2024-02-28 16:58:20
Porto Alegre hosts, for the first time, the Brazilian Coffee Drinks Championship o Coffee in Good Spirits
Daniel Munari, current champion of the category, presenting at the world championships in Taiwan, in 2023.
Porto Alegre (RS) will host, for the first time, the Brazilian Coffee in Good Spirits Championship, a competition held by the Brazilian Specialty Coffee Association (BSCA) that certifies the skills of baristas in preparing alcoholic coffee drinks. From March 1st to 3rd, at Shopping Total, competitors will put their “mixologist” techniques to the test to prepare their best drinks by mixing coffee and alcohol. The national champion will represent Brazil in the category’s world championship, which will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark, between June 27th and 29th this year.
Known as Coffee in Good Spirits, an unprecedented event in the city moves the specialty coffee scene and brings professionals from different parts of the country to the capital of Rio Grande do Sul, with free entry and open to the public
The Championship works as follows: each competitor has 10 minutes to present recipes for alcoholic drinks, hot and cold, with coffee. The competitions start in the followingnoon, at 2pm on the three days, and the grand final, with the six best competitors, will take place on Sunday, the day on which, at 7pm, the new Brazilian Coffee in Good Spirits champion will be revealed.
“Holding the championship in Porto Alegre comes from the idea, created last year, of national competitions traveling throughout Brazil to present local consumers with more information regarding specialty coffee and professional baristas. The Coffee in Good Spirits category is very visual and surprising, with captivating drinks, which show the public different options that include coffee in the recipe”, reveals Vinicius Estrela, executive director of BSCA.
Free event
The event, free of charge, will have the space open to the public from 10am on three days, allowing visitors to also discover the latest developments from the brands present in the space. The 2024 Brazilian Coffee in Good Spirits Championship is sponsored by Nescafé and Naveia, supported by Achega Café and Café do Mercado and will have official equipment provided by GranCoffee and Bunn. The hosts will be Emovere and Café Porto Farrô.
Check out the competitors: at Coffee in Good Spirits
Amanda Demetrio – Porto Alegre (RS)
Daniel Munari – Curitiba (PR)
Dargel Rodrigues – Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
Edu Silveira – Porto Alegre (RS)
Emerson Moraes – Porto Alegre (RS)
Leo Oliva – Curitiba (PR)
Mari Mesquita – Brasília (DF)
Matheus Luis Filigrana – Blumenau (SC)
Paulo Roberto – Porto Alegre (RS)
Renata Helena – Olinda (PE)
Porto Alegre barista cup
On February 29th, starting at 7pm, the Porto Alegre Barismo Cup will take place, which will have its first edition in the Latte Art category, with the evaluation of the best designs with milk in coffee, in store 1137, also on the 1st floor. The public will be able to enjoy free tastings on site. Professionals and enthusiasts will be united in promoting the local scene and prizes will be distributed to the best performers. In addition, the place will be used as a cafeteria until March 3rd, and the public will be able to enjoy free coffee tastings.
BRAZILIAN BARISMO CHAMPIONSHIPS
Since 2016, BSCA has been the National Body in Brazil of World Coffee Events (WCE), organizing entity of the World Barista Championship (WBC) and holder of competition rights around the world. This condition grants the Association the right to carry out the qualifying stages of world competitions, which take Brazilian champions to the final stage of international competitions in their seven modalities: Barista, Latte Arte, Brewers, Coffee in Good Spirits, Cup Tasters, Roasters and Cezve Ibrik (Turkish coffee) – not made in Brazil.
BRAZIL. THE COFFEE NATION
The Brazilian Bar Association Championships are part of the actions of the sectoral project “Brazil. The Coffee Nation”, carried out by BSCA in partnership with the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency (ApexBrasil) with a focus on the commercial promotion of Brazilian specialty coffee in the international market, reinforcing the pillars of quality, diversity and sustainability. The initiative aims to present Brazil as a nation endowed with essential natural resources for the cultivation of the best coffees and which actively invests to achieve the highest quality requirements, in a sustainable manner and in compliance with strict social and environmental law standards. .
Effective until August 2025, one of the project’s priorities will be to invest in qualification and diversification actions, focusing on supporting the country’s canephora (robusta and conilon) coffee producers, quality and sustainability certifications and coffees produced by women, promoting gender equity in Brazilian coffee farming and training professional coffee tasters. The current project’s target markets are: i) South Africa, Australia, China, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, Spain, United States, France, Japan, Malaysia, Poland, Russia and Taiwan for specialty raw coffees; and ii) Canada, Chile, China and the United States for products from the roasting and grinding industry.
Companies that are not yet part of it can obtain more information directly from BSCA, via telephone (35) 3212-4705 / 99824-9845 / 99879-8943 or email [email protected].
Shopping TOTAL
Opened on May 29, 2003 with a differentiated lifestyle concept, it quickly established itself as the shopping center with the greatest diversity in shopping, leisure and entertainment options. There are more than 450 stores and 890 thousand customers per month. TOTAL is the only shopping mall in the State that makes up the Historical Heritage, being the largest private complex listed in Rio Grande do Sul, and is part of the Moinhos de Vento, Floresta, 4th District, Independência and Centro neighborhoods. The development has Education, Health and gym hubs, as well as major retail brands and a diversity of consumption and service options.
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Brazilian Championship of Coffee in Good Spirits (Alcoholic Drinks with Coffee)
When: March 1st to March 3rd, 2024
Where: Shopping Total – Av. Cristóvão Colombo, 545, Porto Alegre (RS)
Opening time: 10am; competitions start at 1pm until 8pm
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