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Unleash your creativity, passion, skills, knowledge, and personality on the grand stage of the Barista Battle Challenge. Characteristics that define a great barista.
This thrilling competition welcomes baristas from Slovenia and around the europe to showcase their knowledge in a series of exhilarating 4 disciplines: latte art, order precision, cupping expertise, and the creation of a signature drink.
Barista Battle Challenge is more than just victory; the champion of the finals will be crowned with Barista Master Ljubljana 2024 title and awarded with the prestigious La Marzocco Linea Micra espresso machine. Join us in the ultimate test of barista excellence and seize your chance to make history at the Barista Battle Challenge.
Where: Gosposka 15, 1000 Ljubljana (City Museum Ljubljana)
When: Saturday, 22nd of September 2024
Saturday 21.9.2024
17:00 – 21:00 Training: 45 min for each competitor
Sunday 22.9.2024
08:00 – 09:00 Briefing with judges
10:00 – 17:00 Competition Barista Battle Challenge 2024
17:30 – 18:00 Annoucement of winner
Entry Fee: 100,00€
If you want to pay by company please add tax to the price.
Competition fee covers:
1st Place:
Title of Barista Master Ljubljana 2024
Receive the La Marzocco Linea Micra espresso machine + Goat Story Arco Grinder
2nd Place:
Origin trip with Camilo Merizalde - Santuario Project, including airfare and accommodation costs.
3rd Place:
SCA courses at Stow Academy valued at €1750.00
4th Place:
SCA courses at Stow Academy valued at €800.00
5th Place:
Year-round access to all Sensory Cupping Table workshops at Stow Academy
Barista has 15 minutes of time to prepare his working environment. In this time he adjusts the grinder unless the barista uses his own grinder , which is allowed. Barista can use his or sponsored coffee and prepare everything needed for first discipline – signature drink. Competitor can bring his own grinder, with his own coffee.
Competitor has 10 minutes to prepare two identical Signature drinks of his own recipe, which has to be presented to judges before starting with this discipline. Signature drink must contain at least three and up to six different ingredients (without decoration), including coffee of baristas choice. Alcohol is allowed. All ingredients competitor has to bring himself. After the end of discipline barista has to clean the working area and get ready for next discipline in 5 minutes.
SCORES
Creativity and complexity of preparation tehnics | 10 points |
Serving without mistakes | 10 points |
Taste | 10 points |
Presentation of signature drink | 10 points |
Appearance of signature drink | 10 points |
In this discipline barista faces challenge from his everyday working environment. Judges give him an order of ten hot espresso based drinks, which he has to prepare and serve to the judges in 8 minutes, which is considered in any order. If contestant’s time elapses before he prepares all drinks, he doesn’t get any points in this discipline. After the end of discipline barista has to clean the working area and get ready for next discipline in 5 minutes.
SCORES
1. time | 20 points |
2. time | 15 points |
3. time | 12 points |
4. time | 10 points |
5. time | 8 points |
6. time | 6 point |
7. time | 3 points |
8-10. time | 0 points |
Each incorrectly prepared drink | -2 points |
Judge throws the dice and thereby determine one of latte art patterns. The competitor must make two identical patterns in two cups within 3 minutes, after judge drops the dice. Each pattern is drawn in two cups as similar as possible. After the end of discipline barista has to clean the working area and get ready for next discipline in 5minutes.
SCORES
Simmilarity of patterns | 5 points |
Symmetry of patterns | 5 points |
Contrast | 5 points |
Quality of milk foam | 5 points |
Appearance | 5 points |
At cupping comes to checking barista skills of identifying the profile of the coffee taste. The competitor has 3 minutes, to taste and remember five flavours of coffee in cups labelled with the letters A, B, C, D and E. After 3 minutes judge rearranges cups in random order. The competitor has 2 minutes for another tasting and rearranging cups in the right order. The coffees are selected specifically for this competition. The coffee is provided by a sponsor, an importer of raw coffee, and the organizer is responsible for ensuring that the selection is such that none of the Slovenian roasters offer these coffees. Also, baristas only get to know the coffees on the day of the competition.
SCORES
Each correct cup | 5 points |
All five correct cups | 5 points |
Fee: until September: 75,00€ . From 1st of September: 100,00€ .
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