Klaus Thompson announces the winners...

6th place: Brazil Barista Champion Silvia Magalhaes

5th place: Switzerland Barista Champion Anna Kaeppeli

4th place: Japan Barista Champion Miyuki Miyamae

3rd place: New Zealand Barista Champion Carl Sara

2nd place: United States Barista Champion Heather Perry

2007 WORLD BARISTA CHAMPION IS: United Kingdom Barista Champion James Hoffmann!

wahooo.

Pictures and videos soon to follow?

for pictures and videos goto

http://www.zacharyzachary.com

The correct link is http://zacharyzachary.com/

Anyone knows what blends the baristas used

Ale

It is great an American scored and placed so high. I had a great discussion with an Australian during SCAA and his thoughts were that as good as it is American espresso was too far away from what Europeans looked for and that when going to the WBCs competitotrs should take in to account who their audience will be.

About the blends... I think Heather spoke of her blend during her semi-finals also on zacharyzachary.com

Hi Dave
Can you comment on the different styles of the contestants? Are there any generalisations you could make? eg did the finalists all tend to follow a particular style?

I haven't seen any points posted anywhere. Were they close?

I have to say I don't get the patter/prattle that goes with the presentation. I would love my barista if they served me a great coffee every time and engaged in a two way conversation rather than a lecture style presentation. I'm very happy for someone to clarify the finer details for me.

Rosemary

I think it's just freakin' awesome that not only did the title go to James, but that he did it with single origin espresso.

LOVE it.

Yeah, I forgot....
CONGRATULATIONS JIM!

Congratulations to Heather! She did a great job representing the US.

Rosemary wrote:Hi Dave
Can you comment on the different styles of the contestants? Are there any generalisations you could make? eg did the finalists all tend to follow a particular style?

I haven't seen any points posted anywhere. Were they close?

I have to say I don't get the patter/prattle that goes with the presentation. I would love my barista if they served me a great coffee every time and engaged in a two way conversation rather than a lecture style presentation. I'm very happy for someone to clarify the finer details for me.

Rosemary

Hopefully I didn't come across too lecturing! I tried not to, instead of memorising a speech I just had mental bullet points. Anyways - I am happy to answer any questions about the coffees or brew recipes people might have. I think the bulk of my win, easily, is down to the quality of the raw ingredients.