Grant Gamble and Tim Williams with their team did phenomenal work organizing this year’s WAC event. It started by sailing with an old sailing ship around the coast of Lisbon. While admiring the beautiful view, we had an opportunity to get to know some of the 60 competitors and their coaches.
The next day we had a cupping session with the competition coffee roasted by Olisipo Coffee. Coffee itself was Ethiopian-washed coffee from the Guji region with some fruity and berry flavors, nice sweetness, and mild acidity. 

Recipe process:

Right after the cupping session, we had 24 hours to build our recipes. My workflow was to do AB tests focused on 5 major components: Water (Fin vs POR spring water), Extraction time, water/coffee ratio, Grind size, and water temperature. After 7 test setups and 6h of drinking coffee, I ended up with the recipe underneath. Feel free to test it, even though I did not make it through the first round. In our round the judges were not able to decide the winner (everyone was pointing to a different cup), so the Head judge Tim needed to make the last call. Congrats to my friend Siim Laas from Estonia who made it to the quarterfinals from our round!