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Brazil to host coffee world championships for the first time
In November, the International Coffee Week will host 4 international championships with competitors of over 40 nationalities and thousands of visitors
The World Cup of Coffee with its various categories is happening, and it will take place in the capital of Minas Gerais. From November 7th to 9th, 2018, Brazil will host the World Barista Championships for the first time, and thousands of visitors will come from around the globe. The face-offs are highlights in the program of The International Coffee Week (ICW), the greatest event in the coffee industry, and the most relevant encounter of the agribusiness.
Over a hundred national champions form more than 40 countries will compete against each other in the craft of coffee in Belo Horizonte, MG. The four championships will focus in four different moments of coffee making: the World Latte Art Championship is about artistry with espresso and steamed milk, made by the barista (the professional that extracts the espresso) in cups and judged by the final visual results. In the World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship, the competitors combine coffee, alcohol, and other ingredients that harmonize into cold or hot drinks, being the most famous of them the Irish Coffee.
Previously scheduled to happen in Dubai, the World Brewers Cup and the World Cup Tasters Championship will also be part of the official program in the ICW. In the first one, baristas have their performance evaluated in different coffee brewing methods, with coffee beans of choice and also beans stipulated by the championship organization. The latter championship is suited for the professional coffee taster. The competitors are required to identify the different coffee in sets of 3 cups. The winner is the one who makes less mistakes in less time.
The World Coffee Championships are organized by WCE – World Coffee Events, event management organization that is wholly-owned subsidiary by Specialty Coffee Association, and aims to bring together a community of passionate coffee people from across the globe and show the world what the heights of coffee professionalism can be.
Director of Café Editora and one of the ICW creator, Caio Alonso Fontes points out that “winning the chance to host 4 World Championships is the result of the combination of many features presented by the International Coffee Week: connection of all links from the coffee supply chain, diversity of international and domestic attendees, maturing of the domestic market, and the unstopped promotion of new businesses in specialty coffee. This is a great opportunity for us”. leia mais…
