World of Coffee Dublin Ends on a High Thousands Gathered in Dublin for SCAE’s Flagship Event RDS, Dublin  23-25 June 2016 They came in their thousands to follow the hugely successful World of Coffee to Dublin for the first time ever. Over 6,500 people met with more than 1,500 exhibitors at 250 stands over the 3-day event at the 10,000sqm RDS Simmonscourt venue.  The World Barista Champion and the World Brewers Cup Champion were both crowned, thousands of coffee professionals were educated and inspired and the parties will go down in World of Coffee history as some of the best nights in Dublin! Everyone cheered as the two new world champions were crowned after three days of intense competition! World Barista Champion – Berg Wu of TaiwanThe runners up were – Yoshikazu Iwase (2nd) from Japan, Ben Put (3rd) from Canada, Lem Butler (4th) from USA, Charlotte Malaval (5th) from France and Lex Wenneker (6th) from The Netherlands. World Brewers Cup Champion –Tetsu Kasuya of Japan  The runners up were – Mikaela Wallgreen (2nd) from Finland, Chad Wang from Taiwan (3rd), Benny Wong from Hong Kong (4th), Todd Goldsworthy from USA (5th) and Odd-Steinar Tollefsen from Norway (6th). SCAE Photography Awards SCAE’s annual Photography Awards were another crowd pleaser at World of Coffee. The judges included Johan Damgaard, Johan & Nystrom, Chris Dobbs, Chris Dobbs Photography, Sarah Grennan, Café Europa and Ludovic Maillard, Maison Jobin The People and the Bean – Gavin Smart The Bean and the Farm – Victor Beis From Bean to Cup – Marcin Rzonca The Artist's Way – Raul Perez What a show! World of Coffee 2016 was a resounding success for Event Host Sponsor BWT water+more. The international water experts are delighted with the enormous interest shown by visitors in their multidimensional water optimisation. In the RDS, the team answered countless questions about the composition of water, sensory technology and the development of flavour in coffee. With World Of Coffee over, feel free to contact them at www.bwt-wam.com/en – they will be happy to answer any water questions you may have. Have you already had a chance to take part in the BWT water+more prize draw? They're giving away a practical and super-trendy World Birdy Comfort folding bike from Riese & Müller. Take part at www.bwt-wam.coffee and be a winner! Like the winners of the World Barista Championships, (1st place), (2nd place) and (3rd place). "Congratulations, you delivered a superb show" says the team from BWT water+more. "Thank you to everyone, it was a fantastic experience. We'll see you again at WOC 2017 in Budapest!" Dublin was the most successful yet and it’s now all eyes on Budapest when World of Coffee moves to the Hungarian capital in 2017.  Bookings for World of Coffee Budapest opened in Dublin and two-thirds (71%) of the available stand space at the Hung Expo have already been booked so don’t miss out on being a part of this great event. www.worldofcoffee-budapest.com Copyright © 2016 World of Coffee, All rights reserved. You are part of the coffee community Our mailing address is: World of Coffee SCAE Oak Lodge Farm, Leighams Road Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 4HF United Kingdom