Play The World Cup Football Pool – & Support Coffee Communities!
Love football (almost) as much as you love coffee? Can’t wait for the FIFA World Cup to kick off? Like the idea of winning money ...read more
How 2016 World Barista Champion Berg Wu Won His Title
We’re just days away from having a 2017 World Barista Champion – but what does it take to win one of coffee’s most prestigious competitions? ...read more
New World Coffee Roasting Championship Rules Announced
This December, roasters all over the world will compete for the coveted title of World Coffee Roasters Champion (WCRC) in Guangzhou, China. And World Coffee Events (WCE) have ...read more
Coffee Producer Stories: How Auctions Enable Direct Trade
This time last year, Ever Leonel Díaz Pérez expected to sell his coffee for usual rate of US $2/lb – a few cents above the ...read more
Should The World Barista Championship Use a Compulsory Coffee?
“It’s supposed to be a barista championship, but no, it’s a coffee championship,” Gianni Cassatini of Nuova Simonelli, one of the World Coffee Events sponsors, ...read more
World Barista Championship Rule Changes Announced
News just in: World Coffee Events (WCE) have announced rule changes for the World Barista Championship, coffee’s biggest competition. They will take effect from the ...read more
What Do Competitions Mean For Small Roasters?
Another year, another opportunity to participate in coffee competitions. But for small roasters, how much value do roasting competitions actually add? We spoke to two ...read more
The Barista League: A Different Kind of Competition
The Barista League isn’t like the Barista Championship. But it isn’t trying to be. The latter requires extensive preparation, customer service, and 12 truly special drinks. It’s ...read more
World Barista Championship 2018 to Be in AMSTERDAM
Amsterdam, the city of canals, museums – and the 2018 World Barista Championship. We’re still many months away from the 2017 World Barista Championship in ...read more
Instagram Coffee Shots: The Best of Them
Congratulations to the winners of the PDG and Taf Coffee Instagram Giveaway! 20 talented coffee lovers had their photographs selected from within our community – and talk about ...read more
Coffee Photography: 20 Winning Shots!
Congratulations to the winners of the PDG and Gold Box Dubai Instagram Giveaway! 20 talented photographers had their work selected from within our community – ...read more
What Does It Take to Become Saudi’s 1st AeroPress Champion?
In 2014, Mohammed Alghamdi first experienced specialty coffee. And in 2016, he became the first ever Saudi AeroPress Champion – a step that was just ...read more
Londoners: Why Attend Prufrock & Mulmar’s Brewing Competition?
Wish you could watch the Brewers Cup in person? To smell the trophy-winning coffee as it’s being made? But can’t make it to Budapest – or ...read more
Roaster Legends: Introducing the New European Roasting Competition
There’s a reason premium micro lots do so well in competitions. They’re sensational. They prove that coffee is as a specialty product that deserves respect. ...read more
James Tooill: I Competed in the Brewers Cup to Be a Better Roaster
If you’re going to spend hours preparing for and then competing in the Brewers Cup, not just once but three times, it’s probably because brewing ...read more
Interview With Andrea Allen: Where Are the Female Coffee Competitors?
Andrea Allen structures her life around three things: her business, her religion, and her family. If she were a man, would I have written that ...read more