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WCE Shanghai Championships 2016

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UPDATE: Competition Videos Released!

The videos for all rounds of the Shanghai Championships can now be found online at https://livestream.com/worldcoffee. We apologize the technical issues that resulted in the delayed release of these videos, and have factored them into our plans going forward.

The 2016 World Latte Art, Cup Tasters, Coffee Roasting, and Coffee in Good Spirits Champions Announced 

Shanghai 2016 LAC South Korea Um Paul-7960The dust has settled, and we have some brand new World Champions to introduce to you! Um Paul of South Korea and Michalis Dimitrakopoulos of Greece fought off stiff competition battling through the final round to become the 2016 World Latte Art Champion and World Coffee in Good Spirits Champions!

Shanghai 2016 CIGS Greece Michalis Dimitrakopoulos-3662The World Cup Tasters Championship final was a tight competition as always, with Gabriel Céspedes of Costa Rica triumphing for a record second year in a row! Fun fact: he scored a six out of eight cups in the final round—which was only his second time ever missing a cup in competition.

In the World Coffee Roasting Championship, brought to you by Proaster, Alexandru Niculae of Romania triumphed through incredibly tight competition. Check out his winning roast profile on the Cropster blog here.

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These events happen thanks to the support of our sponsors, and especially our Qualified Equipment Sponsors: CMA Astoria, Anfim, Cafetto, Pentair, and Technivorm. With their help, World Coffee Events (WCE) put on three simultaneous stages of world-class coffee competition for the more than 150,000 people who came through the HOTELEX Shanghai show.

Shanghai 2016 CRC Romania Alexandru Niculae-9857We couldn’t have done it without an army of amazing volunteers, the incredible support of our host UBM Sinoexpo and our production crew LSFX, and an amazing crew of dedicated Judges.

To find out more about our competitions in Shanghai, click the Read More link, or you can scroll directly to the final scores below.

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The Chinese and international crowd at this year’s competitions was incredible, bringing enthusiasm and support at every stage. Hearing the call, Chinese competitors placed very strongly this year, with Qi Li taking 2nd place in the World Latte Art Championship and Hu Ying taking 5th in the World Coffee In Good Spirits Championship.

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This year’s events also featured multiple interactive audience elements, including the Marco Beverage Systems Brew Bar where guests could sample a wide variety of local and international coffees, as well as do their own triangulations of the Cup Tasters competition coffees. Over at the Proaster Coffee Roasting stage, competitors’ production coffee roasts, coming off the Giesen roasters, were on offer. At the Latte Art and Coffee In Good Spirits stage, everything from serious amounts of passerby espresso production to a Master Class by Spirit Sponsor Grand Marnier were happening—including perhaps the most captivating of the events, the art bar portion of the Latte Art competition, where the competitors first poured the reference designs they’d try to replicate the next day.

Thank you again to all of our sponsors, and we can’t wait to see you in Dublin, where World Coffee Events will be putting on the World Barista Championship, World Brewers Cup, and Re:Co Symposium.

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2016 World Latte Art Champion:

UMPAUL

Independent – South Korea

Final Round:

RANKING

NAME

COMPANY

REPRESENTING

SCORE

1

UMPAUL

Independent

SOUTH KOREA

374.0

2

QI LI

Mellower Coffee

CHINA

348.0

3

MINAKO YOSHIZUMI

Dean & Deluca Japan

JAPAN

327.5

4

DHAN TAMANG

Caracoli

UNITED KINGDOM

326.5

5

AGNIESZKA ROJEWSKA

Brisman Kawowy Bar

POLAND

320.5

6

BEN MORROW

St ali Family and Sensory lab group

AUSTRALIA

285.0

 

