Announcing the 2025 World Barista Championship Finalists

Announcements
Written By Specialty Coffee Association

After a packed day of semi-finalist performances, we are delighted to announce the 2025 World Barista Championship finalists!

Our 6 Finalists are:

Hiroki Ito, Japan
Jason Loo, Malaysia
Christopher Sahyoun Hoff, Denmark
Jack Simpson, Australia
Ben Put, Canada
Simon SunLei, China

(competitors listed in no specific order)

Join us onsite or tune in to the official livestream and catch all the action from the 25th edition of the World Barista Championship (WBC), taking place at HostMilano now until October 21, 2025. Tomorrow will see the above competitors take to the stage in the Finals Round. The final ranking and World Barista Champion will be announced at 11am GMT+1 on Tuesday October 21st. Don’t miss it.

The WBC is supported by 2022-2025 Qualified Sponsors
Espresso Machine Sponsor, Storm Barista Attitude
Grinder Sponsor, Victoria Arduino; and
Water Filtration Sponsor, BWT water+more.

Specialty Coffee Association https://sca.coffee/
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