The latest announcement of the top four contestants of the 2016 COSTA Global barista Competition

MarcoLiu/ Liu Junxian, the coffee guru of Guangzhou Vision store, the Guangzhou boy who stood out in this year's B.O.Y competition, it is hard for anyone who has drunk his coffee to imagine that his relationship with coffee has only been going on for five months. Many people say that he has a talent for making coffee, but he says that "to improve your coffee skills quickly depends on your goal, to practice more than others, and to have a mindset."

When talking about Marco, the partner told an unforgettable story, "it was the first time to train Marco, because I drank a lot of coffee, I only took a sip of his latte, and then asked him to wash the cup. He went to the dishwashing room and came back, saying confidently, you taste carefully, this latte is great!" 1% talent + 99% hard work! This is by no means a blind confidence, but an affirmation of effort; it is not the secret of success, but a necessary shortcut to success.

"from joining COSTA to participating in the Coffee quality teacher Competition, I have grown up all the way for nearly 5 months. So I thought of making a cup of coffee that I have felt all the way, which belongs to the taste of my life. " So there is this cup of Marco's "three flavors of life". The sour taste of the juice made from passion fruit pulp at the bottom, the bitterness of the coffee solution extracted in the middle, and the sweet frozen milk foam at the top. Drink in a mouthful, sweet in sour, sweet in bitterness, taste three flavors of life in one mouthful.

Jeremy, JeremyShi/ Shi Xinjie, a coffee guru from OUTLETS shop in Ningbo, is called by his partners as "the person who takes coffee most seriously". From the time of extraction and concentration to the amount of oil, he will redo anything that is not within his permission until it is accurate.

It is said that perfection comes from demanding, and Jeremy's exacting craftsmanship makes his good FlatWhite beautiful in appearance and mellow in taste. It is no accident that Jeremy became the top four. In the two and a half years since joining COSTA, he has asked every product to be treated like B.O.Y. Treat each time as a competition, which is perhaps the best encouragement that B.O.Y brings to soul baristas.

In Jeremey, Ningbo, the drink was inspired by the Tianyi Pavilion, the city's famous building. A magical collision between barley and Italian concentrated in the land of Ningbo, based on oriental history and culture, coffee as an imported product can also have its own Zen expression. Jeremey named it providence. Coffee aroma and sweetness coupled with sesame paste's mellow, coupled with barley, also drank some of the feeling of Jiangnan town.

COSTA Southern District Top four contestants-Wuhan Tiandi Dian Coffee Master AzcZhang/ Zhang Kui

AzcZhang/ Zhang Xun, a coffee master from Wuhan Tiandi Dian, loves his career as much as he loves life, which is the happiness that many people yearn for. Joining Azc in the year of COSTA1 did it. He loved life as well as his coffee career. He has always been paranoid about making the perfect Espresso. This paranoia makes him make at least 100 cups of coffee a day without feeling boring. Maybe this is the loneliness of a successful person. "was that Espresso as perfect as the one you had in mind?" This is a question that Azc asks himself countless times every day, and his paranoia about espresso is passed on to customers through the temperature of each cup. "Inspiringtheworldtolovegreatcoffee (trying to make everyone in the world love coffee)" is what Azc does every day.

Want to make a coffee related to nature, so that I will always remember a good morning, so I have this "warm autumn" from Azc. Add a little syrup and rose salt to the sunny sweet cream, the freshness of the cream and a hint of rose, paving the way for the mellow aroma of Italian mocha beans. Like a piece of melted butter smeared on freshly baked bread, the fresh cream sets off the mellow coffee. Let the beauty of coffee awaken the beautiful early autumn morning. LimZhang/ Zhang Lin, a coffee guru from Youhe Store in Guangzhou-Lim, although a part-time barista, is a very popular barista in Youhe Store. During the three years, many regular customers fell in love with COSTA because of her coffee. Lovely and sweet should be the first impression that Lim attracts many people, and those who have seen her make coffee marvel at the calm temperament and serious spirit of such a petite girl.

Whenever Lim is mentioned among partners, words such as "persistence", "rigor" and "Excelsior" are always mentioned repeatedly, and the district manager even uses the "service benchmark" to evaluate her. Her sprint manifesto "rise abruptly based on accumulated strength, only for today's heroic feast" may be the best interpretation of persistence. "make yourself a barista who really conforms to COSTA culture" is Lim's wish, "regular customers' pursuit of espresso has created my increasingly perfect Espresso" is also Lim's feedback to guests. In the creative drinks created by Lim, she hopes that coffee can be as delicious and beautiful as daily cuisine, but also provide rich nutrition and energy, so she created this fantastic cup of coffee-"Egg Knight". Combine the sour and sweet of double espresso with egg yolk, the light sweetness of coffee, accompanied by hazelnut nuts and egg pudding, while enjoying the classic coffee flavor, but also enjoy the fun of eating.