Five New World Coffee Champions Named in Milan

Five new World Coffee Champions were crowned this past weekend in Milan, Italy, with winners hailing from Italy, Poland, South Korea, Austria and the United Arab Emirates.

Produced by World Coffee Events and sanctioned by the Specialty Coffee Association, the five global coffee competitions brought scores of national champions together for three days of competition in conjunction with Europe’s largest annual coffee trade show, World of Coffee.

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New world champions were identified for Latte Art, Coffee in Good Spirits, Cup Tasters, Coffee Roasting and Cezve/Ibrik. The other two events under the World Coffee Events umbrella — the World Barista Championship and the World Brewers Cup Championship — are scheduled to take place this September in Australia in conjunction with the Melbourne International Coffee Expo (MICE).

Here are the final standings for last week’s five world championships:

2022 World Coffee Roasting Championship Final Ranking

1. Felix Teiretzbacher, Austria
2. Simo Christidi, Norway
3. Wisnu Aji, Indonesia
4. Alex Nerantzis, Greece

2022 World Cup Tasters Championship Final Ranking

1. Heongwan Moon, South Korea
2. Jaco Chu, Hong Kong
3. Heli Santiago Castaño, Colombia
4. Dénes Rajmond, Germany

2022 World Latte Art Championship Final Ranking

1. Carmen Clemente, Italy
2. RORA, South Korea
3. Shao-Sing Lin, Taiwan
4. Nicky Voon Pei Xin, Malaysia
5. Victor Vu, Australia
6. Christos Douvas, Greece

2022 World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship Final Ranking

1. Agnieszka Rojewska, Poland
2. Vladyslav Demonenko, Ukraine
3. Shayla Philipa, Indonesia
4. Nelson Phu, Canada
5. Danny Wilson, Australia
6. Christos Klouvatos, Greece

2022 Cezve/Ibrik Championship Final Ranking

1. Michaela Ruazol – Recera, United Arab Emirates
2. Paul Ungureanu, Romania
3. Dimitris Baigkousis, Greece
4. Agnieszka Rojewska, Poland