Visitors of the premium restaurant exhibition Sirha Moscow, held in the Gostinyi Dvor on March 24-26 , were presented to the new competition format — Barista Battle. This project of the magazine Coffee and Tea in Russia was organized jointly with the company DoubleB and supported by the Association Rusteacoffee within specialized platform World of Specialty.
The competition was attended by the best professionals of Moscow coffeehouse Chocolate and DoubleB and in a tense battle Maria Kikinadze ( DobleB ) has won. All finalists received souvenirs , and the winner was paid the money prize from the Association Rusteacoffee .
It is encouraging that the survey, conducted among the public during the competition, revealed a very high score for quality of coffee that was prepared by the participants. According to the organizers, this doubtless merit is not only barista’s , but also coffee’s, which was prepared by the guys, and of course, upscale professional equipment — coffee machines Nuova Simonelli, provided by the sponsor, the company Business Russia . All these components were assembled together in the project not accidently, as the Sirha exhibition and World of Specialty platform were conceived as the exposition of the best achievements of coffee and tea industry.