Europe’s largest coffee industry event, SCAE World of Coffee, Rimini 2014, ended on a high note with the announcement of the winners of the three world coffee competitions, which took place at Rimini Fiera Business Space in Rimini, Italy.  World Coffee Events (WCE), a sister company to SCAE, announced the winners: the 2014 World Barista Champion is Hidenori Izaki from Japan, the 2014 World Brewers Cup Champion is Stefanos Domatiotis from Greece, and the2014 World Coffee Roasting Champion is Yu-Chuan Jacky from Taiwan. The World Cezve/Ibrik Champion is Stavros Lamprinidis from Greece. A total of 54 National Barista Champions, 27 National Brewers Cup Champions and 9 World Coffee Roasting Champions competed in the 15th World Barista Championship, 4th World Brewers Cup and 2nd World Coffee Roasting Championship. All three Championships took place over four competition days at the World of Coffee in Rimini, Italy, as part of the Speciality Coffee Association of Europe's, annual coffee event. Over 5,000 coffee fans from Europe and around the globe attended the event, and over 57,000 unique viewers streamed the competitions live online. The three-day event was packed with: workshops, competitions, the World Roasters Summit, forums and the trade fair also produced a number of other winners throughout the show including the New Product of the Show Awards, the SCAE Awards for Excellence and the SCAE Coffee Photography Competition. Mr David Veal, Executive Director of the SCAE announced at the show that SCAE World of Coffee 2015 will take place in the spectacular location of Gothenburg, Sweden. The WCE also announced that they will be bringing the World Brewers Cup Championship, the World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship, The World Latte Art Championship and the World Coffee Roasting Championship to SCAE World of Coffee, Gothenburg, 16-18 June 2015.  These events are used by the WCE to engage the speciality coffee community and promote coffee excellence and quality worldwide. Source: press-release SCAE Rimini