The 2021 World Latte Art Championship (WLAC), World Coffee In Good Spirits Championship (WCIGS), and World Coffee Roasting Championship (WCRC) will take place at the Taiwan International Coffee Show from 19 to 22 November 2021.
The Taiwanese event, held at the Nangang Exhibition Center in Taipei, hosted the WCRC in 2019.
As part of this scheduling, the 2021 World Coffee Championships season will be set, with the World Brewers Cup joining the World Barista Championship, World Cup Tasters, and Cezve/Ibrik Championship at the Specialty Coffee Association’s World of Coffee Athens event, from 24 to 26 June.
The World Coffee Championships (WCC) are produced by World Coffee Events, a subsidiary of the Specialty Coffee Association.
The WLAC recognises the best latte artists through multiple rounds of drinks and designs they must pour, both on-stage, and for the audience at the Art Bar. The WCIGS highlights the combination of coffee and alcohol, awarding those who best blend the craft of barista and bartender. The WCRC is the newest of the WCC, and it focuses on the craft of the roaster, giving competitors multiple days to sample-roast selections from a shared set of green coffees, make production roasting plans, and then execute their production roasts.
World Coffee Events says it is excited to work with the Taiwan Coffee Association and the Taiwan International Coffee Show on the competitions.
Taiwan has a strong specialty coffee culture, with an estimated 4000 roasters according to the Taiwan Coffee Association, and fifteen World Coffee Championship finalists; including Berg Wu, 2016 World Barista Champion; Chad Wang, 2017 World Brewers Cup Champion; Pang-Yu Liu, 2014 World Cup Tasters Champion; and Jacky Lai, 2014 World Coffee Roasting Champion.
The Taiwan International Coffee Show will gather together many different people from throughout the coffee value chain together, and they will have the chance to witness the best competitors from across the globe at the World Coffee Championships. For more information, visit www.chanchao.com.tw/coffee
Image: Ben Toovey of Genovese Coffee at the 2019 WCRC