[K-COFFEE] Meet Korean barista champions in Australia

Chanho Hong, Yama Kim, Nate Lee and Jeonggi Lee

Chanho Hong, Yama Kim, Nate Lee and Jeonggi Lee Source: SBS Korean Program

Four award-winning Korean baristas talk about their love and passion about coffee.


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

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