Over a hundred competitors will show their skills across four different competitions at the 2019 Berlin World Coffee Championships from June 6-8. Berlin will be brimming with coffee professionals and fans, as the World Latte Art Championship, World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship, World Cup Tasters Championship, and Cezve/Ibrik come to the Messe Expo centre on the city’s west side.
As usual, most baristas represent European countries and below is a complete overview of 67 competitors we will see on the world’s stages in all four categories. In case you can’t be present in Berlin, you can watch the Livestream online.
World Latte Art Championship 2019
Irvine Quek Siew Lhek from Malaysia, the 2018 World Latte Art Champion, will pass a title to one of the 41 competitors (20 baristas from Europe).
- Alexandros Ntatsos – SWEDEN
- Arnold Ungureanu – ROMANIA
- Chris Douvas – GREECE
- David Ly – FRANCE
- Fanni Tuboly – HUNGARY
- František Korekáč – CZECH REPUBLIC
- Greg Raymond – SWITZERLAND
- Héctor Hernández – SPAIN
- Ieva Ivonė – LITHUANIA
- Jani Huusko – FINLAND
- Kaspar Tammjarv – THE NETHERLANDS
- Katerina Gorustovich – BELARUS
- Lucka Ondruskova – SLOVAKIA
- Manuela Fensore – ITALY
- Ozgur Ekinci – TURKEY
- Patryk Mazurek – POLAND
- Renata Khedun – IRELAND
- Vitaliy Veretilnik – RUSSIA
- Will Pitts – UNITED KINGDOM
- Yuri Marschall – GERMANY
World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship 2019
Dan Fellows, the 2018 World Coffee in Good Spirits, will either keep the trophy or pass it to the new champion. Among the challengers, you can find Agnieszka Rojewska, World Barista Champion 2018, or Manos Mamakis, twice Runner Up (2017 & 2018) of this category. There are 23 competitors, 14 coming from Europe.
- Agnieszka Rojewska – POLAND
- Dan Fellows – UNITED KINGDOM
- Daniel Nekola – AUSTRIA
- Dusan Pavelka – SLOVAKIA
- Hakim Ben Hammouda – FRANCE
- Manos Mamakis – GREECE
- Marco Poidomani – ITALY
- Milo Kamil – SWITZERLAND
- Nicole Battefeld – GERMANY
- Nikita Imbro – BELARUS
- Ondrej Petrus – CZECH REPUBLIC
- Paul Ungureanu – ROMANIA
- Ramil Rzaev – RUSSIA
- Vladyslav Demonenko – UKRAINE
World Cup Tasters Championship 2019
Yama Kim from Australia, the 2018 World Cup Tasters Champion, will pass the title to one of the 46 competitors (25 baristas from Europe).
- Aleksandr Shychko – BELARUS
- Andrii Vasyliev – UKRAINE
- Attila Németh – HUNGARY
- Benjamin Hunner – DENMARK
- Christofer Landström – SWEDEN
- Dajo Aertssen – FRANCE
- Daniel Horbat – IRELAND
- Dario Stoop – SWITZERLAND
- Elina Rahikainen – FINLAND
- Francesco Sanapo – ITALY
- Ignas Butėnas – LITHUANIA
- Ilia Khlyzov – RUSSIA
- Jaime Alejos – SPAIN
- Jakub Jandík – SLOVAKIA
- Jens Crabbé – BELGIUM
- Josh Clarke – UNITED KINGDOM
- Ludvik Bonna – NORWAY
- Michal Machala – CZECH REPUBLIC
- Oliver Goetz – AUSTRIA
- Orestis Sfiris – GREECE
- Patrik Nilsson – SWEDEN
- Radu Nicolau – ROMANIA
- Sander Groenink – THE NETHERLANDS
- Seçkin Sinanoğlu – TURKEY
- Zuzanna Szklarczyk – POLAND
Cezve/lbrik Championship 2019
Slava Babych from Ukraine, the 2018 Cezve/Ibrik Champion, will pass the title to one of 9 competitors (8 from European countries).
- Agnieszka Kruk – POLAND
- Dimitris Karampas – GREECE
- Filip Valentin – ROMANIA
- Koray Erdoğdu – TURKEY
- Sergey Blinnikov – RUSSIA
- Simone Cattani – ITALY
- Sinan Muslu – GERMANY
- Tetiana Tarykina – UKRAINE
