The2018 World Latte Art Championship has just wrapped up its second day here at the 2018 Brazil World Coffee Championships, with competitors representing China, Poland, Malaysia, South Korea, Greece and Australia moving onto the Finals of the World Latte Art Championship. Today the 12 semi-finalists competed on-stage, creating two matching sets of
Dreams played a large role in Irvine Quek Siew Lhekâs World Latte Art Championship WLAC performance, from his goal of earning Malaysia its first coffee championship trophy to his dream of being alone on a deserted island, which inspired his island animal designs. He has always dreamed big. âI actually had a hidden message to deliver in my story and routine. What I said to the judges and audience was I had a dreamâ, and I presented all the animals I saw in my dream,â Irvine says. As it turns out, Irvineâs dreams did come true. He is the 2018 World Latte Art Champion. In the final round, Irvineâs designs included hornbill and monkey free pours as well as a dolphin for his designer latte art. To create his designs, Irvine used the animal eye pouring technique that his predecessor, 2017 World Latte Art Champion Arnon Thitiprasert, invented to create his designs in the prior yearâs competition. âI worked hard to master this technique and bring it to another level of difficulty. What I was aiming for was to make realistic latte art even more realistic,â he says. Irvine attributes his victory to a combination of his latte art talents and having a personable presence on stage. âDefinitely my skills [helped] but beside this, I think my personality and character on the stage [contributed to my win]. I truly enjoyed presenting,â he says. Irvine hopes to use his WLAC title to launch his own brand, and produce milk pitchers and other merchandise. âI love to study pitchers and frequently modify them. Iâm looking for an opportunity to launch my own pitcher which would be designed for making latte art,â Irvine says. Despite his victory, Irvineâs thirst for competition has not been sated. The barista says his goal is to earn a few more WLAC titles. âI still think that Iâm not good enough and want to keep improving,â he says. Irvine says he hopes his title, as well as Regine Wai Yee Beng of Page 2 CafĂ© placing second in the World Brewers Cup, brings more attention to Malaysiaâs coffee scene. Learn more about the other 2018 Coffee Champions Meet the World Cup Tasters Champion Jinwoo Yama KimMeet the World Brewers Cup Champion Emi FukahoriMeet the World Coffee in Good Spirits Champion Dan FellowsWorld Barista Champion Agnieszka Rojewska makes history âThis title means a lot for me and my country. Itâs the first time we got into the finals [of the World Coffee Championships] and this is our first World Champion title,â he says. âEven though Iâm just 20 years old right now, I want to share my skills, knowledge, and experience with everyone who has the same dream as me.â Image credit GeĂłrgia ThomĂ©
2018Australian Latte Art Champion Shinsaku Fukayama: the samurai barista It's been quite the year. I finally lived my dream of representing Australia at the World Latte Art Championships (WLAC) and the experience was everything I could have hoped for.Malaysian Irvine Quek was crowned champion at the just concluded 2018 World Latte Art Championship in Brazil. Quek is a barista at 103 Coffee Workshop in Sri Petaling, Kuala LumpurAnother Malaysian, Regine Wai of Page 2 Cafe in Bangsar Shopping Center, KL, also did the country proud by finishing 1st runners up at the World Brewers Cup, behind Emi Fukahori of World Latte Art Championship focuses on artistic expression in milk drinks, while the World Brewers Cup highlights the craft of filter coffee brewing by hand, promoting manual coffee brewing and service 20-year-old Quek beat five other finalists from Greece, China, Australia, Poland and South Korea to win the competition, held during the the 2018 Brazil International Coffee Week in the city of Minas Gerais. Quek far left beat five other finalists from Greece, China, Australia, Poland and South Korea to win the World Latte Art Championship 2018. Quek has been a barista for four years, and was representing Malaysia as the 2018 Malaysia Latte Art Champion, while Wai started her barista career as a part-time brewer/barista, eventually winning her first national title in 2015. The 2018 Brazil World Coffee Championships saw more than 90 competitors taking part in the World Brewers Cup, World Latte Art Championship, World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship and World Cup tasters Championship from Nov 7-9.
