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Coffee competition heats up

A battle was brewing last weekend at the Taipei World Trade Center, where Taiwan’s top baristas competed for the right to represent the country in the upcoming World Barista Championship

By Ian Bartholomew  /  STAFF REPORTER

The competition ended with a demonstration by Taiwan’s Li Ya-ting (李雅婷) of Taipei’s Orsir Coffee (歐舍咖啡), who took top honors in the inaugural World Siphonist Championship held in Japan last month, a competition that tests the brewing of coffee using a siphon device rather than an espresso machine.

For Chou, the ultimate beneficiary of this competition is the consumer. “It encourages a higher level of professionalism in the industry, and this benefits everybody,” he said.

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