It was a busy, milk-forward first day here at World of Coffee in Copenhagen. Latte Art Champions from around the world competed in a marathon nine-hour round-one. Latte art competitors stunned judges with exceptional milk artistry—free pouring and etching for their lives. In a packed room, the twelve semifinalists were announced amongst a frenzy of applause, cheers, and waving flags.
In no particular ranking order, here are your twelve 2024 World Latte Art Championship Semi-Finalists!
Guoqiang Liu (He/Him) Hexagon Coffee Trading Ltd., Co, ChinaYi-Chen Xie (He/Him) 啡Style cafe & 咖啡教學, Taiwan廖建航/ Liao Jianhang (He/Him) Independent, ChinaElly (JIYU LEE) (She/Her) ONEWAY Training Center, South KoreaDario Pieber (He/Him) Rent a Barista GmbH, SwitzerlandKwan Lam (He/Him) KJ Coffee Studio, Hong KongRyusei Nozawa (He/They) Sarutahikocoffee, JapanRyan Liew (He/Him) Independent, MalaysiaVictor VU (He/Him) ONA Coffee, AustraliaSarawut Manngan (He/Him) CP-Meiji.co.ltd, ThailandArthur Chu (He/Him) Independent, CanadaManuela Fensore (She/Her) World Latte Art & Coffee Center, Italy
The semi-finals round kicks off on Friday, June 28th, 2024 in Copenhagen at 11:00am.
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Photo by Tung Nguyen for Sprudge.
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Zachary Carlsen
June 27, 2024
