World Coffee Competition | look at the birth of the best baristas in China!

Rose summer from Ethiopia, with the unique milk aroma of oolong tea; Yega Xuefei from Ethiopia, with unparalleled flower fragrance; Mantenin from Indonesia, full of unique pine and herbal fragrance. Even if the coffee itself is so unique, it will glow new life in the hands of different baristas!

From March 28 to 31, China's top coffee masters will bring their own unique skills. Baristas, flower drawing, brewing, cup testing and baking competitions will be held at the 26th Hotelex Shanghai Shanghai Hotel supplies Expo!

You can witness the birth of the best baristas in China! There is also the highest Coffee Festival on the spot, which allows you to have fun with coffee for 4 days!

The artist who knows coffee best, the Coffee pull Competition, China tryouts

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As the most grand world baristas contest in China, every barista has to consider the selection of coffee beans, to the grinding, extraction, cooking and creativity of coffee beans. The best baristas know how to use creative means to show the best results. Like Wu Zelin, champion of the 2016 World Barista Competition, the handle of the extracted coffee was immersed in cold water to make the coffee more mellow. Later, Wu Zelin told reporters that this method can ensure that coffee will not be "reheated" in the extraction and lose its unique aroma.

Wu Zelin, champion of the 2016 World Barista Competition.

The creative coffee drinks he made later were even more amazing! He uses edible jasmine and bergamot essential oils to create a gas fragrance, and then uses an air gun filled with nitrogen to blend the fragrance into the liquid. In this way, when drinking coffee, the aroma will slowly seep out, bringing people multiple enjoyment of taste and smell! I have to say, it's amazing!

Nitrogen injection gun

Hu Ying, who represented China in the World baristas Competition in 2016, also creatively designed two kinds of drinks in the creative coffee session, asking the judges to choose one. This is also designed in the light of her experience of running a cafe, and she hopes that every customer will be free to choose what they want to drink.

2016 World Coffee Masters China Champion Hu Ying

The most anticipated barista contest, I don't know what creative Idea will break through our imagination again?

Painting on coffee, coffee pull contest, China tryouts.

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It is often seen that baristas shake out beautiful flowers as soon as they shake their hands when they make the last foam. In fact, you can not only shake with your hands, but also draw the pattern you want on the coffee with the help of a carved needle. Li Qi, the 2016 world champion of flower-drawing art in China, won the runner-up in the international competition with three flower-pulling works with the temperament of Chinese poetry and painting. The latte she made on the spot is called "Phoenix". It is hard to imagine that the Phoenix, which is about to spread its wings, can be done only through the touch of the hand.

Phoenix

Li Qi, world runner-up in 2016 World pull Art Competition and overall champion in China in 2016 World pull Art Competition

The design latte is called "Sunset". The sunset and sunset on the coffee reflect each other, and there are cranes flying on the sea, which has a unique artistic conception of Chinese poetry and painting. And La Hua Macchiato, called "waves", uses the rotation of her wrists and cups to let the milk foam flow freely in the coffee, just like the waves rolling.

And the 2015 champion, Caleb from Australia, whose macchiato is a zebra drinking coffee, can't help laughing. And the creative flower work "Peacock Open screen" is a big bright spot on the field. After winning the championship, Caleb made up his mind to propose to his girlfriend, which can be described as a double blessing.

Pull flower works from Caleb

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Each of these entries is an art painting of coffee. I wonder what kind of creative coffee paintings this time can win the favor of the judges?

The most clever tongue in China, the World Coffee pull Competition China tryouts

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2016 World Coffee Cup Test Competition

Coffee from different producing areas, the use of different roasting methods, the formation of different flavor. As a barista, you must have the ability to distinguish these nuances. For these taste masters who have the "tongue of God", the China trials of the World Coffee Cup Test Competition is the best display stage.

"Cup test" is a way that requires tasters to distinguish between coffee producing areas and quality only by smelling and tasting. In the China trials of the World Coffee Cup Test Competition, contestants are required to select a cup with different taste from a total of 8 groups of 3 cups of coffee. The contestant with the most accurate identification and the shortest time wins.

2016 China Division Champion Chen Runfa

Chen Runfa, the 2016 champion of China, won the championship with a correct rate of 4 minutes and 59 seconds and 7 cups. Practice cup testing has become a compulsory lesson for him every day, and every time he has to prepare more than 30 kinds of coffee for taste discrimination training. It is not too much to call this contest "the cleverest tongue contest in China" to tell the difference in such a subtle taste.

Brew the coffee into a poem, the World Coffee pull Competition China tryouts

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Du Jia, 2015 WBRC Shanghai Division champion and 2016 WBRC national final champion

Coffee brewing process is very much like a Coffee Show, but can actually brew good coffee, does not rely on "acting", is still a solid knowledge of coffee. In the designated brewing process of the World Coffee Brewing Competition in China, the coffee beans used by each participant are uniformly provided by the organizers. How to master its language as quickly as possible and create the most beautiful coffee poems with accurate techniques depends on your personal skills!

For example, when extracting coffee, what is the best water temperature? What is the best ratio of coffee powder to water? You need to know a lot about coffee. Zhang Zijian, champion of the 2016 World Coffee Brewing Competition in Shanghai, uses a water temperature of 94 degrees, 17g of coffee powder and 220g of water.

At the scene of the competition, each step needs to be accurately measured and controlled by a small scale in order to successfully complete an artistic performance of brewing coffee into a poem!

Give coffee beans a second life, World Coffee pull Competition China trials

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Select the contestants among the raw beans

For coffee beans with unique flavor, in addition to the superior environment of their origin, roasting is also very important. Even with coffee beans from the same producing area, each baker will produce a different flavor. The China trials of the World Coffee Baking Competition, which landed at the New International Exhibition Center, provided each contestant with the same two kinds of raw coffee beans and the same brand roaster, which were required to be roasted within a specified time.

A contestant in baking

The final finished coffee beans will be tested and evaluated. At that time, the coffee will be blindly selected by the judges in the way of "double coding", and the coffee roaster who endows the coffee with the soul will be selected! The champions of all the above events will represent China's top coffee art to compete for the crown on the international stage. I hope they can all return with honor!

At the same time, a number of food competitions will be held, and the delicacies of the world will be held by you:

017 Shanghai International Pizza Masters

The 4th Shanghai Bakery Masters Competition "I am the Chef" in 2017

2017 the Fifth Shanghai International Handicraft Ice Cream Masters Competition

The 4th Shanghai International trend Beverage Creative production Competition

2017 the sixth China International Wine blending Masters Cup

2017 HOTELEX "rising Star" Chef Competition

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