Congrats to Gwilym Davies, World Barista Champion 2009

Written by Poul Mark |  April 19, 2009
It was an amazing final round of the World Barista Championship, and at the end of 6 amazing performances, Gwilym from the UK, ended up on top.  He ran over time by 16 or so seconds, on purpose, as he thought he was out of the race, and wanted to say something to the judges before he finished.  Our own Canadian showed exemplary and placed 2nd (Congrats Sammy).  I actually filmed all of Sammy's and all of Gwilym's sets (albiet my vantage point wasn't the best) so it will be fun to watch number 1 and 2 later.  One we get the video edited, hopefully we can get it up on Vimeo.  My camera isn't talking to my computer right now, so I can't upload any photos.  In short, it has been a great week, Chad and Josh rocked the WBC bar yesterday and I think that our espresso showed well.  I have met so many people, and am litterally overwhelmed with the amazing community that I find myself apart of.  Stay tuned for more pics and such in the next couple of days.  Once again, congrats to Gwilym, Sammy, Michael, Colin Lee Jong and Attila, they all inspired us.  Oh and to James and Anette, you two are amazing.

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  • By Stewart  |  Thursday, April 30, 2009 01:55 PM

    Colbert report covers WBC.

    http://www.baristaexchange.com/video/wbc-on-colbert-report


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