The Coffee Tea Cacao Russian Expo has already become the traditional and most significant meeting place for coffee professionals from all over Russia. In 2021, the Russian Barista Days hosted 5 coffee championships, 2 of which were the exhibition's own coffee projects: the Barista of the Year National Award and the Roaster of the Year National Award.
The competition "Barista of the Year" was attended by 19 people from all over Russia. Anastasia Vaininskaya (Sibaristica) became the champion. The second place was taken by Daniil Kochetkov (Sibaristica), the third - Mikhail Shchepetov ("Cheboko").
The Roaster of the Year award was held in 2 stages, in the first stage 60 roasters from all over Russia participated, in the second - 25. Participants provided two types of coffee for the Award: an arbitrary roast, which the company chooses from its range, and a mandatory roast - coffee provided by sponsor. Aleksey Stakanov (Arome company) became the champion, the second place was awarded to Grigory Feklistov (Stereo Coffee company), and the third - to Artem Sedov (Roasting Brew company). The winners and awardees will embark on a coffee journey to Tanzania organized by the sponsor of the Prize, KLD Coffee Importers. The best roasting company was named Stereo Coffee, which was represented by roaster Grigory Feklistov.
Also, within the Russian Barista Days, 2 qualifying coffee championships were held under the auspices of the SCA. Prizes in the Moscow Latte Art Championship Qualifiers were distributed as follows: 1st place - Polina Notik (Roast & Crosby), 2nd place - Vladislav Sheinfeld (KOF ROASTERY), 3rd place - Veronica Shagova ("Doublebee"). At the Moscow qualifying championship in captesting, co-organized and sponsored by Tasty Coffee Roasters, the best were determined: 1st place - Roman Sorokin (Just Coffee) with 6 cups out of 8 (time 7:37:97), 2nd place - Valery Nikulin ( "Welder Ekaterina") with a score of 5 cups out of 8 (time 6:35:13), 3rd place - Yulia Semenova ("MAY") with a score of 5 cups out of 8 (6:44:88). The fourth place was taken by Oleg Kondaurov ("Coffee Owl") with the result: 4 cups out of 8 (time 7:07:41). The winner and prize-winners of the qualifying championships will continue their performances at the SCA National Championships. For the first time, the Insane Latte Art Battle invited championship took place on the RBD site. This is an independent championship for creating drawings on coffee using frothed milk. The first place was taken by Anatoly Bambulyak (Element Coffee), the honorable second place was taken by Maya Mikhailova (Paulig Café & Store) and the third place was taken by Nikolay Shakov (Beloque).
