2017 Competitors
Australia
Sam Corra
Ona Coffee
My Name is Sam Corra and i have been working in the coffee industry for 11 years now, and have been Head Roaster for Ona Coffee for the last 7 years. I first got into specialty coffee by latte art, working on new patterns and sharing them to the world through youtube channel Bacco555888. Latte art brought me to the competition ring and lead me to joining the Ona Coffee team in 2010. this decision was made after coming 2nd to Sasa in the Act Regional barista Comps and realized that i needed to learn more about coffee extraction, understanding flavor and coffee farming to continue my progression in the industry. The rest is history. In more recent times I have settled into being the one one behind the scenes when it come to the coffee competitions—generally assisting baristas and brewers in our company, as well as around the world with roasting for their national and world events. But after the success Sasa had in Seattle, and working closely with Hugh Kelly for the Australian Barista Championship and WBC 2016, I caught the bug to hop back into competing myself. The format of Brewers Cup drew me in and made me not only look to improve the way I brewed coffee, but left me searching for ways to improve the way I roasted for filter, and to work closer with our producers to create coffees that would make for even more exciting experiences when brewed. I’m very lucky to have an amazing team around me and work for a company that allows me these marvellous opportunities to really connect with every stage of a coffee.
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Austria
Michael Manhart
Independent
I was born in Salzburg and had my first contact with good coffee in 2013. I’ve taken part in 3 Aeropress Championships, 3 Cup Tasters Championships and in 2 Brewers Cups (2016 – 2nd place, 2017 – 1st place), and in Goran Hubers “Tiroler und Internationale Baristameisterschaften 2016” in the Filter Coffee Challenge (1st place). I love fruity coffee!
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Belgium
Phil Coppin
Independent
Hi, I am Phil and I’m 25 years old. I live just next to Brussels. Passionate about coffee and love to experiment with new things to create a great cup of coffee.
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China
Siying Li
HMP Craft
I am the owner of my coffee shop which is called HMP Craft. I have always considered speciality coffee as a spirit, which makes us advance bravely and explore continuously. I think this is the love to coffee.
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Brazil
Camila Franco
Lucca Specialty Coffees
I grew up in my parents’ coffee shop (Lucca Specialty Coffees, in Curitiba, Parana). I have been working with coffee for a little over a year.
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Canada
Javaid Shah
Phil & Sebastian Coffee Roasters
Javaid Shah is the head trainer at Phil & Sebastian, instilling his passion for flavour into the future P&S barista’s while sharing his extensive knowledge of the coffee world. His never ending quest to make things taste better cultivates in his sensory work and his belief in passing that knowledge on makes him an inspired researcher and teacher. His activities as an avid foodie, reader, music producer and taster of all things often blur the lines between work and play, making his passion that much more apparent.
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Colombia
Nicolas Rico
Azahar Coffee Company
Always my motivation has been the love of my wife and daughter, and now I have the opportunity to show the world that not only do we produce one of the best cafes in the world, but we also have professionalism and conscience when preparing it, Once my country attends this event I want to take the opportunity to continue learning and sharing the evolution that exists through the preparation of our cafes.sacando best advantage to varieties that we produce in Colombia such as: tabi, castle, colombia etc without leaving to One side the other varieties around the world.
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Czech Republic
Petra Strelecka
Industra Coffee
I am a former of Prufrock Coffee in London. Since 2014 I’ve opened my own café – Industra Coffee in Brno, Czech Republic. I am 3 times Czech Brewers Cup Champion.
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Denmark
Cristian Scigliano
The Coffee Collective
Italian, born and raised in Denmark.
Been with The Coffee Collective since August 2015
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Finland
Aleksi Kuusijärvi
Coffee bar Sävy
Hi, my name is Aleksi and I run two specialty coffee shops in Helsinki, Finland (Coffee bar Sävy and El Fant) and I’m a co-owner of a small, quality driven coffee roastery called Good Life Coffee Roasters.
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France
Connor Bramley
Coutume Café
Whilst finishing my mathematics degree at university I started working in specialty coffee and found it significantly more interesting! Since then I’ve worked as a barista, manager, trainer, quality controller, and roaster. I love the coffee competitions since I learn so much every single time I compete.