TheWorld Latte Art Championship is managed and produced by World Coffee Events, an event management organization registered in Dublin, Ireland. WCE was originally founded in 2011 by the Speciality Coffee Association of Europe and the Specialty Coffee Association of America, which have since unified to become the Specialty Coffee Association. Office:
Our seven annual World Coffee Championships are produced by World Coffee Events WCE, an event management organization registered in Dublin, Ireland, which was originally founded by the Speciality Coffee Association of Europe and the Specialty Coffee Association of America. World Barista ChampionshipThe WBC focuses on promoting excellence in coffee, advancing the barista profession, and engaging a worldwide audience with an annual championship event that serves as the culmination of local and regional events around the more World Coffee in Good Spirits ChampionshipThis competition promotes innovative beverage recipes that showcase coffee and spirits, and highlights the barista/barkeeperâs mixology skills. Learn more World Brewers CupThe World Brewers Cup competition highlights the craft of filter coffee brewing by hand, promoting manual coffee brewing and service more World Cup Tasters ChampionshipCoffees of the world have many distinct taste characteristics and this event goes to the professional coffee cupper who demonstrates speed, skill, and accuracy in distinguishing the taste differences in specialty more World Coffee Roasting ChampionshipIn this three-stage event, competitors are evaluated on their performance evaluating the quality of green coffee coffee grading, developing a roasting profile that best accentuates the desirable characteristics of that coffee, and on the ultimate cup quality of coffees more Cezve/Ibrik ChampionshipThis event showcases the Cezve or Ibrik preparation of brewing coffee, set in a competition format that celebrates the cultural tradition. In this championship, it is encouraged that the competitors bring their own style/cultural element to their performance to showcase what is one of the oldest forms of preparing more World Latte Art ChampionshipThis competition highlights artistic expression while challenging the barista in an on-demand performance. Baristas are judged based on visual attributes, creativity, identical patterns in the pairs, contrast in patterns, and overall performance. Learn more Recent Announcements Today, the Specialty Coffee Association SCA released updated Rules & Regulations for the 2023 World Latte Art, World Coffee in Good Spirits, and World Coffee Roasting Championships. These rules will be used for the first time at the Taipei World Coffee Championships, hosted at Taiwan International Coffee Show in Taipei, Taiwan, from November 17-20, 2023. We are so excited to announce World of Coffee Busan 2024, produced and delivered by licensed partner Exporum. World of Coffee Busan will take place at the Busan Exhibition & Convention Center BEXCO May 1-4, 2024, and will feature the 2024 World Barista Championship. This inaugural World of Coffee in Asia will run in addition to the SCA's annual World of Coffee trade shows in Dubai, scheduled for January 21 to 23, 2024, and Europe in June 2024. The SCA is excited to announce that the 2024 World Brewers Cup and World Cup Tasters Championship will take place at the Specialty Coffee Expo in Chicago, IL, USA, from April 12-14, 2024. We look forward to seeing competitors from around the world representing their Competition Bodies on stage next yearâmore information coming soon. Coffee champions from Egypt, Qatar, Bolivia, and Venezuela will be joining the World Coffee Championships in Athens this year. We are so excited to be working with four new independent partners in each of these communities and we can't wait for you to meet them.â Today, the Specialty Coffee Association released updated Rules & Regulations for the 2023 World Barista Championship WBC, World Brewers Cup WBrC, World Cup Tasters Championship, and Cezve/Ibrik Championship. The WBC and WBrC updates mark the largest competition changes since before the pandemic, opening up new service possibilities for competitors and major changes in how judges score and evaluate performances. The 2023 World Latte Art Championship WLAC, World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship WCIGS, and World Coffee Roasting Championship WCRC are heading to the Taiwan International Coffee Show, November 17-20, 2023. The Specialty Coffee Association SCA is delighted to finally bring the championships, which were originally scheduled for 2021, to Taiwan. Judges with the required national judging experience can apply to upcoming WCC Judge Certification events in Athens, Milan, or Melbourne, for a chance to evaluate competitors at the pinnacle of the competitive coffee circuit. The Specialty Coffee Association has announced that the 2022 World of Coffee trade show, originally scheduled to take place in Warsaw, will be moving to Milan, Italy. The five World Coffee ChampionshipsâLatte Art, Coffee in Good Spirits, Cup Tasters, Cezve/Ibrik, and Roastingâwill also be held in Milan, June 23-25. The Specialty Coffee Association SCA is proud to announce new qualified sponsors for upcoming World Coffee Championships WCC seasonsâCafetto is the