Always renowned for its great tea rivalry between Barrys Irish Tea and Lyons Tea, the conversation around coffee in Ireland is less prominent.
However, Ireland will be sending a representative to the World Barista Championships in April 2019. Wojciech Tysler won the title of Avonmore Irish Barista Champion at Catex in the RDS. The competition was organised by the Speciality Coffee Association and sponsored by Avonmore.
Each of the finalists had 15 minutes to make four espresso coffees, four cappuccinos and four speciality drinks made with coffee and other ingredients. The rules for the “other ingredients” specifically exclude alcohol so unfortunately the traditional “Irish Coffee” will not be winning at the world championships.
Wojciech Tysler is originally from Poland but has been living in Ireland for almost a decade and a half. Wojciech has been training baristas for nine years for his empoyer Bewleys and his chosen coffee for the event was Cerro Axul which comes from a farm in Colombia.
We wish Wojciech every success in the world championships.
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