The competitors season merely refuses to decelerate. After crowning new barista champions in each Canada and america during the last two weeks, the eyes of the espresso world flip now to Belgium, the place over the weekend World of Espresso’s European leg occurred in Brussels. And whereas the SCA’s premier commerce present sequence was chockablock with cubicles and new tech, it was the espresso competitions that obtained issues heated up.
Not one, not two, however three World Espresso Championships coincided with WoC Brussels. The World Brewers Cup, World Espresso in Good Spirits, and World Roasters Championship all occurred over the weekend, and so they all positioned new champions. Every is a fruits of a 12 months’s price of effort by the opponents and represents the best achievement in every respective self-discipline. These are career-defining moments, and we have been fortunate sufficient to get three of them.
And so with out additional ado, let’s discover out who they’re, lets. Listed below are the winners and Finalists for the 2026 World Brewers Cup, World Espresso in Good Spirits, and World Roasters Championship.
World Brewers Cup
Champion: Nas Jaafar, Malaysia
Runner-Up: Simon Gautherin, Australia
Third: Bavis Kwong, Hong Kong
4th: Jackie Tran, Czech Republic
fifth: Ethan Junseong Park, South Korea
sixth: Angie Molina, France
World Espresso In Good Spirits
Champion: Andy Philein, China
Runner-Up: Sion Wu, Taiwan*
Third: Akira Zushi, Japan
4th: Serene Yu, Australia
fifth: Dmitrii Shkliarov, Indonesia
sixth: Ricky Chan, Hong Kong
World Roasters Championship
Champion: Benjamin Brassart, Belgium
Runner-Up: Li Zhong Xiang, China
Third: Thanasis Angelopoulos, Greece
4th: Ashton Huang, Taiwan*
fifth: Andrea Trevisan, Austria
sixth: Wang JianNing, China
Congratulations to all of the winners and Finalists!
*Editor’s Observe: World Espresso Championships now designate opponents from Taiwan as representing “Chinese language Taipei.” Learn extra concerning the change right here.
Zac Cadwalader is the managing editor at Sprudge Media Community and a workers author primarily based in Dallas. Learn extra Zac Cadwalader on Sprudge.
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