Competitors

And so, here is the 2012 competitor list :

1. United States Aeropress Championship, 1st place - USA
2. United States Aeropress Championship, 2nd place - USA
3. United States Aeropress Championship, 3rd place - USA
4. Emil Eriksson, Swedish Aeropress Champion 2012, Johan & Nyström - Malmö, Sweden
5. Piotr Markowski – Polish Aeropress Champion 2012, Cafe My’o'My – Warsaw, Poland
6. Charlene De Buysere – Belgium Aeropress Champion 2011/2012, OR COFFEE – Gent, Belgium
7. Aidan Knight – Victorian Aeropress Champion 2012, Ora Cafe - Melbourne, Australia
8. Cody Smith – BC Aeropress Champion 2012, Black & White Coffee Roasters – Vancouver Island, Canada
9. Jussi Laitinen, Finnish Aeropress Champion 2012, Home Barista – Helsinki, Finland
10. Raul Rodas, Guatemalan Aeropress Champion 2012, Paradigm Coffee - Guatemala
11. Masahiro Onishi, Japanese Aeropress Champion 2012, Honey Coffee – Fukuoka, Japan
12. Shaun Young, UK Aeropress Champion 2012, Taylor Street Baristas - London, England
13. Lorcan Fagan, Irish Aeropress Champion 2012, Home Barista – Dublin, Ireland
14. Olga Melik-Karakozova, Koffein – Moscow, Russia
15. Ingri Margrethe Johnsen, Solberg & Hansen – Oslo, Norway
16. Casper Engel Rasmussen, The Coffee Collective – Copenhagen, Denmark
17. Lee Jong Hoon, Momos Coffee – Busan, Republic of Korea
18. WILDCARD ENTRY

The 2011 competitor list…

1. Robert Benge, Cafe Cesura - Seattle, USA
2. Sauro Dall’Aglio – Bologna, Italy
   
3. Colin Harmon, 3FE – Dublin, Ireland
4. Megumi Ueno, Brew Bar Cafe – Belfast, Ireland
5. John Stubberud, Kaffee-Alchemie – Salzburg, Austria
6. Steve Souphanthong, Social Coffee Company – Ontario, Canada
7. Ben Toovey, Genovese Coffee – Melbourne, Australia
8. James Hoffmann, Square Mile Coffee Roasters – London, England
9. Matthew Davis, AIR Coffee Roasters – Sydney, Australia
10. Anne Lunell (using surrogate), Koppi – Helsingborg, Sweden
11. Noriko Sunaga, Manly Coffee – Fukuoka, Japan
12. John Gordon, Square Mile Coffee Roasters – London, England
13. Pavol Csiba, Green Plantation Coffee – Komarno, Slovakia
14. Joshua Wismans, Alterra Coffee Roasters – Milwaukee, USA
15. Brian W. Jones, Dear Coffee, I Love You – Göteborg, Sweden
16. Jeff Verellen, Caffenation – Antwerp, Belgium
17. Paweł Trzciński, Java Coffee Company - Warsaw, Poland
18. Gwilym Davies, Prufrock – London, England

Here is the final list of competitors from 2010.

We have had an amazing response to the competition, and unfortunately had to select the remaining 10 competitors by random, so if you wanted to compete, but were not selected, our apologies.

1. Marie Hagemeister from Europa 1989 – Copenhagen, Denmark. 2010 Danish Aeropress Champion!
2. Jeppe Hasager from Behag Din Smag – Ålborg, Denmark. 2nd place in the 2010 Danish Aeropress Championship.
3. Ben Kaminsky from Ritual Coffee Roasters - San Francisco, USA. Ben placed 2nd in the 2009 Aeropress Competition. Ben will also be representing the USA in the Cupping Competition.
4. Mette-Marie Hansen from Ritual Coffee Roasters – Oslo, Norway. Mie was a finalist in the 2009 Aeropress comp, and competed for Ben Kaminsky as his ‘surrogate’.
5. Pete McDonagh from Third Floor Espresso – Dublin, Ireland. As there are limited places in the comp, Colin decided to have an in-house comp. Pete Won!
6. James Hoffmann from Square Mile Coffee Roasters – London, England. World Barista Champion boasting a home ground advantage.
7. David Walsh from The Other Black Stuff – Dublin, Ireland. Irish Cup Tasting Champion 2010. And he doesn’t even work with coffee.
8. Yara Tucek from Doubleshot – Prague, Czech Republic. Currently working as a coffee consultant at Los Lajones in Boquete, Panama.
9. Nicholas Cho from Wrecking Ball Coffee Roasters – Washington DC, USA. Normally the guy with the mic, this time he’ll be on show.
10. Jannicke Marie Johansen from KAFFA – Oslo, Norway. Missed competing in the Norwegian Barista Championships due to volcano eruptions.
11. Anne Lunell from Koppi – Helsingborg, Sweden. Swedish Barista Champion of 2006 and is competing for a 2nd time.
12. Stian Horne from KAFFA – Oslo, Norway. Competed in the Norwegian Barista and Cup Tasting Championship in 2010.
13. James Phillips from Dose Espresso – Punakaiki, New Zealand. Is the man behind Dose Espresso in London.
14. Allan Juhl from Kontra Coffee – Copenhagen, Denmark. 2010 Danish Home Barista Champion and 2010 Danish Aeropress Comp competitor.
15. Josh Hockin from Transcend Coffee – Edmonton, Canada. Transcend’s Director of Training and Quality Control and a Canadian Barista Competition competitor.
16. Bridget Amor from Seven Seeds - Melbourne, Australia. One of the masterminds behind Seven Seeds and Brother Baba Budan.
17. Jeff Verrellen from Caffenation – Antwerp, Belgium. Roaster for Caffenation and currently developing the automatic Aeropress brewer!
18. Samuli Ronkanen from Smulfhunter – Helsinki, Finland. Home Aeropress enthusiast and competitor in the 2009 Championships.
19. Stephen Leighton from Has Bean Coffee - Stafford, England. Owner and Roaster at Has Bean Coffee and über blogger.
20. Steve Souphanthong from Social Coffee & Tea Company – Ontario, Canada. Part of the team who came 2nd in the 2010 International Roasters Choice Competition.
21. Kevin du Plessis from The Bean Shop – Dundee, South Africa. Roasts from home for The Bean Shop in Perth, Scotland.
22. Jakub Hartl from PRO Caffé – Prague, Czech Republic. One of the pros working at PRO Caffé in Prague.
23. Chris Kavrakos from Barista Academy – Athens, Greece. Barista trainer who placed 3rd in the 2010 Hellenic Barista Championship.
24. Alexander Scheen Jensen from Solberg & Hansen – Oslo, Norway. Placed 3rd in the 2009 World Aeropress Championship. Ingri Johnsen, a former WAC judge, will be Alex’s surrogate.