Ten baristas, selected from all over the world among more than 200 applications, will compete in Brazil, in the state of San Paolo, from the 3rd of May till the 13th for the third edition of Barista & Farmer, the first and only talent show dedicated to the promotion and the culture of specialty coffee. For ten days, the finalists will experience the life of a coffee producer in a country of origin, in this case in the famous plantations of the O’Coffee company, the biggest coffee producer of Brazil, located in Pedregulho, in the Alta Mogiana region and at Lambari, in the State of Minas Gerais. The format is created by Francesco Sanapo, three times italian barista champion, in collaboration with Rimini Fiera and Sigep – the international fair of ice cream-making, pastry-making and handmade bread-making, and with the patronage of Scae, Specialty Coffee Association of Europe, as a valid initiative for the Idc, the International Development Committee. Lavazza, La Cimbali and Faema, the top brands of Gruppo Cimbali and Mumac Academy, the brand’s academy for coffee machines, are the main sponsors. The theme of the third edition will be environmental sustainability and the promotion of the coffee supply chain.The participants, all highly qualified and extremely skilled, will be involved in a complete course, that includes the picking phase in the plantation, going through all the steps of the production process, experiencing all the different technologies and, finally, the tasting experience and all of the multiple consumption opportunities. The ten finalists will wake up at sunrise, spending their morning in the plantations, picking the coffee cherries and, in the afternoon, will attend the classes at the Barista & Farmer Academy, a very special multidisciplinary school where some of the most acclaimed professionists of the field work as teachers. The contenders will be followed by cameras and the videos will later be broadcast on www.baristafarmer.com and on the social channels of the talent. A documentary of this edition will also be realised, a video which will show a different way of perceiving the coffee world, with the goal of promoting this ever-growing culture (coffee is the second consumed beverage after water). The baristas chosen for this new edition are: Guido Garavello (Italy) 32 years old; Miguel Angel Vera Fernandez (Venezuela) 36 years old; Jesslyn Evani (Indonesia) 25 years old; Nikolaos Kanakaris (Greece) 31 years old; Olga Kaplina (Russia) 29 years old; Amy Nake Manukyan (Armenia) 26 years old; Evgeni Pinchukov (Belarus) 24 years old; Daniel Rivera (Usa) 30 years old,  Agniesza Rojewska (Poland) 27 years old and Rosey Hill (Australia), 45 years old. Source: comunicaffe.com/environmental-sustainability-at-the-centre-of-the-3rd-barista-farmer/