Winners have been announced!

1st: Chris Baca, Ritual
2nd: Kyle Glanville, Intelligentsia
3rd: Heather Perry, Coffee Klatch

Barista's Barista: Chris Baca, Ritual
Most Promising Newcomer: Drew Cattlin, Ritual
Best Signature Drink: Heather Perry, Coffee Klatch
Best Espresso: Heather Perry, Coffee Klatch

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Finalists have been announced!

Kyle Glanville, Intelligentsia
Ryan Wilbur, Intelligentsia
Drew Cattlin, Ritual
Heather Perry, Coffee Klatch
Chris Baca, Ritual
Nick Griffith, Intelligentsia

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The Western Regional Barista Competition strives to foster the production of quality coffee, encourage creativity and innovation, and create an regional, national, and international community of specialty coffee professionals.

Each contestant prepares and serves 3 espresso beverages for each of four sensory judges...one espresso, one cappuccino, and one "signature" drink of their own creation. Competitors have only 15 minutes to prepare all twelve drinks while being observed by four sensory skills and two technical judges. Competitors are judged based on drink taste, presentation, technical skills and cleanliness.

All participants will receive swag bags.
The top six finalists will receive a custom WRBC Reg Barber tamper.
The top three finalists will receive custom WRBC trophies by a local artist.
The Champion will receive travel and accommodations to the United States Barista Championships in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

New awards this year:

• Best Espresso Award: given to the barista receiving the highest score on their espresso.
• Best Signature Drink Award: given to the barista receiving the highest score on their specialty beverage.
• Most Promising Newcomer: given to the first-time competitor with the highest overall score.
• The Barista's Barista Award: competitors will vote for the competitor who has been the friendliest and most helpful during the competition weekend.

This year's event emcees will be Sarah Allen, Editor of Barista Magazine, and Jana Oppenheimer, Pacific Regional Sales Manager for Franke Coffee Systems.

Want to be involved but not compete? We need volunteers ... you’ll get a swag bag filled with great coffee stuff as reward for your efforts!

Trophy Artists

2008 MK Shannon Oakland, CA		2007 Otis Gallagher Healdsburg, CA		2006 Dave Anderson Healdsburg, CA		2005 Patrick Amiot Sebastopol, CA
1st: Chris Baca, Ritual Coffee 2nd: Kyle Glanville, Intelligentsia 3rd: Heather Perry, Coffee Klatch		1st: Heather Perry, Coffee Klatch 2nd: Kyle Glanville, Intelligentsia 3rd: Chris Baca, Ritual Coffee		1st: Heather Perry, Coffee Klatch 2nd: Gabe Boscana, Ritual Coffee 3rd: Eton Tsuno, Cafe Organica		1st: Heather Perry, Coffee Klatch 2nd: Gabriel Boscana, Pacific Bay Coffee Co. 3rd: Pele Aveau, Flying Goat Coffee