This is your quick reference schedule for Round One, Day One of the 2013 World Barista Championship, hosted by World Coffee Events in conjunction with the 2013 Melbourne International Coffee Expo. Today’s field is 28 baristas total, each eligible to advance based on points to the Semi Finals Saturday Round of 18. Official WBC Livestream is available here. All times in this schedule are listed in UTC + 10:00 – conversion tables for your local time are available here.
Sprudge.com is proud to serve as an Official Media Partner of World Coffee Events throughout the 2013 season. For play-by-play coverage of every competitor live from Melbourne, follow @SprudgeLive on Twitter and accept no imitations.
1. 8:15 AM – Roberto Pablo Caldas, Arabica Espresso Bar, Peru
2. 8:35 – William Hernandez, Viva Espresso, El Salvador – @VivaEspresso1
3. 8:55 – Maria Auxiliadora Bonila, Beneficio Don Mayo, Costa Rica
4. 9:15 – Lucca Casadei, Segafredo Zanetti, France – @lucacasadei7 @segafredo_z_spa
5. 9:35 – Jefferson David Castillo Bermudez, Nicaragua
6. 9:55 – Ron Harvey Valero Balaguera, Juan Valdez Cafe (PROCAFECOL), Colombia – @ronaldvalero2ย @juanvaldezcafe
7. 10:15 – Godfrey Batte, Africa Coffee Academy, Uganda –ย @gbatte007
8. 10:35 – Romeo Porello Jr., Eurocoffee, United Arab Emirates
9. 10:55 – Daniel Andres Cifuentes Diaz, Caffe Lattente, Argentina
10. 11:15 – Graciele Rodrigues, Lucca Cafes Especials, Brazil
11. 11:35 – Rasmus Helgebostad, Java Espressobar & Kaffeforretning AS, Norway – @recaf
12. 11:55 – Eniko Kantor, Hungary
13. 12:15 PM – Mariarosa Gomez, Ristretto Cafe, Puerto Rico
14. 12:35 – Marian Plajdicko, Slovakia – @plajdo
15. 12:55 – Christian Vera, Dach Coffee, Chile – @baristacristian
16. 1:15 – Natalia Kuranakova, Kredens Cafe, Ukraine
17. 1:35 – Zjevuan Lemar Janga, Restaurant Ivy, Netherlands – @jevaunJ
18. 1:55 – Torfi Torfason, Iceland – @TheTorfi
19. 2:15 – Kapo Chiu, The Cupping Room, Hong Kong – @TheCuppingRoom
20. 2:35 – Oskar Alverus, Drop Coffee, Sweden – @dropcoffee
21. 2:55 – Alejandro Escobar Vazquez, Cafe Etrusca / Pare de Dormir, Mexico
22. 3:15 – Serkan Ipekli, Mambocino Coffee, Turkey
23. 3:35 – Matthew Perger, St. Ali, Australia – @mattperger @st_ali
24. 3:55 – Rhoda Kamau, Nairobi Serena Hotel, Kenya
25. 4:15 – Shem Lupin, Stoll Kaffe, Switzerland – @shemspresso
26. 4:35 – Tomas Rudys, Lithuania
27. 4:55 – Nick Clark, Flight Coffee, New Zealand – @flightcoffee @nickroydclark
28. 5:15 – Dmitry Boroday, North-West Coffee Company, Russia – @lyudim
END DAY ONE.
ย Sprudge.com’s coverage of the 2013 World Barista Championship is made possible by direct support from the St. ALi / Sensory Lab family and Nuova Simonelli.
