【咖啡活動】 2015 WBC世界賽
photo source: CuppingRoomHK
咖啡界最矚目的盛事，第十六屆WBC世界咖啡師大賽是世界最重要的咖啡賽事之一，2015年WBC將於4月9-12日在美國西雅圖的SCAA年度博覽會中舉行。每年超過50個國家和地區的國家咖啡師冠軍參與WBC總決賽，選手們將要在15分鐘內制作4杯ESPRESSO，4杯卡布基諾和4杯創意咖啡。來自全世界的WCE認證評審將對每位選手的咖啡技藝和每杯咖啡的質量及創造力作出評估打分，選出一年一度的世界咖啡師競賽冠軍！去年香港The Cupping Room的趙家寶贏得世界第二的名次，今年徒弟陳冠豪會否再次為港爭光呢？惜目以待。
4月9-10日，初賽，決出前十二名。
4月11日，半決賽，決出前六名。
4月12日，決賽，前六選手爭奪冠軍寶座！
中國、台灣、香港 三位選手比賽時間換算成香港時間如下：
CHAN Kwun Ho Dawn 陳冠豪 (香港) 4月10日星期五6:35am
Tse-Lin Wu (台灣) 4月10日星期五7:15am
Yinzhe Jeremy Zhang (中國) 4月11日星期六6:15am
比賽現場網上直播視頻 https://livestream.com/worldcoffee
其他選手比賽時間表：（美國西雅圖時間）
Thursday, April 09 – Round 1, Day 1初賽
8:15 AM Dmytro Griekhov (Cafe Rider, United Arab Emirates)
8:35 AM Martin Shabaya (Artcafe Coffee and Bakery, Kenya)
8:55 AM Stefanos Paterakis (Taf, Greece)
9:15 AM Julieta Vazquez Rivera (Arandela Barra de Cafe, Mexico)
9:35 AM Jose De La Peña (Tecnochef, Guatemala)
9:55 AM Natalia Piotrowska (3fe, Ireland)
10:15 AM Addison Dale (Pure Cafe Co., New Zealand)
10:35 AM Alexander Hansen (Collaborative Coffee Source, Norway)
10:55 AM Søren Stiller Markussen (GreatCoffee, Denmark)
11:15 AM Adam Neubauer (EMA Espresso Bar, Czech Republic)
11:35 AM Jesica Avalos Contreras (OR Coffee Roasters, Belgium)
11:55 AM Diego Fernando Campos Guzman (Vive Cafe, Colombia)
12:15 PM Maxwell Colonna-Dashwood (Colonna & Small’s, United Kingdom)
12:35 PM Kalle Freese (Freese Coffee Co., Finland)
12:55 PM Daniel Rivera (Hacienda San Pedro, Puerto Rico)
1:15 PM Vaiva Maskovaite (Caravan Coffee Roasters, Lithuania)
1:35 PM Charles Babinski (Go Get Em Tiger, United States)
1:55 PM Agnieszka Rojewska (Brisman Kawowy Bar, Poland)
2:15 PM Ben Put (Monogram Coffee, Canada)
2:35 PM Yoshikazu Iwase (Rec Coffee, Japan)
2:55 PM John Ryan Ting (A.R.C. Coffee, Singapore)
3:15 PM Jong Hoon Lee (Coffee Graffiti, Korea)
3:35 PM Chan Kwun Ho (The Cupping Room, Hong Kong)
3:55 PM Aldrin Lumaban (Exquisite Cafe Corporation, Philippines)
4:15 PM Tse-Lin Wu (Simple Kaffa, Taiwan)
Friday, April 10 – Round 1, Day 2初賽
8:15 AM Mark Okuta (Royal Suits, Uganda)
8:35 AM Alexey Kugaenko (OMNI Coffee, Russia)
8:55 AM Ishan Natalie (TriBeCa Coffee Company, South Africa)
9:15 AM Ozkan Yetik (Coffee Brew Lab, Turkey)
9:35 AM Veronika Galova (La Boheme Cafe, Slovakia)
9:55 AM Sasa Sestic (Ona Coffee, Australia)
10:15 AM Linnea Vannesjö (Drop Coffee Roasters, Sweden)
10:35 AM Jason Loo Hsien Yuen (The Red Beanbag, Malaysia)
10:55 AM Gregor Dattner (Espressone GmbH, Germany)
11:15 AM Giacomo Vannelli (Pasticceria Vannelli, Italy)
11:35 AM Emi Fukuhori (Independent, Switzerland)
11:55 AM Lex Wenneker (Headfirst Coffee Roasters, The Netherlands)
12:15 PM Luis Blanco Valverde (Dromedario, Spain)
12:35 PM Thiago Sabino (Octavio Cafe, Brazil)
12:55 PM Charlotte Malaval (Independent, France)
1:15 PM Francisco Alonso Garcia Lubiate (Master Coffee Peru, Peru)
1:35 PM Julio Cesar Ruiz Gomez (Salaverria Pillersdorf Coffee Roaster, El Salvador)
1:55 PM Cezara Cartes (Starbucks, Romania)
2:15 PM Ariel Bravo (Independent, Costa Rica)
2:35 PM Diego Mejia (Isveglio, Ecuador)
2:55 PM Sonja Zweidick (La Cabra, Austria)
3:15 PM Yinzhe Jeremy Zhang (M2M Coffee, China)
3:35 PM Sudarat Changcharoen (The First Espresso, Thailand)
3:55 PM Mehran Mohammadnezhad Mirjani (Cafe Yasi, Iran)
5:00 PM Semi-Finalist Announcements
Saturday, April 11 – Semi-finals Round準决賽
10:15 AM Semi-finalist 1
10:38 AM Semi-finalist 2
11:01 AM Semi-finalist 3
11:24 AM Semi-finalist 4
11:47 AM Semi-finalist 5
12:10 PM Semi-finalist 6
12:33 PM Semi-finalist 7
12:56 PM Semi-finalist 8
1:19 PM Semi-finalist 9
1:42 PM Semi-finalist 10
2:05 PM Semi-finalist 11
2:28 PM Semi-finalist 12
3:30 PM Finalist Announcements
今年博覽會將有數百個參展攤位，數以千計的參觀者和130個咖啡課程及講座。每年展會上，還會評選年度優秀產品及表彰一些個人。除了咖啡展位，還有WBC世界賽和WCE的各種活動。更詳細的活動介紹可以查看SCAA的官方網站 scaa.org 或下載專為此次活動推出的APP：scaa2015
