World Aeropress Championship/Beach Party Coming to Rimini June 9

Details have been released for the 7th Annual World Aeropress Championship, which will take place on the eve of the SCAA World of Coffee event in Rimini, Italy, on Monday, May 9 at 6 p.m.

Sponsored by La Marzocco, the competition/party hybrid will bring together national Aeropress champions from 27 different countries at the Turquoise Beach Club, a beachfront bar/nightclub. Cafe Imports is supplying the coffee, its Perla Chiquita from northern Ecuador.

In addition to coffee, there will be “refreshments.”

Here are your competitors:

Chen SiSi (Essence Cafe in ShangHai) – 2014 Chinese Aeropress Champion
Kai Keong Ng (Bear Brothers and Cow) – 2014 Swiss Aeropress Champion
Aldrin Lumaban (Craft Coffee Revolution) – 2014 Philippine Aeropress Champion
Lara San Miguel (Right Side Coffee) – 2014 Spanish Aeropress Champion
Luzia Taschler (Machhörndl Kaffee) – 2013 German Aeropress Champion
Peter Szalczer – 2014 Hungarian Aeropress Champion
Dylan Johnson (Paramount Coffee Project) – 2014 Australian Aeropress Champion
Mikkel Selmer (La Cabra Coffee Roasters) – 2014 Danish Aeropress Champion
Nicholas Rapp (Flight Coffee) – 2014 New Zealand Brewers Cup Champion
Lukas Soľanič (Borovica Wellness Hotel) – 2014 Czech Aeropress Champion
Alep Wolly ( Toby’s Estate Coffee) – 2014 Singapore Aeropress Champion
Melodie Hoff (Anomaly) – 2014 French Aeropress Champion
Simon Boone (CaffeNation) – 2014 Dutch Aeropress Champion
Monika Winiarek (Coffee Angel) – 2014 Irish Aeropress Champion
Jeff Verellen (CaffeNation) – 2014 Belgium Aeropress Champion
Jeremy Moore (Bonlife Coffee) – 2014 USA Aeropress Champion
Oscar Nyman (Perkelator) – 2014 Swedish Aeropress Champion
Eystien Veflingstad (Lippe) – 2014 Norwegian Aeropress Champion
Samuli Parkkinen (Home Enthusiast) – 2014 Finnish Aeropress Champion
Ilona Przewoźniczek (Ministerstwo Kawy) – 2014 Polish Aeropress Champion
Shuichi Sasaki (Paul Bassett Coffee) – 2014 Japanese Aeropress Champion
David Robson (Association Coffee) – 2014 Scottish Aeropress Champion
Gabrielle von Koss (Square Mile Coffee Roasters) – 2014 UK Aeropress Champion
Martin Karabiňoš (Dublin Cafe) – 2014 Slovakian Aeropress Champion
Davide Spinelli (Work Up) – 2014 Italian Aeropress Champion
Daniel Erasmus (Colombo Coffee & Tea) – 2014 South African Aeropress Champion
Boris Ortner (Kaffeemodul) – 2014 Austrian Aeropress Champion