Coffee Competition History of the International Barista (barista) Competition

In 2000, a group of dedicated people gathered in Monte Carlo to present the first competition of WBC (World Barista Competition). Their vision creates a competition platform for the best baristas from all over the world. Twelve contestants from different countries took part in the final, and Norway's ROBERT THORESEN won the championship.

The event moved to Miami, a hot and humid beach city in Florida, in 2001, and the championship was once again won by 17 baristas representing their respective countries from the Northern Hemisphere-MARTIN HILDEBRANDTD from Denmark took the crown.

At the third WBC, we returned to Europe-in Oslo, Denmark. The winners from all over the world took part in the championship battle. After a fierce competition among 24 contestants, the winner was still the Scandinavian-host FRITZ STORM, who won the title shockingly in his hometown.

Boston, USA in 2003. WBC had already won an unprecedented reputation, the event was broadcast to more than 20 million Americans on morning television channels in the United States (not including television viewers in other parts of the world), and the championship was won for the first time outside Scandinavia-PAUL BASSETT from Australia overwhelmingly took the title from the 28-player showdown.

For the fifth WBC tournament, we came to Tiriaster, the hometown of Italian coffee and high-quality ESPRESSO. The record-breaking competition of 34 contestants was accompanied by an alternative competition for the first time-like the contestants, the referee had to compete for their place. TIM WENDELBOE of Norway proudly won the trophy in front of hundreds of people.

In 2005, the host of WBC was the birthplace of Seattle-America's ESPRESSO COFFEE. World-class contestants from 35 countries send coffee to offer their perfect and professional ESPRESSO coffee experience feast. The king is Scandinavian again. Denmark won the championship for the third time-TROELS OVERDALL PAULSON conquered the capital of the American coffee empire.

The beautiful city of Bern in Switzerland hosted the 7th WBC final. 39 countries have selected unprecedented champions to compete for the prestigious WBC championship. When KLAUS THOMSEN of Denmark finally won the WBC final in 2006, the audience cheered and cheered at the record number of spectators. His fascinating performance stems from his near-religious belief that gourmet coffee can exist in 2006, and the philosophy behind his statement about coffee-coffee is like a symphony, where all the "performers" and everyone in the coffee chain (melody) have to work together for this common goal of "offering a perfect ESPRESSO". His signature coffee is called "Symphony"-a three-tier coffee drink made up of ESPRESSO,PANNA COTTA and coffee foam. KLAUS is the fourth Danish champion produced in the past seven WBC finals.

2007, British, Tokyo, Japan, James Hoffmann

2008 Stephen Morrissey, Copenhagen, Ireland

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In 2000, in Monte Carlo, a group of like minded individuals got together and presented the first annual World Barista Championship. Their vision was to create a competition that showcased the best baristas from around the globe. 12 people competed from various nations and the competition was won by Robert Thoresen of Norway.

2001 saw the competition move to the USA, to the hot and steamy beach city of Miami, Florida. This time around 17 baristas came to represent their home countries and once again the winner was plucked from the north-Denmark's Martin Hildebrandt took home the crown.

For the third annual World barista Championship we were back in Europe, as Oslo, Norway and the SCAE hosted the competition for 2002. Once again baristas from across the globe came together to battle for the title. 24 baristas worked tirelessly but the winner was once again the Scandinavian nation of Denmark. Fritz Storm blasted home to win.

Boston, 2003. The WBC had now gained such momentum that the competition was broadcast on national morning TV to over 20 million Americans (not to mention the rest of the world!) From a tough pool of 28 baristas the championship was awarded for the first time out side of Scandinavia. Paul Bassett from Australia overwhelmingly took top honours with a convincing and solid performance

In its fifth year the WBC travelled to Trieste, Italy, the home of Italian coffee and quality espresso. A record breaking 34 representatives battled to win the title which for the first time was also accompanied by a competition of a different kind. Judges as well as baristas had to work for a position in the competition. In front of an audience of hundreds Tim Wendelboe of Norway proudly earned the now much sought after title of World Barista Champion.

In 2005 Seattle, the USA home of espresso coffee was the WBC host. Once again the worlds best Baristas and coffee enthusiasts gathered to experience the ultimate professional espresso experience. 35 countries competed to find the next champion. Scandinavia was successful again, for the third time a Danish competitor took the crown. Troels Overdall Poulsen was triumphant in the USA coffee capital

The beautiful city of Berne, Switzerland, was the host of the 7th annual World Barista Championship. 39 nations were battling for the prestigious world title and the level of the competitors has never been higher. A record-breaking amount of spectators were cheering and nearly lifting the sealing when Klaus Thomsen from Denmark was awarded the 2006 world barista champion title. His spectacular performance was based on what he believed "Speciality coffee can be in the year 2006" and the philosophy behind the presentation was that coffee is like a Symphony, where all "players", or workers in the coffee chain, has to work together and towards the same goal in order to provide a perfect cup of espresso. His signature drink called "Symphony" was a three-layer drink consisting of coffee-panna cotta, espresso and coffee foam. Klaus is the 4th Danish world barista champion out of a total of 7.