Hazal Atesoglu, Konstantinos Komninakis and Karthikeyan Rajendran. SCAE photo.
Konstantinos Komninakis of Greece has been named the 2016 World Cezve/Ibrik Champion following four full days of competition among 19 national winners at the Gulfood event in Dubai, UAE.
This was the ninth version of the Cevre/Ibrik Championships, celebrating the traditional manual brew method in a competition format that involves preparing two drinks — a traditional cevre/ibrik drink and a signature cevre/ibrik drink — for a panel of sensory and technical judges. Competitors are encouraged to highlight cultural twists on the brew method.
Komninakis was a first-time coffee competitor heading into the Greek championships, and he showcased a coffee from renowned Panamanian agronomist and producer Graciano Cruz.
Here are the six world championship finalists, in order of their finish:
1: Konstantinos Komninakis, Greece
2: Hazal Atesoglu, Turkey
3: Karthikeyan Rajendran, UAE
4: Ecaterina Szasz, Romania
5: Jerome Jumawan, Philippines
6: Sara Al-Ali, Saudi Arabia
The World Cezve/Ibrik Championships are presented by the Specialty Coffee Association of Europe.
Nick Brown
Nick Brown is the editor of Daily Coffee News by Roast Magazine. Feedback and story ideas are welcome at publisher@dailycoffeenews.com.
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