World Barista Championships 2012 - Vienna

[flynnaus]

Re: World Barista Championships 2012 - Vienna

Not sure who the cup sponsor is... it was ACF (FAC) but these are a different shape (taller).

A company called notNeutral is a WBC sponsor. Could it be them?

[Andy]

Re: World Barista Championships 2012 - Vienna

...watching the Cup Tasting semis live now.
Alf is such a great MC.

I notice the new black lined cupping cups to "fix" last years problem.

Not sure who the cup sponsor is... it was ACF (FAC) but these are a different shape (taller).

edit:

Local lad Georg Branny from Austria got through to the final with a slow and steady 7 out of 8 on 7 minutes 34 seconds.  The same technique that got him into the semis.

Cory Andreen from Germany, Kim Ossenblok from Spain and Tassos from Greece are the others that make the top 4 final.

[Andy]

Re: World Barista Championships 2012 - Vienna

Melbourne will host the worlds in 2013

Yep, Melbourne 2013 it has its own thread...
http://coffeesnobs.com.au/YaBB.pl?num=1339665022

This thread was for 2012 banter to save confusion.

[afit1551]

Re: World Barista Championships 2012 - Vienna

On the topic it has been announced that Melbourne will host the worlds in 2013

[Andy]

The 2012 World Championships are on in Vienna

Craig Simons performance looked great.
The video is online:
http://new.livestream.com/worldcoffee/WBC2012Round1Day2/videos/1450652
Sadly Craig missed the cut for the semis.


Semifinalists

Raul Rosas - Guatemala
Coen van Sprang - The Netherlands
Maxwell Colonna-Dashwood, UK
Per Nordell, Sweden
Philipp Meier - Switzerland
Matija Hrkac - Croatia
Fabrizo Senon Ramirez - Mexico
Colin Harmon - Ireland
Stefanos Domatiotis - Greece
Richardo Azofeifa - Costa Rica
Miki Suzuki - Japan
Daniel Mendez - El Salvador

The Barista semis are live now:
https://new.livestream.com/worldcoffee/WBC2012semis

The Barista finals are tomorrow (start in 24 hours):
https://new.livestream.com/worldcoffee/WBC2012finals


The World Cup Tasters semis start in 30 minutes:
http://new.livestream.com/worldcoffee/2012WCTCsemis

The World Cup Tasters finals are in 24 hours:
http://new.livestream.com/worldcoffee/2012WCTCfinals


The Brewers Cup semis are live now:
http://new.livestream.com/worldcoffee/BrewersCup2012R1D2

The Brewers Cup Finals are tomorrow:
http://new.livestream.com/worldcoffee/BrewersCup2012Finals

Plenty of late night viewing today and tomorrow.  The Austrian timezone works well for Australia.

The schedule is available from WCE
http://www.worldcoffeeevents.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/VIENNA-SCHEDULE-OF-EVENTS-2012.05.01.pdf