Next week is the 11th annual World Barista Championship and this is going to be an exciting year. Intelligentsia has announced they will not be doing any competing next year so if they hope for a world title it’s all resting on Michael Phillips for this year. Colin Harmon from Ireland is competing in the WBC for the second year in a row and more astonishing for only being his second year working in coffee at all. Also again…Square Mile Roasters. They have a new competitor competing under their name, John Gordon, now the question I think a lot of people are asking themselves is SQM going to win it for the 4th year in a row. We cannot deny Annet and James have fantastic pallets and are great trainers.
Kudos to all the competitors this year. I’m excited to watch this year and see who is going to be the world representative to the barista community. I obviously am rooting for Mike Phillips from Intelli, but over all I would just like to see the best barista win. Wish I could be there to kick it with all of you. I think this next year will be one of the most productive and progressive years for the coffee industry.
Cheers.
