Announcing World of Coffee Tokyo 2027 and the 2027 World Barista Championship Tokyo
Today during SCAJ2025 World Specialty Coffee Conference, the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA), Exporum Inc., and the Specialty Coffee Association of Japan (SCAJ) formally agreed and announced that Tokyo, Japan will host World of Coffee Asia and the World Barista Championship in 2027. The signing ceremony featured SCA CEO Yannis Apostolopoulos, Exporum Inc. CEO Danny Shin, and SCAJ President, Yoshi Kato and will mark the fourth edition of World of Coffee Asia following successful events held in Busan and Jakarta. World of Coffee Tokyo 2027 will take place April 28 – May 1, 2027 at Tokyo Big Sight (3-11-1, Ariake, Koto-ku, Tokyo) and will feature the 27th annual World Barista Championship (WBC).
The 2027 WBC will return to Tokyo, Japan, as part of World of Coffee Tokyo, marking two-decades years since the competition was last held there. In 2007, James Hoffmann of the United Kingdom claimed the World Barista Champion title with single-estate coffees from Costa Rica and Kenya, a performance that helped popularize value-chain storytelling and launched him as one of specialty coffee’s most influential voices. Since then, Tokyo has become a global leader in coffee culture, with its cafés and roasters renowned for innovation, precision, and design, while Japan remains one of the world’s largest coffee-consuming markets. As the championship returns in 2027, the international coffee community will once again look to Tokyo to set the stage for the next wave of ideas and flavors shaping the future of specialty coffee.
World of Coffee Tokyo 2027 will be open to exhibitors, sponsors, and attendees from across the specialty coffee value chain and all attendees will have the opportunity to watch World Barista Championship performances and announcements at the World Coffee Championships stage at the show. More details on attending, exhibiting, speaking, and program participation will be shared in the coming months.
For the latest updates about World of Coffee in Asia, head to asia.worldofcoffee.org and follow @worldofcoffeeasia on Instagram. For the latest updates on the World Coffee Championships and World Barista Championship, head to wcc.coffee and follow @worldcoffeechampionships on Instagram.
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