Coffee championship organized by World Coffee Event is like Olympics or World Cup for baristas around world. Baristas from 70 counties compete for seven championship titles; Barista, Cup Tasters, Latte Art and Brewers Cup etc.
It is reported that Korean baristas have shown strong performance in the national competition and a few of them won the championship.
Four award-winning Korean baristas joined SBS studio to share their outstanding achievement and distinguished passion for coffee.
Full interview is available on Podcast above.
Baristas' profile:
Chanho Hong : 2017 Australian Brewers Cup Championship third place
Yama Kim: 2017 Australian Cup Tasters Championship first place
Nate Lee: 2017 NSW/ACT regional Latte Art Championship third place
Jeonggi Lee: 2017 Australian National Aeropress Championship second place