Qualified Cleaning sponsor, BRITA is the Qualified Water Filtration sponsor, Sage is the Qualified Brewer sponsor, and Breville is the Exclusive Brewer sponsor. WCC All-Stars Online is returning for a fifth season, with six top-ranking World Coffee Championship competitors coming to your screen twice-weekly, beginning Tuesday, February 22. The World Coffee Championships Podcast âWorlds Apartâ tells the stories of the World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship and the World Brewers Cup, two competitions that take vastly different approaches to growing the specialty coffee community. Along the way, co-host Kimberly Yer leads us through stories of unlikely inspiration, the value of setting expectations, the push and pull of subjectivity and objectivity, and the shape of things to come through interviews with Dave Jameson, Cheryl Lee Su Yin, Nick Cho, Chad Wang, and Kristina Jackson. âTurn It Onâ tells the stories of the World Coffee Roasting Championship and the Cezve/Ibrik Championships, two competitions with incredibly close-knit communities at their heart. Along the way, co-hosts Anna Oleksak and Sara Al-Ali lead us through stories about navigating subjectivity, all kinds of development, and the lengths we go to for coffee and love through interviews with Trish Rothgeb, Sylvia Gutierrez, Lee Yiming, Yuan Jingyi, Sergey Blinnikov, and Turgay Yildizli. âBut I Need It!â continues the story of the World Barista Championships from where we left off in Episode 03, nearly halfway through the competitionâs journey, to today. Along the way, co-host Rouki Delrue leads us through stories of evolutionary meetings, competitors who played in the grey areas of the rules, wildcards, and the drive to âbring the trophyâ through interviews with Carl Sara, Federico Bolanos, MarĂa Esther LĂłpez-Thome, Martin Shabaya, Innocent Niyongabo, and Annet Nyakaisiki. âWe Were the Punksâ traces the early days of the World Barista Championships from a rag-tag group of volunteers looking to raise specialty coffee awareness to a powerful, monetizable stage grappling with questions of scale and professionalism. Along the way, co-host Sonja Bjork Grant leads us through stories of spit buckets, snakeskin boots, backstage woes, intensifying competition preparation, and devastating debriefs through interviews with Tone Elian Liavaag, Emma Markland-Webster, Simi Benzadon, Paul Basset, and Heather Perry. âPaint a Pictureâ traces the history and evolution of the World Latte Art Championship through the medium itself, from early etchings to the innovative realistic pours that grace the competitionâs stage today. Along the way, co-host Rie Moustakis leads us through stories about the role of the rules, the value of art, and family dynamics through interviews with Carl Sara, Daniel Acosta Busch, and Um Paul. âItâs a YES!!â traces the history and evolution of the World Cup Tasters Championship through stories about rule-breakers, phone calls home mid-competition, and backstage ballet. Co-hosted by Gloria Pedroza, this episode features interviews with Alf Kramer, Kim Staalman, JosĂ© JoaquĂn Ordoñez, and Chloe King. Across six weekly episodes, the series will offer a glimpse behind the scenes of the different World Coffee Championships, bringing to light some of the hidden stories woven in and around these annual skill-based competitions that serve as the culmination of local and regional events around the globe. Meet the newest podcast series from the Specialty Coffee Association the World Coffee Championships podcast. Where did they come from? How did things go wrong? How were they fixed? All-Stars Online Season 1 Michalis Dimitrakopoulos joins us for the final episode in this season of All-Stars Online â watch to learn more about his coffee career, winning the 2016 World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship, placing in the finals of the World Barista Championship, and more! All-Stars Online Episode 5 features 2016 World Coffee Roasting Champion Alexandru Niculae! Learn more about Alexandruâs coffee journey and how to make his signature beverage, an Untold Freddo. A coffee cocktail, with a cheese foam? Yes, you heard it right â 2017 World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship WCIGS Finalist Natasha Shariff combines chai, cheese foam, coffee, and gin to make one of her most interesting drinks of the year! Learn how to make Natasha's signature beverage, hear about how she got into coffee, and her experience as a two-time National Champion and WCIGS Finalist in Episode 4 of All-Stars Online. Two-time World Coffee in Good Spirits WCIGS Champion Dan Fellows makes a twist on his 2018 championship-winning signature beverage, with a little help from a special guest. Watch episode 3 of All-Stars Online to learn more about Dan, his journey to the WCIGS, and what heâs done since. Nicole Battefeld transforms into caped crusader Battewoman, making an Espresso Battini in order to save her brewer from her arch-nemesis, Robusto. Find out how Nicole got into coffee, her journey to the World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship, and follow along as she makes a signature beverage! Find out how Mikael got into coffee, his journey to the World Barista Championship, and follow along as he makes a signature beverage!
