The Basel team made a strong impression at the Swiss Coffee Championships. Two 2nd places, two 3rd places, one 4th place, as well as a 5th and 10th place – that is our team's achievement. Even though it wasn't enough for a title this year, we are extremely proud of this performance. We look forward to more medals on our shelf.
In the Barista discipline, we had three participants in the final. Felix Hohlmann (r.) sensationally took 2nd place, ahead of Michel Aeschbacher (2nd from r.) in 3rd place. Benjamin Hohlmann (3rd from r.) finished in 5th place. This year, 12 excellent baristas participated. An extremely strong field. So just making it to the final is a great achievement! And then two spots on the podium. Incredible!
Also in the Brewers Cup, three of our participants made it to the final. There, Benjamin Hohlmann secured 2nd place (together with Kai Keong Ng), ahead of Florian Wicki (l.) in 3rd place and Gonzalo de los Reyes (center) in 4th place.
In the Latte Art discipline, Demian Annaheim (2nd from l.) took 10th place in his first participation. There is still room for improvement, and we look forward to what comes next.
In Cup Tasting, we only achieved mid-range positions this year. Benjamin Hohlmann and Gonzalo de los Reyes unfortunately could not repeat their brilliant performance from last year (both in the final).
Then there is also the All-Around competition. As the only competitor with three disciplines, Benjamin Hohlmann defended his title here. However, we have been told that the All-Around discipline will not be held again next year.
We are very satisfied and proud of the work done. Thanks go to our friends, trainers, and roasters Reto Häner (3rd from l.) from Haenowitz & Page, Philipp Henauer and Henauer Kaffee, Filip Bartelak and Elżbieta Citak from Coffee Proficiency, Claude Stahl and Black & Blaze, as well as Machhörndl Kaffee. Many thanks also to everyone who supported us during daily training at the Kaffeemacher Academy! Thanks also to Ditting for the sponsorship!
We would like to thank André Kissling and his team from Kialoa for the, as always, superbly organized championship. The same goes for Micha Schranz from LatteArt.ch. Reto Häner and Philipp Henauer smartly and expertly moderated the championship, making it the successful event it was. A huge thank you to all the helpers who did a great job over the days, whether at the SCAE bar, as timekeepers, or clearers. Thanks also to Adrian Huber, who once again captured the championship so successfully in pictures. Gloria Pedroza and Philipp Meier put together an international jury that finally raised our Swiss championship to an absolute top level. That was fantastic and a quantum leap – thank you for that!!! Also thanks to all the judges, namely Gwilym Davies, Petra Davies Veselá, Anita Bertok, Björn Dietrich, Luzia Taschler, Thomas Schweiger, Cem Korkmaz, Lukasz Jura, Błażej Walczykiewicz, Vlad Buda, Nina Rimpl, Micha Schranz, Michal Pivrnec, André Strittmatter, Martin Stock, Roger Bähler. Thanks also to Blaser Café for organizing the Cup Tasting Championship.
