Gender-neutral language and competitor qualification explanations are some of the “minor” rules and regulation changes World Coffee Events (WCE) has released for the 2018 World Brewers Cup, World Cup Tasters and World Coffee Roasting Championships.

Released on 14 June, WCE says the final changes for this year’s world competitions have been made to “keep them consistent with other competition documents”.

To view the final changes to the championships, visit www.worldcoffeeevents.org/rules/

The 2018 World Brewers Cup and World Cup Tasters Championship will take place alongside the World Latte Art Championship and World Coffee In Good Spirits Championship at International Coffee Week from 7 to 9 November in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

For more information about all of the Brazil championships, visit brazil.worldcoffeeevents.org, which is also where each championship will be livestreamed online.

The World Coffee Roasting Championship is being targeted for an early January event, with details to be confirmed as soon as possible. The WCE team says it deeply appreciates competitor patience as it confirms the final details.

The committees and community review process for the Rules and Regulations is currently being expanded and reformed. If you have any interest in being involved in that process, please fill out this interest form.

Image credit: Jeff Hann for WCE