Bengaluru :

United Coffee Association of India (UCAI) and Coffee Board of India are to organise ‘The National Barista Champioship 2018’ in Bengaluru at Orion East Mall, Bengaluru.

The champioship spread over three days – April 18 – 20 is likely to see participants from various parts of the country competing.

For the Barista Champioship, United Coffee Association of India (UCAI)—a representative stakeholder in the Indian Coffee industry comprising of green coffee traders, manufactures of roast and ground coffees, along with coffee machinery manufacturers and dealers of equipment, cafes, coffee labs and coffee professionals—have to come together.

According to R Srikanth Rao, Vice President, United Coffee Association of India, “The competition has three rounds of elimination. Each barista would be preparing and presenting four cups each of espressos, milk beverage and signature drink which will be evaluated and judged by certified jury to identify the best in the various categories of beverages.”

The preliminary round will be on April 18 and 19 and the semifinals and finals would be on April 20. The head Judge for the competition would be Joe Hsu, who is international representative from World Coffee Events. The winner of National Barista Competition would represent India at the World Barista Championship to be held at Amsterdam, during June 2018.

source: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com / Business Line / Home> News / by Anil Urs / Bengaluru – April 13th, 2018