the competition, three cups of coffee are discharged into a triangle for one group (as shown by the LOGO of this competition), 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 experiences and experiences such as taste and smell. There are eight groups in each round, and the top eight contestants with the highest accuracy and fastest speed will advance to the next round, and the competition for the championship will take place among the last four contestants left behind.

I wonder if you are particularly interested in the above competitions. No matter which event it is, it reflects the further pursuit of the taste and perception of coffee. We are in these competitions, not only to see the skills of baristas and bakers, but also so that more people can simply drink a cup of coffee in the future.