When talking about
specialty coffee, it could become a race to see the baristas who will be able
to create the best cup. This is why there are a many competitions held each
year to find the best baristas in the business who would be able to produce the
best coffee drinks that would cater to all caffeine enthusiasts.
Of course, in these
competitions, there needs to be sponsors who should be able to lend their
support to the event. It is fortunate that La Cimbali has this opportunity.
The Speciality Coffee
Association of Europe (SCAE) has awarded La Cimbali as their Coffee in Good
Spirits (CIGS) competition, new headline sponsor.
This year the
competition will take place at the 10th annual Caffe Culture show from 13th-14th May at
London Olympia. The World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship promotes
innovative beverage recipes that showcase coffee and spirits in a competition
format.
The highlight of this
exciting competition is the mixology skills of the barista/barkeepers in a
setting where alcohol and coffee go together perfectly. There are recipes that
are surely made to impress such as the traditional Irish Coffee through to
unique cocktail combinations and more.
During
the preliminary round, competitors produce four drinks – two identical hot/warm
coffee and alcohol-based designer drinks, and two identical cold coffee and
alcohol-based designer drinks. The six competitors with the highest preliminary
round scores will compete in the final round.
The
final round requires competitors to produce two Irish Coffees and two
coffee-and-alcohol-based designer drinks. The highest scoring final round
competitor will be named the World Coffee in Good Spirits Champion. The winner
of the competition will represent the UK at the Coffee in Good Spirits event in
Gothenburg in June 2015.
As part
of the sponsorship package, all the baristas and bar keepers will use La
Cimbali’s award winning M100 espresso coffee machines with magnum on demand
grinders, to make their exciting coffees and cocktails.
The
M100 features an exclusive thermal system consisting of a 10 litre steam boiler
and Cimbali heat exchangers which pre-heat the water before entering individual
coffee boilers for each group, which will maintain incredible temperature
stability. A different water temperature can be set for each group head
which allows for greater flexibility across the speciality coffee menu.
For the
purposes of the competition, the water temperature will be pre-set at the same
level for each competitor.
La
Cimbali UK’s Coffee Specialist Rob Ward, who will be part of the team at the
CIGS competition, said, “La Cimbali is extremely thrilled to be a part of
a competition which showcases the growing creativity of some our leading
baristas and bar keepers. Anyone who enters a competition such as CIGS
has a clear passion for what they do, so I am very interested to see how these
enthusiastic and creative baristas use our flagship machine, the M100, to
create innovative signature drinks”
Indeed,
to be an integral part of this competition is an honor for La Cimbali. It would
be great to see the M100 in action and in the hands of artistic baristas.
For more details
regarding the World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship visit:
www.worldcoffeeingoodspirits.org
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