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 [...]
The Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) is proud to announce new qualified sponsors for the 2023 World Coffee Championships; Sanremo Café Racer is the qualified espresso machine for the World Latte Art & World Coffee in Good Spirits Championships; Macap Labo 70D is the qualified espresso grinder for the World Latte Art & World Coffee in [...]
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 [...]
This webinar was held on December 15, 2022, and an opportunity to learn about the WCC Competitions Strategic Committee (CSC) and their work to date, look at upcoming initiatives, and give feedback. Various community groups have grown and evolved the World Coffee Championships (WCCs) since their inception. The current CSC structure was [...]
With the world of in-person events back to a regular cadence and the 2023 competition season just around the corner, we are delighted to be hosting a webinar on Thursday, December 15 at 9:00 am PST / 5:00 pm GMT, where you can meet the Competitions Strategic Committee (CSC) and hear more about their work. [...]
