The conference in Milan included more than 11,000 guests and five new world coffee champions, and more. Here are a few of our most loved photos.
COMPILED BY SARAH ALLEN, BARISTA THE MAGAZINE
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Coffee professionals from all over the globe met in Milan, Italy, at the end of June to attend the 2022 World of Coffee event, which is the largest of its kind in Europe. More than 11,000 attendees from 137 countries walked the floor of the show which was home to the vast Roaster Village and over 350 exhibitors showcasing the most recent products and services available to the coffee industry.
With the help of 230 volunteers and five World Coffee Championships, 28 cupping room sessions with 25 SCA lectures and nine training sessions, World of Coffee Milan beat its attendance record and was an overwhelming success.
Here are a few of our most loved images from the unforgettable trip to Italy …
Coming down the escalator, attendees could catch a glimpse of the vast
Roaster Village
—and this was only one of them! Photo by Sarah Allen
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Indonesian Barista Champion Mikael Jasin poses with June and July 2022 issues of Barista Magazine which is, of course, a feature for him. Photograph taken by Sarah Allen.
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Njall Bjorgvinsson, who owns the renowned Icelandic roastery Kaffibrugghus along with Sonja Grant is the coffee maker at the Ally Coffee booth.
The semi-finalists of the World Latte Art Championship celebrated their victory.
Two-time World CIGS Champion (2018 + 2019) Dan Fellows (left) of the UK congratulates Ukraine’s CIGS Champion Vladyslav Demonenko (center) along with Martin Hudak of Slovakia, who won the World CIGS in 2017.
Martin Shabaya, 2021 Barista Champion of Kenya, relaxes at World of Coffee. The last time he was in Milan was for the World Barista Championship in October 2021, where he made history by becoming the only barista from Africa to ever make the finals. He placed sixth.
From left, Luis Velez of Amor Perfecto in Colombia, Sonja Grant of Kaffibrugghus in Iceland, and 2021 World Barista Champion Diego Campos of Colombia get silly at the end of the last day of the World of Coffee show. Photo by Sarah Allen.
Daniel Olinsky of Cafe Imports’ Berlin office shares a laugh at the green-coffee importer’s booth.
2018 World Barista Champ Agnieszka Rojewska of Poland (right) celebrates winning another world title: She is the 2022 World CIGS Champ. Here, she and her partner, Ania Oleksak, chat about the roastery they intend to open in the coming year.
Barista Attitude, whose machine Tempesta was recently selected as the Official Qualified Espresso Machine of the World Barista Championship for the next four years, introduced their new brand ambassadors at World of Coffee. From left: 2021 WBC Champ Diego Campos of Colombia; 2018 World Brewers Cup Champ Emi Fukahori of Switzerland; 2021 WBC runner-up Andrea Allen of the USA; and 2016 World CIGS Champ Michalis Dimitrakopoulos of Greece. Photo by Sarah Allen.
This performance won Carmen Clemente of Italy the 2022 World Latte Art Championship (WLAC). Fun fact: The last WLAC was Carmen’s partner, Manuela Fensore, also of Italy!
And that’s a wrap on the 2022 World of Coffee event in Milan! We’re already counting down the days to the next World of Coffee, which will take the industry to Athens, Greece, June 22-24, 2023!
This article was first published at Barista Magazine, an online magazine dedicated to baristas and coffee professionals.
