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The 2009 World Barista Championship Finalists were named in a ceremony yesterday afternoon at Atlanta’s Georgia World Congress Center (in random order):
Canada – Sammy Piccolo
Hungary – Attila Molnar
Ireland – Colin Harmon
United Kingdom – Gwilym Davies
Republic of Korea – Lee Jong Hoon
United States of America – Michael Phillips
All six will compete in today’s finals round, beginning [...]

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ATLANTA, GA (April 10, 2009) – The world’s best baristas representing 52 nations will converge in Atlanta next week to compete at the 10th annual World Barista Championship (WBC) in front of a live and online audience of spectators around the globe.
In three days of preliminary round competition at the Georgia World Congress Center beginning [...]

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A press release today from the Dubai conference & exhibition group IC&E announces a cooperation with the Specialty Coffee Association of America to launch the first ever specialty coffee & tea conference in Dubai this November.
The conference will host an exhibition, lectures and UAE barista championship.
Dubai , UAE – March 16, 2009: [...]

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The United States Barista Championship finals round is today, Sunday March 8, 2009 at Noon PDT broadcast live from Portland. Stay here for streaming coverage of the action:
Live Broadcast by Ustream.TV
USBC Finalists (not in order):
1. Scott Lucey – Alterra Coffee – Milwaukee, WI (Great Lakes Champ)
2. Mike Marquard – Kaldi’s Coffeehouse – St. Louis, [...]

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The northern regional heat of the UK barista championship was held today in Newcastle and the BBC was there to cover the event. Featured in the video are baristas Katie Sutton and Chris Hately. Chris reports that he placed fourth in the event, but I expect full results to be posted to the [...]

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