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LONDON (March 1, 2010) – Colombia has been selected to host the 12th annual World Barista Championship, which will be held in combination with the 2011 EXPOESPECIALES conference in Bogota. Seven countries vied to host the 2011 event. “Choosing a winner from the very competitive site proposals we received was an extremely difficult task for [...]

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COLOGNE, GERMANY (June 23, 2009) – Attendees of the 2009 SCAE Wonderful World of Coffee conference and Coffeena International Coffee Fair beginning this week are invited to attend 3 events hosted by the World Barista Championship. On Friday, June 26, 2009 World Barista Champion Gwilym Davies will host an autograph signing session from 10:00 AM [...]

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Embedded video from CNN Video The great video piece above aired on CNN en Español and CNN International in the past few days. The audio is in English. Little different perspective than the CNN.com piece shown before, but very well done.

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See a summary of this week’s action and finale from the World Barista Championship at CNN.com. Be sure to look for WBC personalities like Scott Conary and someone else that you might recognize. Embedded video from CNN Video

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ATLANTA (April 20, 2009) – Gwilym Davies of the United Kingdom has won the 2009 World Barista Championship in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. National barista champions from 51 countries converged in Atlanta to compete for the ranking of world’s top coffee maker in front of a live and online audience of thousands of viewers from around [...]

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