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Tasos Delichristos, Greece

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The 4^th SCAE World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship.

The SCAE invites you to join the 4th Coffee in Good Spirits World Championship on Thursday June 19th during Wonderful Copenhagen

Throughout the world there are almost as many coffee bars that serve alcohol as those who don’t. In addition to the coffee bars coffee is served at cafes and restaurants that outnumber coffee bars many times. The SCAE also wants to reach these groups and motivate them to improve their knowledge and skills. The Coffee in Good Spirits World Championship now held for the 4th time is aimed at these groups. We want them to understand quality differences in coffee, and to motivate them for quality brewing regardless of method.

Irish Coffee is the most used and abused combination of coffee and alcohol in the world.

The perfect Irish coffee demands a well-balanced combination of primarily whiskey and coffee. The selection of coffee in relation to the taste and aroma of the whisky becomes critical for the quality of the beverage. Then finally the balance with the sugar and the cream. The barista, barkeeper, or café host that master this shows that they have a deeper understanding of quality coffee, which again indicate that that they will be able to serve quality coffee in general and to make any other good combination of coffee and alcohol, separate or mixed.

In the SCAE World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship the competitors are therefore asked to make 2 identical Irish Coffees and 2 identical signature beverages to present to the judges. The beverages will be judged immediately for its taste, aroma and visual qualities and the scores are shown in open judging as the competition unfolds. To avoid biased judging the highest and the lowest scores are delited In the end the 6 best go to the final where they bring the qualification scores with them. Number 6 in the qualification starts first so the following competitors will know what to beat to advance on the result list. The winner will therefore be decided after the number 1 in the qualification has served the last beverage in the final.

It is a competition served with and in good spirits.