# NAME COMPANY REPRESENTING SCORE
1 MINAKO YOSHIZUMI Dean & Deluca Japan JAPAN 428.5
2 UMPAUL Independent SOUTH KOREA 388.5
3 DHAN
TAMANG
Caracoli UNITED KINGDOM 360
4 AGNIESZKA ROJEWSKA Brisman Kawowy Bar POLAND 359
5 QI LI Mellower Coffee CHINA 352.5
6 BEN
MORROW
St Ali Family and Sensory Lab gGroup AUSTRALIA 339.5
7 GIUSEPPE FIORINI Independent ITALY 332
8 MICHALIS KARAGIANNIS Manor House GREECE 327
9 GIESEN
CHENG
Independent TAIWAN 326.5
10 NICK VINK H32 THE NETHERLANDS 319.5
11 ARNON THITIPRASERT Ristr8to THAILAND 316.5
12 MIRIAM
ALDANA
Independent MEXICO 309
13 HAMID BASIRI Amir Chocolate IRAN 308
14 ELVIS SEIVIJUS MATIEJUNAS Bewleys IRELAND 296.5
15 VITALIY VERETILNIK Coffeemania RUSSIA 296
16 JERVIS TAN Kinsmen Coffee SINGAPORE 294
17 BENJAMIN
GRAF
La Cultura del Caffè AUSTRIA 282.5
18 MILO KAMIL Coffee Lab Zürich SWITZERLAND 272.5
19 DANIEL
GERLACH
Karl OhG GERMANY 265
20 CLARA DRAKE PIHLGREN da Matteo SWEDEN 264
21 FRANCISKA
APRÓ
Espresso Embassy HUNGARY 263
22 ARNALDO J. HERNANDEZ MUNDO Ristretto Café PUERTO RICO 259
23 NICHOLAS BOUCHARD Cafe LuLu BELGIUM 250.5
24 TED SIU Artista Perfetto HONG KONG 249.5
25 SEBASTIAN
IOAN FARCAS
Barista School Romania ROMANIA 247.5
26 IAN CHAGUNDA Matchstick Coffee Roasters CANADA 246.5
27 MAGDALENA BRODZINSKA Café Lomi FRANCE 226.5
28 PRAKASH RAI Caffe Nero UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 226
29 VOJTĚCH
CÍFKA
Hunger Wall Cafe Lounge CZECH REPUBLIC 224.5
30 CALVIN KO Little Rogue NEW ZEALAND 223
31 ENG BOON HONG JWC Global MALAYSIA 212
32 PATRIK VARGA Independent SLOVAKIA 210.5
33 THOMAS ALHENRICO Famous Brands SOUTH AFRICA 201.5
34 EDITA LAURINAVIČIENĖ Coffee Hill LITHUANIA 192.5
35 OVIE KURNIAWAN Common Grounds / St Ali Indonesia INDONESIA 189
36 LOUIE MART GIRON Tobys Estate Philippines PHILIPPINES 182.5

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2016 World Coffee In Good Spirits Champion:

MICHALIS DIMITRAKOPOULOS

The Underdog – Greece

Final Round:

RANKING

NAME

COMPANY

REPRESENTING

SCORE

1

MICHALIS DIMITRAKOPOULOS

The Underdog

GREECE

329.0

2

MARTIN HUDAK

American Bar at The Savoy Hotel London

SLOVAKIA

319.0

3

BERG WU

Simple Kaffa

TAIWAN

294.0

4

SHAE MACNAMARA

Grinders Coffee

AUSTRALIA

272.5

5

HU YING

Outman Coffee

CHINA

262.5

6

DAVID JAMESON

Union Hand Roasted Coffee

UNITED KINGDOM

221.5

RANKING

NAME

COMPANY

REPRESENTING

SCORE

1

BERG WU

Simple Kaffa

TAIWAN

453.5

2

MICHALIS DIMITRAKOPOULOS

The Underdog

GREECE

435.5

3

MARTIN HUDAK

American Bar at The Savoy Hotel London

SLOVAKIA

425.5

4

SHAE MACNAMARA

Grinders Coffee

AUSTRALIA

414.5

5

DAVID JAMESON

Union Hand Roasted Coffee

UNITED KINGDOM

360.0

6

HU YING

Outman coffee

CHINA

359.0

7

FUMIAKI NOZATO

Bar ISTA

JAPAN

355.5

8

MIKAËL PORTANNIER

Café Lomi

FRANCE

348.0

9

DAVIDE BERTI

La Chichera Café – Nuova Ricambi

ITALY

345.0

10

PAUL UNGUREANU

Paul Ungureanu Consulting

ROMANIA

323.5

11

YUNAM CHA

Samwon T&B

SOUTH KOREA

316.0

12

ZUZANA KOUDELOVA

Independent

CZECH REPUBLIC

305.0

13

RONNY BILLEMON

Pentair Water Belgium

BELGIUM

250.0

14

ROBIN RÖHN

Elbgold Roestkaffee GmbH

GERMANY

240.0

15

THERESA PRÜSSEN

Unternehmen Mitte

SWITZERLAND

182.0

16

KATYA VERESHCHAGINA

Art. Lebedev Studio

RUSSIA

159.0

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2016 Cup Tasters Champion

GABRIEL CÉSPEDES

Exportadora Cafinter Ecom Costa Rica – Costa Rica

Finals:

RANKING NAME REPRESNTING # CORRECT TIME
1 JUAN GABRIEL CESPEDES COSTA RICA 6 7:41
2 DONGHO LEE SOUTH KOREA 5 7:50
3 MATEUSZ PETLINSKI GERMANY 4 4:52
4 BORIS ORTNER AUSTRIA 3 4:27

Semi Finals:

