This is your quick reference schedule for Round One, Day Two of the 2013 World Barista Championship, hosted by World Coffee Events in conjunction with the 2013 Melbourne International Coffee Expo. Today’s field is 25 baristas total, each eligible to advance based on points to the Semi Finals Saturday Round of 12. 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.
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29. 8:15 AM – John Gordon, Square Mile Coffee Roasters, United Kingdom – @gorillatampers @squaremile
30. 8:35 – Francesco Sanapo, Italy – @sanapofrancesco
31. 8:55 – Kalle Freese, Finland – @kallefreese
32. 9:15 – Stefan Laurentiu, Barista School, Romania
33. 9:35 – Ryan Tan, Strangers Reunion, Singapore – @Ryankierantan @strangersreu
34. 9:55 – Jose De La Pena, Cafe Casa, Guatemala
35. 10:15 – Areephorn Kaeajaroen, Hom Krun Coffee Company, Thailand
36. 10:35 – Frantisek Rohacek, MyGastro, Czech Republic
37. 10:55 – Jordi Mestre, Nude Espresso, Spain – @nomadcoffeeuk @nudeespresso
38. 11:15 – Pete Licata, Parisi Coffee, USA – @petelicata @parisicoffee
39. 11:35 – Jinkyu Kim, Core, South Korea
40. 11:55 – Louis Donck, Donko’s Koffie, Belgium
41. 12:15 PM – Chia Cheng Chien, Jim’s Burger & Coffee 88, Taiwan
42. 12:35 – Thanasis Nikolis, Tailor Made, Greece – @thirdwave14
43. 12:55 – Colin Harmon, 3FE, Ireland – @dublinbarista @3FE
44. 1:15 – Jose Luis Herrera Madrid, Inversiones Ingeniosas, Honduras
45. 1:35 – Mihael Gerhard Putnik, Eliscaffe, Croatia
46. 1:55 – Kevin Israel Fortu, Craft Coffee Workshop, Philippines
47. 2:15 – Hidenori Izaki, Maruyama Coffee Company, Japan – @hcoespsp @maruyamacoffee
48. 2:35 – Mirriam Simasiku, Blue Moon Cafe, Zambia
49. 2:55 – Lovejoy Chirambasukwa, Origin Coffee Roasting, South Africa – @LovejoyLJ
50. 3:15 – Jeremy Ho, Phil & Sebastian Coffee Roasters, Canada – @OhYmerej @philandseb
51. 3:35 – He Hong Cao, North Woods Coffee, China
52. 3:55 – Rasmus Gamrath, The Coffee Collective, Denmark – @rasmusgamrath @coffeecollectif
53. 4:15 – Doddy Samsura, One Fifteenth Coffee, Indonesia – @doddy_samsura
END DAY TWO – SEMI-FINALS ANNOUNCEMENTS TO FOLLOW
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