"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the competition site of the 20XX World Barista Competition. I am the emcee of this competition..."

After the emcee in the venue gave everyone an opening remarks in English, the Korean emcee of ceremonies in the venue gave an introduction to most of the audience in Korean. As the two of them introduced the situation of this year's competition to the audience one after another, Lin Xiuyi's emotions could not help but become nervous.

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"In order to give the contestants more freedom to play, the World Coffee Association made some slight adjustments to the rules of the competition this year, and the most important thing is that the contestants are allowed to instruct the referees to drink their own coffee. , please take note of all contestants, this is a very important rule change..."

Just when everyone thought that the opening remarks of the emcee was just to liven up the atmosphere, the emcee suddenly announced a news that shocked everyone in public. The barista can actually instruct the judges to cite the coffee they make. What does that mean? It means that the coffee you make is likely to leave a different taste experience to the judges depending on the time of drinking. This was absolutely unimaginable in the past. After all, in previous competitions, all the referees picked up the coffee immediately after it was made. And this little change in the rules means that baristas who know more about their own coffee will have an advantage.

On the first day of the competition, winners from more than 50 WCA-certified regions around the world will come together. Compete for 12 places in the semi-final stage. This is bound to be a brutal game. All the baristas who have made it this far are the best baristas in the world. Because the World Barista Championship does not limit the number of entries for the players. Therefore, among the players on the field, there are many veterans who have challenged the World Barista Competition many times. One of them is a barista contestant from the United Kingdom. Not only does he have a doctorate degree in food science and engineering from a well-known university, but he has also entered the final stage of the World Barista Competition for nine consecutive years. The legend of the World Barista Competition.

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After the master of ceremonies read out the relevant rules of the game, 50 players from all over the world began to appear one after another. According to the rules of this competition, each player can arrange the console according to their own preferences without changing the height of the console, and the mill can be used in the Peak, EK43, EK43 provided by the sponsor Mahlkonig. (S) Choose one of the three models.

As the master of ceremonies announced the official start of the game, all the players present immediately got busy. The judges, who were looking forward to what surprises the players would bring, waited quietly in front of the players until the other party completed the first part of the game and made a cup of mellow Espresso.

Maybe it's because Sakurako's face is too dazzling. The photographers on the field frequently gave the camera to Sakurako, and she lowered her head and carefully finished grinding, powdering, pressing, etc. step. When the four handles loaded with Geisha in the forest were skillfully installed on the espresso machine by Sakurako, with the start of the machine, a few strands of black-brown liquid flowed out from the pores of the coffee handle, and then slowly Fill the coffee cup below.

"Four cups of espresso, Ms. Sakurako Sakurai from Japan Sakura no Sato Coffee was the first to complete the espresso part, so... what will the judges say about this cup of coffee?"

"Huh... Could you please introduce the kind of beans you use?"

"Of course, these are the coffee beans that our Sakura no Sato Coffee House picked from the ecological farm in Ethiopia. I call them Geisha in the forest!"

"Gesha in the forest? Is this a new bean? No wonder I think this coffee tastes so special..."

The referee who asked the question heard Sakurako's answer, and immediately took another sip from the coffee cup. Then, he turned his head to look at his colleague next to him. He seemed to be curious about the reactions of the other referees.

"May I ask your roasting skills for this coffee? How do you handle the beans?"

"Um...that's a really hard question to answer, but I do use the opposite roasting method to most Espresso coffees. In order to maximize the floral and fruity aromas of Geisha in the woods, I need to use a very light Roasting, then after two minutes, raising the temperature by 8 degrees, then after the first burst, by 8 degrees, the coffee will have a lovely floral and fruity acidity..."

"It's really complicated!"

"Yeah, if I remember correctly, this is probably the best coffee bean I've ever seen."

"I also agree. I really hope to see this coffee bean at this year's Esmeralda Special auction. Ethiopia has not had such high-quality beans in the country of origin for many years. May I ask this lady, Will you be selling this kind of coffee in the market in the future?"

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After drinking Sakurako's coffee~lightnovelpub.net~, the four referees on the spot were almost all attracted by the rich taste experience contained in the forest of Geisha. For a while, the referees even forgot to rate Sakurako. It wasn't until the master of ceremonies on the field noticed that there was no evaluation result here, and everyone realized that this was the scene of the World Barista Competition.

"Haha... It seems that several referees are very interested in Miss Sakurako's coffee. What kind of coffee fascinates the four referees on the court? Let's see... um... it's origin. In western Ethiopia, Geisha in the forest of Yingzhili Ecological Farm is incredible. It is a kind of bean that has never appeared in the World Barista Competition. I really did not expect that after many years, it comes from Ethiopia, the hometown of coffee. The variety has finally reappeared in the World Barista Competition. What kind of coffee is this? Now... let's wait and see..."

"With a burst of nervous music, the names and scores of many contestants began to appear on the big screen in the venue. When the results came out, there were those who were happy, and those who were disappointed and frustrated, until everyone's scores were equal. After being displayed on the screen, the 12 players with the highest scores finally appeared at the top of the scoring list."

"Let's see... After the first round of competition, the top scorer is... Miss Sakurako from Sakura no Sato Coffee House in Japan, congratulations to Miss Sakurako, we look forward to everyone's next performance. "