November 12, 2018 Once again, Loveramics' Egg Cups is chosen to be the WLAC2018's official cups. The Championship was hosted by Belo Horizonte, Brazil on 7-9 November, 2018. As expected, the colour of the cups went Samba, and the affectionate combo of Teal + Yellow fully represent the country that hosted it. There were three rounds of competitions and representatives from each country has to pour 2 separate sets of matching free-pour lattes, follow by one set of matching free pour macchiatos. There are a few notable powerhouse in the final 6 as Michalis Karagiannis from Greece, Liang Fan from China and Aga Rojewska from Poland return as last year's finalist. Shin Fukayama representing Australia and Dash Choi from Korea, are internet frenzies with a huge number of followers. Its their first world's competition but they are not new to the game. Shin actually poured in our Shanghai booth in 2016đ Thanks However, the crown belongs to Irvine Quek from 103 Coffee Workshop in Malaysia. Irvine is first to the competition as well but he led all the way from first round to the finals and finished with a score of 470. He's just 20 years old, and a bright future ahead. Ristr8to, winner from last year presents him the award. Full Ranking and Scores here Runner up by Michalis from Greece. Winning Patterns by Irvine from Malaysia follow Loveramics FACEBOOK / INSTAGRAM / WECHAT / MBLOG / TMALL Loveramics and share your story.
BaristaDari Malaysia Juara World Latte Art Championship 2018. 11.4K 11,376 Makanan November 11, 2018 - 4:51 PM. Oleh Yaya Wahab. SHARE. Kategori Latte Art akan dinilai dari kesenian yang dipamerkan oleh peserta dalam menghasilkan kehalusan seni dalam minuman manakala Brewers Cup pula dinilai melalui kesenian penapisan kopi segar yang dibru
ï»żNovember 12, 2018 Once again, Loveramics' Egg Cups is chosen to be the WLAC2018's official cups. The Championship was hosted by Belo Horizonte, Brazil on 7-9 November, 2018. As expected, the colour of the cups went Samba, and the affectionate combo of Teal + Yellow fully represent the country that hosted it. There were three rounds of competitions and representatives from each country has to pour 2 separate sets of matching free-pour lattes, follow by one set of matching free pour macchiatos. There are a few notable powerhouse in the final 6 as Michalis Karagiannis from Greece, Liang Fan from China and Aga Rojewska from Poland return as last year's finalist. Shin Fukayama representing Australia and Dash Choi from Korea, are internet frenzies with a huge number of followers. Its their first world's competition but they are not new to the game. Shin actually poured in our Shanghai booth in 2016đ Thanks However, the crown belongs to Irvine Quek from 103 Coffee Workshop in Malaysia. Irvine is first to the competition as well but he led all the way from first round to the finals and finished with a score of 470. He's just 20 years old, and a bright future ahead. Ristr8to, winner from last year presents him the award. Full Ranking and Scores here Runner up by Michalis from Greece. Winning Patterns by Irvine from Malaysia
Manuela Fensore, Italian champion Latte art 2018. We have a training workshop in via Giacinto Bruzzesi 25, in the heart of Giambellino. After winning a competition on April 15, 2017, winning a e61 Legend pusher, then I arrived vice world champion of the Lags Battle circuit as a black dairy in 23/10/2017, but today they are the only gold milk jug in the LAGS circuit world!
