Today, the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) is opening sponsorship bids for the 2024-2027 World Coffee Roasting Championship (WCRC) production roasting equipment sponsorship position. The WCRC is the annual World Coffee Championship (WCC) event that recognizes excellence in coffee roasting, evaluating competitors on their coffee evaluation, preparation, blending, and overall skill across practice, sample, and production [...]
Become part of the team putting on World of Coffee and the World Coffee Championships. The SCA is looking for people who would like to contribute more time and skills by holding lead roles for the event. These positions require a greater time commitment but are perfect for specialty coffee professionals who are open for [...]
The Specialty Coffee Association is pleased to announce that qualified testing of espresso machines for use in the World Latte Art Championship is now open. The criteria has been expanded to include fully-automatic espresso machine manufacturers who wish to bid for sponsorship in the 2024-2027 World Latte Art Championships. The testing standards and procedures have [...]
Today, the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) has announced World of Coffee Copenhagen 2024. World of Coffee Copenhagen will take place at Bella Center Copenhagen, June 27 to 29, 2024, and will feature the 2024 World Latte Art, World Coffee in Good Spirits and World Coffee Roasting Championships. This World of Coffee will run in addition [...]
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. [...]
The World Barista Championships is coming to World of Coffee Busan, South Korea, May 1-4. Some of the world's best baristas will represent their Competition Bodies, demonstrating their exceptional skills in a chance to take the title of world champion. World of Coffee Busan will mark the first World of Coffee trade show on the [...]
Mike Strumpf presents part 1 of the 2023 WBC Competition Body Workshop (CBW). CBWs are used to train national judges, but are now being made available to all WCC participants to help understand the rules changes.
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 year—more information coming soon.
Ahead of the WCC Rules & Regulations webinar next week, get to know the scoring & evaluation changes to the 2023 World Barista Championship & World Brewers Cup with this video available on the WCC YouTube channel now. SCA's Curatorial Director, Jenn Rugolo, explains where these changes came from, what the SCA [...]
Join this live webinar on March 30 at 8:00 am PDT / 4:00 pm BST to hear members of the WCC Competitions Strategic Committee explain rules & regulations updates for the 2023 World Barista Championship & World Brewers Cup. There will be a chance to ask questions during the event, but please submit them in [...]