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Germany
Constantin Hoppenz
Bonanza Coffee
My name is Constantin Hoppenz. I’m 23 years old. I live in Berlin and work as a coffee creative at Bonanza Coffee Roasters. Early I’ve developed a passion for tasty things and the craft behind its making. The buzzing specialty scene of Berlin heartened me to dedicate my passion to coffee and every day since I started working as a barista I’m happy about this decision. Currently I’m the green coffee buyer and head of quality at Bonanza.
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Greece
Stathis Koremtas
Taf Coffee
My name is Stathis, and I work at Taf Coffee in Athens and at Coffee Profilers in Berlin.
As a barista, I brew everyday for my customers. Championship is a way to improve and challenge
myself. I love coffee, not only as a beverage or occupation, but as a medium to communicate with people.
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Hong Kong
Wai Kin Mok
Accro Coffee
I’m Kin, I am the owner and roaster of Accro Coffee. I have been working in coffee industry for 7 years.
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Hungary
Marton Lonkai
Steamhouse
I opened my cafe in July 2016 as a newcomer to the coffee industry. Since then, the team of Steamhouse Cafe have built up a really friendly, quality-driven place where the coffee and the community are our first priority.
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Indonesia
Harison Chandra
Ottoman’s Coffee Brewers
I grew to love coffee from my time in Australia. I was blown away by the different taste that each coffee origin would give me. Although I do a lot of coffee hopping, but I never work as a barista. When I came back to Jakarta in 2014, I was surprised by the progress of speciality coffee industry in Indonesia. So at the end of 2015, I decided to pursue my passion in coffee by opening up Ottoman’s Coffee Brewers which was established in Feb 2016 together with a group of my friends. One year after, I decided to join the Indonesia Brewers Cup Championship and I am lucky enough to win in my first national competition and represent Indonesia in the World Brewers Cup. My wish is to give my best to my country and to all my supporters and make them proud.
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Ireland
Stephen Houston
Bailies Coffee Roasters
Head roaster for Bailies Coffee in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 30 years old, worked in coffee since July 2014. In love with every aspect of coffee, from assisting our green coffee buyer, sample and production roasting, roast profiling, cupping, brewing and of course just drinking coffee! Roasting is my main role at Bailies, working closely with our coffee buyer, quality control and baristas, gives me a great understanding of the whole coffee process from start to finish. I love competing—it’s challenging, it’s fun, forces you to get out of your comfort zone, and win, lose, or draw, you learn a lot and it’s a great experience. I’m really excited to be on the world stage and to compete against the best in the world!
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Italy
Gian Zaniol
Chapter One OHG
I’m from Venice but now I live in Berlin where I work in a coffee place named Chapter One. It has been more than 15 years since I began to work behind the espresso machine but only after I moved to Berlin, in 2011,I discovered the Specialty Coffee and I started to get exposed to the world of filter coffee,my big love. Being italian the coffee is a big part of my culture, a daily ritual and a little act of love, I didn’t expected it to become more than a passion, the job of my life. I wake up every morning knowing how lucky I am and I’m very glad for this. Berlin and its coffee scene literally changed my life. I love to spend time with my girlfriend, music,to cook,my cat and jogging.
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Japan
Yasuhito Kobayashi
Ogawa Coffee
I’m doing wholesale of household coffee in the western Japan area.
I would like you to have delicious coffee at home for everyone. For that reason, I am not only selling but also studying about coffee everyday such as extraction technique, so that you can enjoy the difference in taste and brewing method. I would like to do the best performance so that as many people as possible to be able to know the taste of authentic coffee.
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Latvia
Agnija Tilla
Freelance
I’ve always been a passionate coffee person, but just two years ago I decided for a career change, and switched from law to coffee. That’s why my motivation and story is slightly different from those who started a coffee career during studies. My first official coffee job as barista was at RocketBean in Riga, where I learned a lot. After a year I decided to take a break and see what world has to offer – I traveled and explored the coffee scene in Europe. Since late autumn 2016 I’ve been a part of an exciting project – Coffee Pixels, a startup company making edible specialty coffee. From time to time I do some side projects related to coffee.
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Malaysia
Shaun Liew
Yellow Brick Road
My name is Shaun Liew and I am one of the co-founders of Yellow Brick Road cafe and Common Craftsmen in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. My passion lies in coffee, travel, food and photography. Additionally, I love meeting people and always find the joy in sharing and listening to experiences from people.