In just her second year of competing, the Italian latte artist took home the top prize at the 2019 World Latte Art Championship in Berlin in June. BY CHRIS RYANBARISTA MAGAZINE ONLINE Photos by Jeff Hann for World Coffee Events From the editor This year, the World Coffee Championships in Berlin crowned four new champions, and we have been chatting with them at Barista Magazine Online. Our first installment of this four-part series can be found here with 2019 World Cup Tasters champ Daniel Horbat, and for the second installment we interviewed 2019 World Coffee In Good Spirits champ Dan Fellows. Next we talked to Russiaâs Sergey Blinnikov, the champion of the World Cezve/Ibrik Championship. Today, we conclude this series with a conversation with Manuela Fensore, the 2019 World Latte Art Champion. Though Manuela Fensore has been practicing and perfecting her latte art skills since the mid-2010s, she has only been competing since 2018. The competitor from Italy was reluctant to enter the world of coffee competitions, but her group of friends and colleaguesâwhom she calls Team Italyâpushed her to take part. Since then, Manuela has achieved rapid success. After becoming the latte art champion of Italy in 2018 and placing 12th at the 2018 World Latte Art Championship, she returned in 2019, again winning her national competition and returning to the world stage at the 2019 World Latte Art Championship in Berlin in June. This time she broke through, winning the 2019 World Latte Art Championship. We talked to Manuela about how she got interested in latte art, her intense practice schedule, and her advice for fellow competitors. Manuela Fensore celebrates atop the shoulders of her teammates upon winning the 2019 World Latte Art Championship. Chris Ryan Can you describe how you got interested in latte art? Manuela Fensore I became interested in this fantastic discipline thanks to my partner, Carmen Clemente, who was able to convey the basics to help me build more skill with milk. Later I attended my first latte art course in 2015, with Luigi Lupi, where I learned more techniques, and from there I have progressed further and further. How did you improve your skills as a latte artist? The thing that always excited me was to see the results of my constant work; this gave me the strength to persist. I did 8 1/2 hours of trainings a day, and improved more and more. Even after work I would close myself in my club and spend the remaining few hours at night to train. I understand you only started competing in 2018. Why did you decide to start competing, and what do you like about it? Had it not been for Carmen and Luigi, who entered me in my first competition even though I didnât really want to do it, I might never have had the courage to compete! I started competing in 2018, with my first Italian national team, which led me to victory and a chance to compete at the World Latte Art Championship. Then I re-participated in 2019, qualifying again for the World Latte Art Championship in Berlin. As I participated in milk art competitions, I always felt more confident about myself and the goal I wanted to accomplish. The competition has always excited meâthe more I adhere to it, the more I want the experience to be repeated! After placing 12th at the 2018 World Latte Art Championship, Manuela returned to the competition this year to earn first place. For this competition, how did you decide on your designs of a horse, an eagle, and a parrot? Can you describe how you practiced for this competition to get the pours exact? The drawings that I wanted to bring to the competition this year were designed by the whole Team Italy, composed of Chiara Bergonzi, Mary Mauro, Anna Mauri, Daniela Mauro, Carmen Clemente, and Irvine Quek, the 2018 World Latte Art champion. With the designs I wanted to bring precision, technique, cleanliness, and creativity. And so we gave voice to our imagination, bringing figures that had never been seen before! After we found the figures, I trained constantly, night and day, to define the technique that I would then bring to the competition, but above all to make me seem confident, serene, and happy in front of the competition judges and the public of the Berlin fair. Manuelaâs parrot design was one of three animal-themed latte art pours she executed during the Berlin competition. What was your experience like at the championship in Berlin? How did it feel to win, and what did it mean to you? It was an indescribable, unique experience that made me feel very strong emotions! I feel good after my victory; I feel fulfilled and happy. But above all, I feel that my long and hard work of preparation paid off. And the fact that I managed to win is also thanks to my Team Italy, who supported me until the end! For me it is a huge redemption for all those people who have never believed in me and, indeed, spoke badly and didnât value me. Being able to prove my worth today is a great satisfaction! Manuela advises other latte art competitors to work their hardest and never give up. Do you have any advice for future latte art competitors? To all future competitors of latte art, I advise you to work hard and never give up your dreams, and to pursue them always, because sooner or later they will come true, as it happened to me. Finally, can you tell us a bit about your business, Barlady? We have a latte art academy in Milan called the Barlady CafĂš Academy. Itâs a small and cozy meeting place for milk artists, where you can learn the basics of this beautiful discipline. We dedicate ourselves mainly to individual courses, in order to devote all our attention to our children, so that they can concentrate and have a more concrete practice.
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