Brazil World Coffee Championships took place November 7-9 in Belo Horizonte during the International Coffee Week. National champions from across the world and brought national champions across the globe came to battle for four world titles: the World Brewers Cup, the World Latte Art Championship, the World Cup Tasters Championship, and the World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship. World Brewers Cup Emi Fukahori from Switzerland won the World Brewers Cup. During the first round competitors completed two coffee services – a compulsory service and an open service. For the compulsory service, competitors prepared three beverages utilizing whole bean coffee provided to them by the competition. For the open service, competitors used any whole bean coffee of their choosing and also accompany their beverage preparation with a presentation. Rankings: 1st – Emi Fukahori – Switzerland 2nd – Regine Wai Yee Beng – Malaysia 3rd – Stathis Koremtas – Greece 4th – Pang-Yu Liu – Taiwan 5th – Kaoru Kamiyama – Japan 6th – Yeo Qing He – Singapore World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship Dan Fellows representing the United Kingdom emerged victorious to be crowned the 2018 World Coffee in Good Spirits Champion. Rankings: 1st – Dan Fellows – United Kingdom 2nd – Manos Mamakis – Greece 3rd – Danny Wilson – Australia 4th – Artem Bakurov – Ukraine 5th – Min-Seo Kang – South Korea 6th – Dan Bacaintan – Italy World Cup Tasters Championships Yama Kim representing Australia is the new 2018 World Cup Tasters Champion. Rankings 1st – Yama Kim – Australia 2nd – Niels te Vaanhold – Netherlands 3rd – Walter Acevedo – Colombia 4th – Waruth Tangsuriyapaisan – Thailand World Latte Art Championship Irvine Quek Siew Lhek from Malaysia won the World Latte Art Championships Rankings: 1st – Irvine Quek Siew Lhek – Malaysia 2nd – Michalis Karagiannis – Greece 3rd – Liang Fan – China 4th – Shinsaku Fukayama – Australia 5th – Agnieszka Rojewska – Poland 6th – Wonjae Choi – South Korea Source: comunicaffe.com/all-the-winners-of-the-world-coffee-championships-in-belo-horizonte-brazil/