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Mexico
Florentino Leon
Quentin Cafe MX
Barista for the last 7 years… I never thought coffee would become my life, but things happen. I currently work as a barista in Quentin Cafe MX. Our roaster is in progress, with many other projects in mind, and a lot of passion to share, and with great hunger for knowledge.
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New Zealand
Nara Lee
Independent
I am an immigrant like many of New Zealanders. I born in South Korea. I met the specialty coffee 6 years ago as a customer. Since then, I fell in love with all these beautiful tasty coffees. My real coffee life as a coffee maker started in New Zealand. It is a great honour to participate in this event as a New Zealander as I love this country and my coffee life has started in New Zealand. I am a coffee person and want to be a better one all the time. The competition has helped me to improve myself and push me to learn more and explore more. I work hard to make a good cup of coffee for customers as consistently as I can. I am so looking forward to watching all other competitors routine to learn something more.
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Norway
Odd-Steinar Tøllefsen
Supreme Roastworks AS
I have worked in the coffee business as a barista since 2010. Part owner of Supreme Roastworks since 2013. A roastery and small coffeeshop in Oslo Norway. I am the National Champion Brewers cup 2014-2015-2016 and 2017. Finalist in the World Brewers Cup 2014-15-16. World Champion 2015.
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Poland
Maciej Duszak
Coffeedesk
Working with coffee since 2010. Barista trainer and educator. Author of Arabean vlog on YouTube. Authorised SCA Trainer. Master of Coffee Science in Coffeedesk.
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Romania
Gabriel Carol
Bob Coffee Lab
Before getting into speciality coffee, I was a professional basketball player, but I chose to go to Germany to make money for univeristy, and started to work there in a bar. One day I spoke with a barista, which back then I had no clue what it meant. He explained more to me about coffee and the barista championships. I kind of knew in a way that this would be the road to follow. So I came back to Romania and met “Speciality Coffee” for the first time. Then I knew for sure that this is what I want. Started to learn more…but found out that I really like filter coffee. I decided to compete in 2015, for the first time at the brewers cup… It was way harder than I expected. Then again in 2016, but I had no luck. I lost again… In 2016 my friend won the World Coffee Roasting Championship and motivated me to work really hard and to take everything seriously. 2017 was my year. I won the Romanian Brewers Cup championship. 🙂 Can’t wait for Budapest!
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Russia
Dmitrii Borodai
DoubleB
28 years old. Coffee sourcing, roasting, and quality control in DoubleB – Q-grader.
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Singapore
Rodman Chan
A.R.C. Coffee
I’ve been doing coffee for the past 2 years and I’m the current Singapore Cup Tasters Champion and Singapore National Brewers Cup Champion.
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Slovakia
Veronika Galova Vesela
Independent
Barista and trainer from Slovakia running my own Barista School in Czech Republic. Training new baristas and sharing knowledge is my speciality and it makes me happy! I’m in the coffee industry for 7 years and actually 2 years working as independent barista for many companies. Independency allows me to cooperate with a wide range of customers involved in the coffee business. That’s the true beauty of my job! I’m also a proud brand ambassador of Gardelli Specialty Coffees and also Coffeedesk.
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Spain
Adrián Fernández
Servicios Exclusivos de Café SL
Hola, Soy Adrián Fernández, barista profesional desde hace 10 años ejerciendo en locales propios de hostelería desde hace mas de 20 años. Apasionado de los campeonatos Baristas desde hace 9 años, he tenido la suerte de poder conseguir titulos como Mejor Barista de España Forum 2014, Campeón Foz 2015, segundo en CIGS 2015, y otros titulos regionales. Actualmente soy asesor/formador para empresa tostadora en España con mi empresa de Coffee Consulting.
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South Korea
Leon Han
UCC Coffee
Hello, I’m Han Gyeo re. I’m looking forward to this competition so much and I’m ready to enjoy with you all—I hope it will be an unforgettable experience.
