“Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the competition scene of the 20XX World Barista Competition, I am the master of ceremonies this time...”

With the opening remarks of the master of ceremonies in the venue for everyone in English, the Korean master of ceremonies in the venue immediately after the venue introduced the majority of the audience in Korean.As the two people introduced this year's event to the audience one after another, Lin Xiu's mood could not help but become nervous.

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"In order to give the participating players more free space, the World Coffee Association made some minor adjustments to the rules of the competition this year, and the most important of which is that the players can be allowed to guide the referees to drink the coffee they make, please note that this is a very important rule change..."

Just when everyone thought that the opening of the ceremony was just for the lively atmosphere, the master of ceremonies suddenly announced a message in public that shocked everyone.The fact that a barista can guide the referee to cite the coffee he makes means, which means that the coffee you make is likely to leave the referee with a different taste experience because of the different drinking time.This is absolutely unthinkable in the past, after all, in the previous event, all the referees were immediately picked up and tasted after the coffee was made.And this rule change means that baristas who know how to make their own coffee will have more advantages.

On the first day of the competition, the winners from more than 50 regions of the world who are certified by the World Coffee Association will gather together.Compete for 12 places to reach the semi-final stage.It was destined to be a cruel match.All the baristas who can get to this point are the best baristas in the world.The World Barista Competition does not limit the number of participants.Therefore, among the players on the court, there are many old players who have challenged the world barista competition many times.Among them, a barista player from the United Kingdom, not only has a doctoral degree in food science and engineering from a well-known university, but also entered the final stage of the World Barista Competition for nine consecutive years, and this experience alone can be called the legend of the World Barista Competition.

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When the master of ceremonies read out the relevant rules of the competition, the 50 players from all over the world on the field began to appear.According to the rules of the competition, each player can arrange the operating table according to their own preferences without changing the height of the operator's table, and the mill can be selected from the three models of Peak, EK43 and EK43(S) provided by the sponsor Mahlkong.

As the master of ceremonies announced the official start of the competition, all the players present were immediately busy.The referees who are waiting for what surprises the players will bring are waiting quietly in front of the players until the other side completes the first part of the game and makes a cup of fragrant Espresso.

Perhaps because the face of the cherry is too dazzling, the photographer on the field often gave the camera to the cherry side, only to see her bowed down to seriously complete the grinding, powder, powder and other steps.When the four handles loaded in the forest were skillfully mounted by the cherry on the steam coffee machine, as the machine started, several wissters of black-brown liquid flowed out of the fine holes of the coffee handle, and then slowly filled the coffee cup below.

"Four cups of Espresso, Miss Shangri-Faith from Japanese Sakurai Coffee was the first to complete the Espresso section, so what would the referees rate on this cup of coffee?"

“Can you introduce me to the beans you use?”

“Of course, this is the coffee beans that our cherry blossoms pick from an ecological farm in Ethiopia, and I call them the Summer of the Forest!”

“Summer in the forest?”Is this a new bean?No wonder I think this cup of coffee smells so special.

The judge who asked the question heard Sakura's answer, then took a coffee cup and took another drink, and then he looked over to his colleague.It seemed curious as to the reaction of several other referees.

“May I ask you about this coffee roasting technique?”How do you deal with these coffee beans?”

This question is really bad to answer, but I did take the opposite of most of the production of Espresso coffee.In order to maximize the preservation of the flowers and fruity atmosphere contained in the forest, I need to use a very shallow baking, and then last for two minutes, then raise the temperature by 8 degrees, and then increase the temperature by 8 degrees Celsius after a blast, after such treatment, the coffee will produce a charming floral and fruity sour taste.

“It’s very complicated!”

"Yes, if I'm not mistaken, it's probably the best coffee bean I've ever seen."

"I also agree, I really hope to see this coffee beans at this year's Esmeralda Special Auction, Ethiopia has not produced such a high-quality soybean in many years, please ask this lady, will you sell this kind of coffee on the market in the future?" 」

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After the four referees on the spot drank the cherry coffee, almost without exception, they were attracted by the rich taste experience contained in the forest.For a moment, the judges even forgot about the cherry.It was not until the master of ceremonies on the field noticed that the results were not evaluated here, everyone realized that this was the scene of the World Barista Competition.

"Haha... it seems that several referees are very interested in Miss Sakura's coffee, what kind of coffee makes the four referees on the field so fascinated?"Let's see... the amount... is the original in western Ethiopia, cherry in the ecological farm of the forest of the summer, it is incredible, it is actually a kind of beans that have never been seen in the World Barista Competition.Unexpectedly, after many years, varieties from Ethiopia, the hometown of coffee, finally appeared in the World Barista Competition again.What kind of coffee is this?Now... let’s wait and see.”

"With a tense sound of music, many players' names and scores began to appear on the big screen of the venue, and when the results came out, there were happy people, disappointed and frustrated people, until everyone's scores were displayed on the screen, and the 12 players with the highest scores finally appeared at the top of the score list."

“Let’s see... after the first round, the score provisionally ranked first... Miss Shangri-Fujie from the Japanese Sakurai Cafe, congratulations Miss Sakura, we look forward to everyone’s next performance.”