by andrew | Feb 20, 2012 | competitions, events, industry
Our thanks should go out to Natvia for their enthusiastic support and sponsorship of World Coffee Events and particularly their Send me to Vienna promotion, which truly embodies the spirit of WCE’s mission to bring together the global coffee community. The Send...
by andrew | Oct 24, 2011 | business, competitions, events, marketing, news
Last week while paging through the October 2011 issue of Bon Appetite magazine, I nearly fell off of my chair. Staring right back on page 25 was the smiling face of a friend, Italian Barista Champion Francesco Sanapo. Francesco is the face of an advertising campaign...
by andrew | Oct 7, 2011 | competitions, events, marketing
It’s been just over 1 month since we left Moscow’s famed Red Square, site of the 2011 Spasskaya Tower and International Coffee Festival. I still find myself in a state of disbelief or maybe denial: did it all really happen? As quoted today by Sprudge, the...
by andrew | Sep 14, 2011 | associations, competitions, events
Breathtaking is the only word that comes to mind when describing the 2011 World Barista Championship held this past June in Bogota, Colombia. No, I am not referring to Bogota’s 2,625 m (8,612′) elevation that had many of us looking for commemorative oxygen...
by andrew | Jul 10, 2011 | competitions, events, hawaii, origin
Rusty’s Hawaiian 100% Ka’u Coffee was named Grand Champion for a second consecutive year at this weekend’s annual statewide cupping competition organized and hosted by the Hawaii Coffee Association. More than 50 coffees from across the islands were...
by andrew | Jun 5, 2011 | competitions
Alejandro Mendez of El Salvador has won the 2011 World Barista Championship in Bogota, Colombia. Ranking order: 1. Alejandro Mendez, EL SALVADOR 2. Pete Licata, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 3. Matt Perger, AUSTRALIA 4. Javier Garcia, SPAIN 5. Miki Suzuki, JAPAN 6. John...