RANKING NAME REPRESENTING # CORRECT TIME
1 JUAN GABRIEL CESPEDES COSTA RICA 7 7:38
2 BORIS ORTNER AUSTRIA 6 5:15
3 DONGHO LEE SOUTH KOREA 6 6:44
4 MATEUSZ PETLINSKI GERMANY 5 4:53
5 PATRICIA BIRUNGI UGANDA 5 5:45
6 VIKTORIA SHARKOVA RUSSIAN FEDERATION 5 7:13
7 SØREN PEHRSON DENMARK 4 7:46
8 HECTOR GONZALEZ GUATEMALA 3 7:04

Quarter Finals:

RANKING NAME REPRESENTING # CORRECT TIME
1 JUAN GABRIEL CESPEDES COSTA RICA 8 7:05
2 HECTOR GONZALEZ GUATEMALA 7 6:58
3 SØREN PEHRSON DENMARK 7 7:39
4 DONGHO LEE SOUTH KOREA 6 5:26
5 BORIS ORTNER AUSTRIA 6 5:48
6 PATRICIA BIRUNGI UGANDA 6 6:27
7 VIKTORIA SHARKOVA RUSSIAN FEDERATION 6 6:28
8 MATEUSZ PETLINSKI GERMANY 6 6:42
9 TAKA KOYANGAGI NEW ZEALAND 6 6:49
10 MARIUS NICA ROMANIA 6 6:52
11 CHRIS KWONG HONG KONG 5 5:41
12 SEBASTIAN MAURER FRANCE 5 6:12
13 CHEN RUNFA CHINA 5 6:20
14 DONAVAN MCLAGAN SOUTH AFRICA 5 6:39
15 CSABA BALOGH HUNGARY 4 7:04
16 LORENZO SORDINI ITALY 2 6:02

Round One:

RANKING NAME REPRESENTING # CORRECT TIME
1 TAKA KOYANAGI NEW ZEALAND 8 6:11
2 DONOVAN MCLAGAN SOUTH AFRICA 8 7:25
3 JUAN GABRIEL CESPEDES COSTA RICA 8 7:43
4 SØREN PEHRSON DENMARK 7 7:24
5 SEBASTIEN MAURER FRANCE 6 5:42
6 MATEUSZ PETLINSKI GERMANY 6 6:06
7 CHRIS KWONG HONG KONG 6 6:11
8 LORENZO SORDINI ITALY 6 6:42
9 PATRICIA BIRUNGI UGANDA 6 7:10
10 HECTOR GONZALEZ GUATEMALA 5 5:26
11 BORIS ORTNER AUSTRIA 5 5:45
12 CHEN RUNFA CHINA 5 7:14
13 CSABA BALOGH HUNGARY 5 7:31
14 VIKTORIA SHARKOVA RUSSIAN FEDERATION 5 7:33
15 DONGHO LEE SOUTH KOREA 5 7:51
16 MARIUS NICA ROMANIA 5 7:56
17 EDIMILSON GENEROSO BRAZIL 4 5:14
18 AUSTIN AMENTO USA 4 5:30
19 LOUIS DONCK BELGIUM 4 5:39
20 FRANS VAN DEN BERG THE NETHERLANDS 4 6:19
21 SUNYA LEE TAIWAN 4 6:25
22 DANIEL HORBAT IRELAND 4 6:28
23 HAGENG PRIBADI INDONESIA 4 7:05
24 ZUZANA ČERNÁ CZECH REPUBLIC 4 7:06
25 PANAGIOTIS VITALIS GREECE 4 7:26
26 MANUEL PEÑA COLOMBIA 4 7:27
27 HARRY HYUNSUK KO AUSTRALIA 4 7:57
28 LUKAS SOLANIC SLOVAKIA 3 5:21
29 KARINA GOGOL LITHUANIA 3 6:22
30 SANNI SOINTULA FINLAND 3 7:26
31 CRISTIANO MURÃO SWEDEN 3 7:36
32 YOSHIKI TOMIKAWA JAPAN 3 7:51
33 MICHAL OTTE SWITZERLAND 3 7:57
34 WILL LEOW SINGAPORE 3 8:00
35 KARINA PEST POLAND 2 5:30

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2016 World Coffee Roasting Champion

ALEXANDRU NICOLAIE

Barista School – Romania

RANKING NAME REPRESENTING TOTAL SCORE
1 ALEXANDRU NICOLAIE ROMANIA 493.5
2 DMITRII BORODAI RUSSIAN FEDERATION 492.5
3 MATTHEW ROBLEY-SIMEONSMA UNITED KINGDOM 491.5
4 JOANNA ALM SWEDEN 486
5 RUBENS GARDELLI ITALY 485.5
6 ÖZGÜN SARISOY TURKEY 485.25
7 SALVADOR BENITEZ MEXICO 479.25
8 YUYA KAWAI JAPAN 476.75
9 SEONG JUN SOUTH KOREA 475.25
10 ALEC PFUHL GERMANY 474.92
11 CRAZY VEISER CHINA 471
12 STANLEY WU TAIWAN 461.75