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Switzerland
Dani Hofstetter
Hemro Group
– Born (1978), raised and based in Zurich Switzerland
– Master degree in food science from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
– Had the pleasure to travel the world and get drawn into the magic of coffee in my travelling years as a professional triathlete
– Started a regular professional career in food and coffee industry in 2006
– Switched to equipment manufacturer in 2014
– Since February 2017: Head of Education, Head Barista and Area Sales Manager at Hemro Group (Mahlkönig, Ditting, Anfim)
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Sweden
Albin Frid
da Matteo
Albin is a man from the country side who fled into the big city just over two years ago to explore the world of coffee. Everyday, he works behind one of da Matteo’s four well-known bars in Gothenburg where he primarily brews amazing coffee, but also charms ladies with his brilliant smile. If Albin would not be at his job, he would probably be sitting in the sun with his close friends and enjoying a nice meal and a cold beer.
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Taiwan
Chad Wang
Jascaffe China
I’m Chad, from Taiwan. Second-runner Up of the WBrC 2016. I am truly honored to once again represent my country in 2017. Since Dublin, I have learnt a lot. I am now a different barista, and a different person. The championship had more impact in my life than I could have ever imagined. I am more confident now, and I feel stronger than ever. Looking forward to Budapest with excitement.
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Thailand
Paddy Chanwong
Simple Coffee Simple Life
I own a small cafe called Simple Coffee Simple Life in Bangkok, Thailand. I’m a barista for 6 years. I’m also a Barista Trainer for Boon Rawd Brewery also know as the world most famous SINGHA Corporation.
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The Netherlands
Daniella René Nyström
Scandinavian Embassy
I have a background in Arts from High School in Sweden, where I am originally from. I moved to the Netherlands in search of new adventures and soon after got to know the guys behind Scandinavian Embassy. Coffee has always been close to my heart since part of my family comes from Honduras and my dad always wanted to have a coffee farm there one day. I’ve been working professionally with coffee for about 2 years. I love to explore the creative side in coffee; developing unique products from this amazing plant and also finding different ways of serving a cup of coffee with hand made ceramics.
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Turkey
Orkun Ustel
Coffee Department
I’m in the anniversary of my transition to change my passion, which started three years ago by coffee brewing at my home, to profession by working at Kronotrop Coffee Bar & Roastery. It is a true excitement and happiness for me to challenge my experience that I gain in this short and intense period of time by attending to World Brewers Cup.
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Ukraine
Oksana Vitynska
Black Honey
My professional activity in coffee started 5 years ago when I started working in one of the best cafes in Ukraine. Today I am a certified Q-Grader and the owner of the cafe. Championships is my another passion and the ability to motivate my staff.
United Arab Emirates
Mark Anthony Uy
The Espresso Lab
Im Mark, I’ve been in the coffee industry for 5 years, I was introduce to specialty coffee world 3 years back. From then, I started to become curious about the science behind specialty coffee. And even after winning the National Brewers Cup Championship in United Arab of the Emirates, this pushed me to learn, study and to be more curious about this craft.
Please list the coffee competitions you have participated in, what year they took place, and your results.
What are you excited to do while you are in Budapest?
What was your first amazing experience with coffee?
What coffee-producing country most interests or excites you?
What are your interests outside of coffee?
Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
United Kingdom
Dave Cullen
Clifton Coffee Roasters
My name is Dave, and I live in the city of Bristol, UK. I began working with coffee 6 years ago in a local chain as a way of working through my masters degree. Before long I had learned about the rudiments of making coffee and became hooked on finding out everything I could about it. This led me to Colonna and Smalls in Bath, which changed my perception of coffee completely and forever. In 2013 I began working at FCP Coffee as its first employee with Mat North which was one of the biggest learning experiences of my life. Two years ago I began working for Clifton Coffee in the supply side of the industry and have loved every minute of it.
Please list the coffee competitions you have participated in, what year they took place, and your results.
What are you excited to do while you are in Budapest?
What was your first amazing experience with coffee?
What is your favorite coffee brewing method and why?
What coffee-producing country most interests or excites you?
What are your interests outside of coffee?
Is there anyone you would like to thank or recognize, or who helped you to prepare for the WBrC?
United States
Dylan Siemens
Onyx Coffee Lab
I’m Dylan Siemens, Head Barista Trainer at Onyx Coffee Lab, who I started my coffee career with five years ago. I’m a Level 2 Certified Instructor for the SCA, and have competed in multiple competitions. I am obsessed with every creative and technical aspect of both coffee making, tasting, and teaching.