As I overtook the previous entry , last day 16 took place in Foz III Barista Championship on the SCAE Northwestern and until then we move José Manuel García, director of E FALA COME Radio Galega and servant.
My goal was to learn what a Barista competition and supporting Oscar Toro the Venice Café to achieve their qualification for the national final.
What is a barista?. Well, a barista is a person who does more than serve coffee. Is responsible for selecting the best variety or varieties of coffee, is very knowledgeable of the product, its origins, cultivation, varietal characteristics, organoleptic and offers impeccable service to its customers.
tell you that I really enjoyed watching how the hall of the IES of Foz was full of youth, students, baristas and supporters who attended, like me, happy with everything happening on stage.
The stage was divided into three zones: center table of sensory judges and both sides of the same two areas for baristas. So that if the first participant did on the right side, the next you would on the left, counting both work the same elements: a wonderful machines International Crem.
Apart from the judges table (to put it in some way, and that are proving the working of the baristas), two technical judges to evaluate aspects such as machine operation, optimization of resources , cleanliness, order, etc.., a court exercising 15 minutes prior to the development of individual participation and engaged in the preparation machine, kitchenware, table arrangement, support elements (each competitor brings its own decor, tablecloths, napkins, cutlery, lights, plants, music, shakers, etc..) And finally a judge is the leader who absolutely controls everything.
The development of the championship would be as follows: each participant enters the scene just 5 minutes from the end of the previous one and is having all their belongings in bar work. Check the status of the machine, clean the pots, place your coffee grinder, etc. Once the above table provides the judges with their utensils, linens, etc. (for this I said before that it had 15 minutes). Judges come and greet the head judge tells the user and asks if you want to be singing the time remaining, or prefer to ask. The judges take their positions and the barista raises his hand and calls "time." From the moment they begin to have their 15 minutes. Show, says the variety of coffee selected and the order that they will continue their preparations. Water serves to explain its features and begin to prepare their coffee. Almost all participants (eleven were ten men and one woman) followed the same order: first espresso, followed by the Cappuccini and finally combined. From each of them had to be prepared the same as for judges table (four). When finished (almost all very strapped for time) return to raise their hands and repeated "time." It stops the timer and breathe and calm. It's over.
And so, from 10:00 until 15:00 we were watching how those present were busy baristas cafes, etc.
During the time sum of scores, we enjoy the art of latte Mr. Luigi Lupi, International Barista best barista in the world, who despite being recovering from a terrible fall that did they had to operate both hands, did not hesitate in any time to share their know-how of this incredible world at the same time difficult to draw with coffee cream. His son Albert took part and some other members of the public.
(I did not lose an opportunity to be photographed with him) The awards ceremony was delayed because there was a tie for third place. More excitement yet. The tie, as the rules of the SCAE, is achieved for the barista who had obtained the highest score in the espresso. And so the classification was as you see in the picture. Except for second place which gave rise a Spaniard, the other three winners of this phase was for three Galician northwest. We can be proud and confident that they will embroider Córdoba.
Marcharmos double feeling for our dear Oscar, you did great, but could not clinch one of the beautiful trophies. Although they won a spot in the national final to be held in Cordoba on 29 and 30 April, where we can get a puestazo.
This Sunday Come and Fala Programme Radio Galega, you can listen to all those involved in this event: the winner Jose M. Portela, Marcel Schaal who served as technical jury, Mr. Rios, committee leader at the same Mr. Lupi, who also served as head judge and our Oscar de Toro.
By last article, saying that the contest had a perfect organization in Foz HEI dump with it and they offered us a lunch we all applaud worthy.
thank the opportunity of being there at Oscar de Toro first, and Marianne, his wife and Cafento , one of the sponsors of the event. As the principal and teachers of HEI Foz and all students of hospitality by cooking cycles and meet us as well.
You can see more pictures in the next presentation and if you want to enlarge you only have to click on them.
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