国际咖啡师大赛历史 WBC（World Barista Championship）

　　中文譯文: 2000年,在蒙地卡羅,一群(對咖啡---譯者注)專注的人濟濟一堂,呈現了WBC(世界咖啡師大賽)的首屆比賽。他們的遠見締造了一個面向來自世界各 地的最優秀的咖啡師的競赛平台。12个来自不同国家的选手参与了决赛，挪威的选手ROBERT THORESEN夺冠。

　　賽事在2001移師美國佛羅里達炎熱而潮濕的海灘城市邁阿密,這次由17名代表各自國家的選手的咖啡師的競賽冠軍再一次落入自北半球的選手囊中------來自丹麥的MARTIN HILDEBRANDTD奪走桂冠。

　　第三屆WBC我們回到了歐洲-----在丹麥的奧斯陸舉行。來自全球的優勝者參與了這次冠軍爭奪戰。在24位選手的激烈角逐後,勝出的仍然是斯堪的納維亞人-------東道國選手FRITZ STORM在家鄉震撼性的奪魁。

　　2003年的美國波士頓。WBC那時已經贏得空前的聲譽，賽事在美國的早間電視頻道向超過兩千萬美國人播報 (這還不包括世界的其他地區電視觀眾)，賽事冠軍第一次在斯堪的納維亞人以外產生---來自澳大利亞的PAUL BASSETT以壓倒性優勢，實至名歸和毫無爭議的從28位選手決戰中奪走桂冠。

　　WBC的第五屆賽事之旅，我們來到義大利咖啡和高品質ESPRESSO的家鄉義大利的 (東北部海港城市---譯者注) 提裡雅斯特。這次破記錄的達到34位選手參賽的競賽，也首次伴隨了另類競賽---和選手一樣、 裁判也得為他們的一席之位比賽。挪威選手TIM WENDELBOE在數以百計的現場觀眾面前--驕傲地捧走了獎盃-(冠軍有回歸斯堪的納維亞人手中---譯者注)。

　　2005年WBC東道主是西雅圖---美國的ESPRESSO COFFEE的發源地 (也是STARBUCKS的老家---譯者注)。來自35個國家派出咖啡世界級的選手奉獻出他們的完美和專業的ESPRESSO咖啡體驗的盛宴。王者又是 斯堪的納維亞人。丹麥選手第三次奪

　　冠---綾致 OVERDALL PAULSON征服了美國咖啡帝國的首都。

　　瑞士美麗的城市伯恩主辦了第七屆WBC決賽。39個國家選出的達到空前水準的冠軍選手爭奪卓有聲譽的WBC冠軍。當丹麥選手KLAUS THOMSEN在2006年的WBC決賽中最後獲勝時,達至破記錄人數的比賽現場觀眾歡呼雀躍。他那引人入勝的表演源自他「2006年極品咖啡可以存在 (產生)」的接近宗教般的信仰,和他對咖啡這樣的陳述後面的哲學-------咖啡就象交響樂,在那裡所有的「演奏者」,和在咖啡的鏈條(旋律)裡的每一 個為此工作的人,不得不為這個「奉獻一杯完美的ESPRESSO」的共同目標而同心協力。他推出的招牌特色咖啡就叫「交響樂」-----是由 ESPRESSO,PANNA COTTA和咖啡泡沫組成的三層咖啡飲料。KLAUS是過去七屆WBC總決賽產生的第四個丹麥籍冠軍。

　　英文原文：

　　In 2000， in Monte Carlo, a group of like minded individuals got together and presented the first annual World Barista Championship. Their vision was to create a competition that showcased the best baristas from around the globe. 12 people competed from various nations and the competition was won by Robert Thoresen of Norway.

　　2001 saw the competition move to the USA, to the hot and steamy beach city of Miami, Florida. This time around 17 baristas came to represent their home countries and once again the winner was plucked from the north – Denmark’s Martin Hildebrandt took home the crown.

　　For the third annual World barista Championship we were back in Europe, as Oslo, Norway and the SCAE hosted the competition for 2002. Once again baristas from across the globe came together to battle for the title. 24 baristas worked tirelessly but the winner was once again the Scandinavian nation of Denmark. Fritz Storm blasted home to win.

　　Boston, 2003. The WBC had now gained such momentum that the competition was broadcast on national morning TV to over 20 million Americans (not to mention the rest of the world!) From a tough pool of 28 baristas the championship was awarded for the first time out side of Scandinavia. Paul Bassett from Australia overwhelmingly took top honours with a convincing and solid performance

　　In its fifth year the WBC travelled to Trieste, Italy, the home of Italian coffee and quality espresso. A record breaking 34 representatives battled to win the title which for the first time was also accompanied by a competition of a different kind. Judges as well as baristas had to work for a position in the competition. In front of an audience of hundreds Tim Wendelboe of Norway proudly earned the now much sought after title of World Barista Champion.

　　In 2005 Seattle, the USA home of espresso coffee was the WBC host. Once again the worlds best Baristas and coffee enthusiasts gathered to experience the ultimate professional espresso experience. 35 countries competed to find the next champion. Scandinavia was successful again, for the third time a Danish competitor took the crown. Troels Overdall Poulsen was triumphant in the USA coffee capital

　　The beautiful city of Berne, Switzerland, was the host of the 7th annual World Barista Championship. 39 nations were battling for the prestigious world title and the level of the competitors has never been higher. A record-breaking amount of spectators were cheering and nearly lifting the sealing when Klaus Thomsen from Denmark was awarded the 2006 world barista champion title. His spectacular performance was based on what he believed “Speciality coffee can be in the year 2006” and the philosophy behind the presentation was that coffee is like a Symphony, where all “players”, or workers in the coffee chain, has to work together and towards the same goal in order to provide a perfect cup of espresso. His signature drink called “Symphony” was a three-layer drink consisting of coffee - panna cotta, espresso and coffee foam. Klaus is the 4th Danish world barista champion out of a total of 7.