See highlights of day two at SIC – International Coffee Week
On the second day of the SIC – International Coffee Week event, the sustainability theme played a highly relevant role. At the Grand Auditorium, the 2018 Global Coffee Sustainability Conference was held, with various panels and discussions taking place throughout the day.
In the afternoon, the spotlight turned to the continuation of the championships, highlighting the presentations of the Alcoholic Drinks with Coffee World Cup. The audience was charmed by the skills of the baristas who, in this modality, should prepare the coffee with alcoholic drinks next to other ingredients that harmonize with two hot drinks (equal) and two cold (equal). Those who move to the final should choose between cold or hot drink, prepare two of them and two more of the traditional Irish Coffee.
The novelty in Brazil is that all the competitors had to add to their recipes our cachaça, Gouveia Brasil, produced in southern Minas Gerais, by the Gouveia Vieira family. In the third generation of the family, tpublicist and musician Roberto Brasil, transformed the product, aging it in barrels of oak, carefully installed in the property. The event is about coffee, but the cachaça has hitchhiked in a very smart way!
It was really hard for the foreign baristas who presented to the international juries to pronounce the word correctly. What we heard most was something like “cachacha”. But, the intention is what matters!
What one could clearly perceive is that the vast majority of professionals preferred not to take risks and, despite the championship in Brazil, they chose specialty coffees from Colombia, Guatemala, Ethiopia etc. During the presentations only one of the competitors, the South Korean barista, chose a Brazilian microlot. What a shame!
The stands
Grão Especial visited numerous stands and talked with the businessmen about various topics. Over the next week, we will prepare different articles about it.
Estandes – Semana Internacional do Café
Estandes – Semana Internacional do Café
Estandes – Semana Internacional do Café
Estandes – Semana Internacional do Café
Estandes – Semana Internacional do Café
Estandes – Semana Internacional do Café
Estandes – Semana Internacional do Café
Fotos e vídeos: Clodoir de Oliveira
